The purpose of culture wars is to divert attention from real problems and real solutions. Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) this week saw a ding-dong from the subs bench over prisoner releases. Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge repeatedly asked Justice Secretary David Lammy about ...
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is vile. The line we are fed about the bastard formerly known as Prince Andrew is that he is a bad apple. But that photo, the one with his arm around Virginia Giuffre, was broadly part of his government job – where he influenced elites through sex and good times ...
As Reform have risen in the polls, Labour have attempted to combat them by copying them. There’s a problem with this, of course, and it’s that by mirroring Reform’s rhetoric, Labour are essentially telling voters that Farage is correct; that he’s ahead of the curve, in fact. Now, in an eff...
British journalist Isabel Oakeshott is infamous for speaking out against migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers online: The UK must say a very simple NO to Palestinian refugees. We are full. — Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) February 11, 2025 When it comes to the Great British Debate, ...
The Phoenix & Friends Podcast is seeking to connect people and inspire them with positivity. And the Canary spoke to Phoenix to find out more. In a wide-ranging conversation, Phoenix stressed the importance of nurturing curiosity – of breaking away from the short-form doom-scroll overl...
Fascist Israeli settlers have attacked a group of foreign journalists filming their assaults on the Palestinians in the West Bank, injuring five, two of them so badly they were hospitalised. The journalists were, Ranin Sawafteh, Mohammed al-Atrash, Louay Saeed, Nasser Ishtayeh and Nael Bou...
In October, Your Party’s Zarah Sultana led a powerful march through Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. In a speech, she called for the party to be: rooted in our working-class communities, proudly socialist, radically democratic. A party that builds power from below And as she revealed a lot ...
The socialist Your Party is starting to take shape, with regional assemblies taking place across the country. Zarah Sultana is one of seven MPs in the fledgling political movement, and she’s been vocal on what shape the party’s internal democracy should take. In aid of that, she’s now post...
Writing about Nigel Farage is a frequent quagmire for me. On one hand, Farage wants publicity, good or bad. He will eat marsupial testicles and record a personalised birthday greeting for you for cash. He would happily turn up at the opening of a fucking envelope if it meant a few more col...
When the leader of the Greens, Zack Polanski, talks about the need for a compassionate, public health approach to drugs, I hear the echo of a lifeline that comes too late for so many. The real cost of the criminalisation of drugs I am in my mid-thirties, from a Northern town ripped apart b...
