Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Crowdfunder urging UK government to halt arms sales to groups actively engaged in warfare gains momentum
Criticism has also been made about the UK government’s failure to consult Parliament on the coordinated airstrikes on Yemen this week.
Environmental campaigners hold protest in Brighton, calling for immediate end to sewage dumping
‘We estimate that enough untreated sewage to fill over 3 Olympic swimming pools has been discharged since Christmas and it is putting people’s health at risk.’
UK security is being compromised by Brexit, warns SNP MP
“Brexit makes us weaker because sitting outside the EU makes you more insecure. The EU is, at its heart, a peace project – it was built as one and is the most successful peace project on Earth and it will continue in that role because of its economic clout, security clout and soft power.”
Global Muslim lawyer group condemns war crimes in Gaza and calls on governments to stop the sale of weapons to warring parties
IAMLA joins UN agencies, UN experts and other lawyers in expressing deep concern that serious violations of international law are being committed in the Middle East conflict.
The right-wing plot against Ukraine
With Nigel Farage, a self-declared Putin admirer, believed to be on the political rise and intending to ‘shape politics’ before the country goes to the polls this year, you wonder how the western right’s anti-Ukraine sentiment may impact on the UK.
Peter Hitchens’ ‘rejoice at the return of the pint of champagne’ Mail column brutally mocked
‘Give me strength?! No one has ever used wine in pint bottles….’