Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, has appeared in court. Hundreds of supporters greeted the band, as they emerged after a three hour hearing. Ó hAnnaidh is accused of displaying a flag that made reference to proscribed organisation, Hezbollah. H...
In the second of an occasional series of joint podcasts between the Canary’s Ed Sykes and Collective’s Sean Halsall – leader of Southport Community Independents (SCI) – we discuss the nature of neoliberalism, the damage it has caused, and how to replace it. Welcome to CanaryPod: the Canary...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has posted a spate of new roles to spy on benefit claimants. Following jobs the Canary recently identified as part of its covert monitoring operations clamping down on next-to-non-existent benefit fraud, the DWP is now advertising 15 more position...
Reform UK has released its own football shirt in an attempt by dirty Farage to get working-class football fans on its side. Buy an official Reform FC shirt and join the winning team today. 👕 https://t.co/UBR303fjQu pic.twitter.com/HTZcUB8KVn — Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) August 17, 2025 Se...
800,000 (and counting) have already signed up to the yet-named and formed ‘Your Party’ currently fronted by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. The pair’s recent announcement of a new party has indisputably stirred a left-wing votership aching for a new political home. However, there’s much t...
Content warning: the following article contains descriptions, footage, and pictures of extreme animal rights abuses. The Animal Justice Project has released disturbing undercover footage from Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire. The UK’s largest pork producer Cranswick Country Foods owns the ...
Zarah Sultana has come at swinging at the depressingly inevitable accusations of anti-Semitism. As the Canary’s Joe Glenton reported just yesterday, Sultana had an incredibly frank interview where she set out her assessment of the Jeremy Corbyn years, and what needs to change. As right-win...
An award for LGBTQ+ authors has been getting a lot of attention recently, but for all the wrong reasons. The Polari Prize is an annual prize showcasing the work of queer writers, it is the only one of it’s kind is the UK. There are three awards: the Polari First Book Prize, which is exclus...
Even Rupert Murdoch outlet the Times is calling for the Labour government to place Thames Water under special administration: Few companies have a worse record of greed, myopia, incompetence and complacency than Thames Water, the privatised utility now drowning in £18 billion of debt and r...
In one of Gaza City’s neighborhoods, the night was heavy, but the home of journalist Marwa Muslim and her brothers remained a small refuge in the heart of the storm. They had nothing but the walls of their home to shelter them from Israel’s relentless bombardment. Suddenly, there was an ex...
