Labour MP Dawn Butler has thrown her weight behind a campaign to boycott the BBC for 24 hours today over the corporation’s use of the N-word in recent TV news reports. More than 18,000 people complained last month after a report by social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin on a suspected racially-motivated attack in Bristol saw … Read more
The deputy commissioner of the Met Police says the officers who stopped MP Dawn Butler in a car did not know she was black because the windows were tinted. Sir Steve House today threw his support behind the police officers after the Labour MP accused them of racial profiling when the BMW in which she … Read more
The Royal Navy should take charge of the migrant crisis in the Channel and deploy ships to patrol UK waters, says the former First Sea Lord. Admiral Lord West’s comments to the Daily Mail support the plan by Home Secretary Priti Patel for military resources to be used to stop people trafficking. The ex-head of the … Read more
A ‘furious’ Priti Patel last night backed sending Royal Navy patrols into the English Channel after a record number of migrants reached Britain. Officials have been ordered to draw up plans in which, for the first time, the Navy could turn back boats. Yesterday up to 250 migrants made the perilous crossing – the highest … Read more
President Donald Trump came out for vote-by-mail efforts in his home state of Florida Tuesday – after spending months calling mail voting nationwide as rife with fraud. Trump, who himself casts an absentee ballot by mail in Florida – a state he made his domicile after leaving higher-tax New York – made the surprising turnaround … Read more
Battery swelling may be causing the backs of Google’s Pixel 4 XL phone to PEEL OFF but the company hasn’t admitted the problem is recurring A flaw in the Pixel 4 XL’s design may be leading to structural defects Users are reporting that the back of the phone is peeling off The issue may be … Read more
Labour backs ‘wealth tax’ on the ‘very best off people’ to pay for coronavirus crisis if UK economy does not recover as shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds says those with ‘broadest shoulders’ should be targeted Anneliese Dodds said if tax rises needed they should only be for ‘best off’ people Shadow chancellor said those with ‘broadest … Read more
Labour backs ‘wealth tax’ on assets as part of a ‘new settlement’ to help the UK recover from coronavirus crisis By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:12 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 20:31 BST, 3 July 2020 Labour has backed the idea of a wealth tax to help the UK recover from coronavirus … Read more
Sharon Osbourne is among those calling for the John Wayne Airport in Orange County to rename the building and remove the statue of the actor. The TV personality, 67, said that we cannot ‘celebrate’ people who have historically made racist comments just because we ‘once thought they were heroes’. Wayne’s family have spoken out in … Read more
Monty Python star Sir Michael Palin has joined calls to redesign one of the Queen’s honours, which he received last year, after a petition was launched claiming its insignia is ‘racist’ and ‘looks similar to George Floyd’s killing’. The insignia for the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George – one of the … Read more