Grassroot groups preparing to put pressure on PM to break with Starmer policy and impose full arms embargo on Israel Grassroot Labour groups are gearing up for a conference showdown with Andy Burnham over Gaza, as the party’s members seek to force the prime minister to recognise Israel’s actions as a genocide, and impose a full arms embargo. Momentum, Labour & Palestine, the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy and Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) will ramp up pressure on Burnham before hi
When Americans defend free markets, they analyze real-world outcomes and quote economists. When radicals defend communism, they ignore history and those who experienced it firsthand. The omissions are deliberate. Survivors of communist regimes are dangerous to the argument because they are proof of its outcome. They know what happens after the government acquires the power it promised to use only for the public good. I recently gathered survivors of communist regimes in the Capitol to hear their
An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno The ruinous fires that overran parts of France this summer have burned more land than ever recorded, forced more people from their homes than at any point since the second world war and caused what scientists suspect is the country’s first firestorm thundercloud. The smoke from France’s biggest inferno in nearly 80 years choked Limoges, a c
Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’ Unprecedented insights into the literary and intellectual life on the island of Guernsey during the middle ages have been revealed through the discovery of 17 medieval manuscript fragments. Dating from between the 12th and 15th centuries, they offer evidence of wide-ranging reading tastes, with everything from an extract from a play and an Ovid poem to passages from the Bible and a travel text.
Even products labeled ‘eco’, ‘green’ or ‘natural’ can contain dangerous compounds including Pfas Common personal care products widely contain unlabeled toxic chemicals, results from a new peer-reviewed study suggest. The testing of more than 110 items ranging from shampoo to baby lotions found evidence of unlabeled toxic chemicals in about 85%. Many contained multiple ingredients known to be carcinogens or health hazards, and even 26% of products labeled “eco”, “green” or “natural” contained at
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A Florida couple is being charged with child neglect after allegedly keeping four children confined in the cab of a tractor-trailer for almost six years without "time to take showers, use the restroom," or "exercise outside," arrest records show. The children "have not been allowed to attend school for approximately five years," they told interviewers at a child advocacy center , according to an arrest report. Keisha Epps, 51, and her fiancé, Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, have been living in the ca
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Singer Mary J. Blige revealed Wednesday that her faith and the teachings of pastors helped her confront pride and take responsibility for her future. During the "IMO" podcast on Wednesday, Blige told hosts Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson that around the time she came out with her "No More Drama" album, she realized she needed to start taking responsibility and control of her career, noting that she had been taken advantage of. "I used to get upset and curse everybody out because things weren’t
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Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton grew up knowing his mother had led an "amazing life." But there was one chapter she rarely spoke about. After World War II, Sue Lowther-Pinkerton joined MI5 and worked in British intelligence during the Cold War. But she revealed little to her children about that part of her past. Decades ago, while watching a documentary with her children, Sue let something slip. KATE MIDDLETON SCALES UK'S THREE HIGHEST PEAKS IN 24 HOURS WITH A DEEPLY PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR CANCER SURVIVOR
