Source: The Guardian By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Police believe the spike in hate crime following the EU referendum was the worst on record. Mark Hamilton, head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), said: “I believe the referendum debate has led to an increase in reporting of hate […]
Source: Daily Mail Thousands of revellers fill London’s Trafalgar Square for a momentous day of Eid celebrations with the capital’s first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan, elected the first […]
theguardian: by Giles Fraser — Driven out of Pakistan, the Muslim Ahmadiyya community now have their global headquarters in the UK. They deserve our protection and respect Asad Shah, an Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper who was stabbed to death in Glasgow after posting a message of Easter greetings on his Facebook […]
If the British public’s reflexive distrust of establishment politicians came into riotous bloom in June, it was Tony Blair who sowed the seed in 2003. The similarities between these twin catastrophes are overwhelming Matthew Norman @IndyVoices Wednesday 6 July 2016 Curiously enough, considering the avalanche of criticism about the endless […]
Source: Independent If Blair and Bush were sincere about the dangers of weapons of mass destruction, they would have invaded North Korea By Robert Fisk @indyvoices So where are the Titans […]
Live Conservative leadership: Theresa May and May: I’m delighted to have won so much support from my colleaguesPlay!01:33 Danny Boyle Ben Riley-Smith, political correspondent 7 JULY 2016 • 6:34PM Michael Gove elimated from Conservative leadership bid Andrea Leadsom faces Theresa May in two-horse race to be PM May […]
Source: BBC Tony Blair says the world would be “in a worse position” had he not taken the decision to invade Iraq. The former PM said despite the “terrible consequences”, removing Saddam Hussein “moved with the grain” of what was to come in the region. He also said it would […]
Source: BBC By Camila Ruz and Susannah Stevens Thousands of foreign farm workers come to the UK every year. But in the wake of the UK vote on 23 June to leave the EU, they find themselves in uncertain times. Some EU workers fear they may soon need visas Some […]
Elizabeth Wilmshurst By acting in defiance of the UN charter, as I warned when I was a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, we put our reputation at risk. So it has proved ‘Lord Goldsmith, who as attorney general constitutionally had the last word, had given a provisional view that a […]
Source: The Guardian Heather Stewart Political editor Tony Blair deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by the Iraqi regime as he sought to make the case for military action to MPs […]
Source: Time By Mark Leftly/London Critics of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair hope the report will contain revelations damaging enough to lead to impeachment This week, Tony Blair faces a […]
Source. BBC The Ahmadiyya community tend to emphasize a certain openness and acceptance to their adopted countries traditions and customs as opposed to the mainstream Islamic sects. In fact, in the United States, an Ahmadiyya mosque is hosting an open July 4th barbecue close to the nation’s capital. In addition, they […]
The Huffington Post June 29, 2016 The country has become ‘more racist in terms of its public culture’. 02/07/2016 21:11 | Updated 18 hours ago 1.4 K Louise RidleyAssistant news editor at The Huffington Post UK The UK is seeing a surge of “celebratory racism” after the vote to leave […]
Economist: WHEN a newly arrived migrant seeks asylum on grounds that going home would mean facing religous persecution, how can the host country test the sincerity of that claim? That is a hard question, especially if the migrant has only recently converted to a different faith. It’s also a very […]
Source: BBC George Osborne has pledged to slash corporation tax to encourage businesses to still invest in the UK following the EU referendum vote. In an interview with the Financial […]
Source: BBC Theresa May has rejected rivals’ claims that the next Tory leader must have supported a Leave vote in the EU referendum – saying people want more than “a Brexit prime minister”. The home secretary promised to bring the Remain and Leave sides together and “govern for the whole […]
Source: BBC Former prime minister Tony Blair has said “we should keep our options open” on the UK leaving the European Union. He told the BBC the 48% who had […]
Source: BBC By Alina Dizik When American expat Katie Sidell pays her student loan bill this month, she’ll likely be parting with a bigger cut of her take-home pay. The […]
Source. Arab News Justice minister Gove, who torpedoed fellow anti-EU campaigner Boris Johnson’s leadership hopes on Thursday, also said he would pull Britain out of the single market, end free movement of people and impose a new immigration system favoring skilled workers. Gove’s rival and the current favorite in the […]
Source. Express and Star The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK wants to convert a warehouse and offices in Vicarage Place, Caldmore, into a place of worship. Planning officers at Walsall Council have now recommended the proposal be given the green light. While West Midlands Police has not officially opposed the scheme the force […]