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The raid on the group’s publicly advertised meeting at Westminster Quaker Meeting House, a little over half a mile from Downing Street, is a major escalation in the Starmer Labour government’s assault on democratic rights.
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/19213440
The Socialist Equality Party condemns the attack on the Youth Demand organisation and demands the release and dropping of all charges against its members and supporters arrested over last Thursday and Friday by London’s Metropolitan Police.
The raid on the group’s publicly advertised meeting at Westminster Quaker Meeting House, a little over half a mile from Downing Street, is a major escalation in the Starmer Labour government’s assault on democratic rights. Up to 30 police officers, some armed, smashed their way into the meeting at St Martin’s Lane, central London Thursday evening (March 27).
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I just want to point out how the Quakers have been real OGs for the side of human rights, historically.
Civil liberties campaigners have joined US politicians and the BBC in saying Friday's hearing should not be secret.
Boycotting goods and services from the USA
Discover ethical, independent, and innovative alternatives to mainstream products and services
Lots of low hanging fruit. Obvious things like Amazon, Coca-Cola, Kellogs, X, Johnny Walker, Tesla. Some things are harder like Apple/Android.
In a stunning display of government overreach, the UK has effectively forced Apple to disable its iCloud encryption for British users. Earlier this month, we wrote about the UK wielding the Investi…
Social attitudes survey finds high levels of pride over sports and the arts but less pride in country’s political influence
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/17059476
Pride in Britain’s history has fallen sharply over the past decade as the country has become less nationalistic and jingoistic and more reflective about its place in the modern world, according to a leading barometer of the British public mood.
Although Brexit and immigration have created flashpoints around national identity in recent years, the wider picture shows a more inclusive and self-critical sense of Britishness emerging and a decline in my-country-right-or-wrong views.
While levels of pride in Britain’s achievements in sport and the arts have remained high over the last 10 years, the overall impression is of “a country that is quite proud of itself but maybe no more than that”, the British social attitudes survey found.
There was a striking 22-point fall in the proportion of people saying they were proud of Britain’s history, from 86% to 64%, and a 13-point drop in those who said they would rather b
Multiple Labour MP's and Councillors suspended over WhatsApp group messages
Remember when Labour claimed "This isn’t factional. We just aren’t insulting voters with piss poor candidates anymore."
WhatsApp group chat has been exposed with Labour MP's and Councillors often posting abusive, ableist, sexist and derogatory comments.
Several MP's, including Health Minister Andrew Gwynne, whose office caseworker had setup the chat, have now been suspended.
Unsurprisingly, the group chat contains lots of ire for the left wing of party (what's left of it anyway...), including the usual thing of naming everyone even marginally to the left of them as "trots" ( short for Trotskyists). Although this is just inline with what was already exposed in the leaked report intended to investigate the handling of antisemitism complaints, [before also finding internal emails and WhatsApp group chats that exp
Ireland had said it would intervene in the case at the International Court of Justice, arguing that Israel’s actions in Gaza amounted to collective punishment.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24585546
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24585544
By Megan Specia
Reporting from London
Jan. 7, 2025[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]
We’ve been warning for years that the UK’s Online Safety Act would be a disaster for the open internet. Its supporters accused us of exaggerating, or “shilling” for Big Tech…
Is this the first casualty of the Online Safety Act? An online cycling community web forum with over 60K users shutting down
Is this the first casualty of the Online Safety Act? An online cycling community web forum with over 60K users shutting down - as they say dealing with the compliance requirements of the act is too much - https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/401475/ #OSA #censorship
Are PressTV and RT banned? Is there a list of banned sites and tech used?
I can't seem to access https://www.presstv.ir/ or https://www.rt.com/
Are these banned in the UK?
Is there a list of sites banned in the UK (whether by ofcom or any other agency or company)?
I couldn't find any news stories or discussions about this. How does the UK banning people from being able to access foreign news sites apparently just fly under the radar?
What is the technology used?
Thanks.
PSA: Anti-Immigration List of Targets for Wednesday Night, Counter Protests Being Organised
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/16352889
Counter protests being organised accordingly. Check with your local good folk or Stop Racism site. Stay safe, this group is violent. Their target list is below.
ηηηηηηηηηηη WEDNESDAY NIGHT LADS THEY WONT STOP COMING UNTIL YOU TELL THEM... NO MORE IMMIGRATION 8PM MASK UP SPREAD THIS AS FAR AND WIDE AS YOU CAN ηηηηηηηηηηη
ALDERSHOT
- Immigration Advisors Ltd, Victoria Road, GU11 1TH
CANTERBURY
- UK Immigration Clinic, Canterbury Innovation Centre, CT2 7FG
CHATHAM
- Immigration Status UK, Maidstone Road, ME5 9FD
CHELMSFORD
- UK Immigration Information Centre, Violet Close, CM1 6XG
BEDFORD
- Immigration INN, Ford End Road, MK40 4JT
BIRMINGHAM
- Refugee and migrant centre, Frederick Street, B1 3HN
BLACKBURN
- Rafiq Immigration Services, Whalley Road,
Post Office scandal. Why a new law?
I am but a simple person. Someone please explain why we need a law to exonerate innocent people?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the government will bring in a new law to "swiftly exonerate and compensate victims" of the Post Office scandal Under the plans, victims will be able to sign a form to say they are innocent in order to have their convictions overturned and claim compensation
New PM is France's youngest at 34
Gabriel Attal is named France's next prime minister, as Emmanuel Macron aims to revive his presidency.
As you get older, everyone seems to get young. I can't imaging having so much responsibility at 34!
Finally. US fugitive Nicholas Rossi extradited from Scotland
The man who claimed to be Irish orphan Arthur Knight is returned to his homeland to face rape charges.
A British government-ordered inquiry says it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder was able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years without being detected.
