Jeremy Corbyn responded today to accusations of antisemitism from the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council. On Sunday in a public letter they had written to the Labour Leader, complaining that "he is repeatedly found alongside people with blatantly anti-Semitic views,” and claiming that Corbyn had ignored ...
By Annicée van Engeland, Senior Lecturer in International Security, Centre for International Security & Resilience, Cranfield University There was a murmur of agreement around the room when a Ministry of Defence expert, who’d come in to the University to discuss the UK’s counter-terrorism planning, outlined the basic challenge involved: “we ...
Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov was found dead at his home shortly before 11pm on a Monday evening, an inquest heard. At the opening of his inquest today (Thurs) West London Coroner's heard an ambulance was first called to his home in New Malden, south-west London and he was pronounced dead ...
The US Senate just passed an important bill to tackle the loopholes used by internet companies that facilitate ads for sex trafficking. Senators voted yesterday to pass the historic FOSTA-SESTA (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act). This bill establishes criminal and civil liability for websites that ...
For the first time in his probe into Russian interference in the US election, special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organisation for documents. The move brings the net of the investigation ever closer to the President who had warned his FBI chief that meddling in his financial affairs ...
Anti-smoking campaigners in Australia were given a nasty shock this week with news that the consumption of cigarettes has risen for the first time in more than a decade. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that just under a $4b was spent on tobacco products in the final quarter ...
By Dr Roger Cottrell To listen to the selective media coverage and political sound bites regarding the poisoning, on March 4, in Salisbury, of Russian defector Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, you might for a moment start to believe that Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Amber Rudd planned to ...
Public pressure appears to have played a part in NHS Cornwall’s decision not to privatise a part of it’s service, reports Cornwall Live The county was planning to launch the “Accountable Care System” for health services. It was claimed that this would push the NHS towards privatisation. Protests took place ...
The Sunday Times has been accused of employing a former actor to carry out the longest-running, most organised and grossly invasive spying operation in Fleet Street’s history, a Byline investigation has revealed. John Ford was paid up to £40,000 per year by Rupert Murdoch's flagship Sunday broadsheet to obtain phone bills, recover ex-directory ...