Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Racism
Government continues to bury its head in the sand over Islamophobia
Kemi Badenoch refused to even use the word Islamophobia in her answers
Tory MP Sir Roger Gale slammed after calling for all Russians in Britain to be ‘sent home’
‘Complete insanity’
Why the speaker is wrong to say the House of Commons isn’t the right place to call out Boris Johnson’s Islamophobia
What message does the speakers intervention send to victims of Islamophobia?
Tory chair to deliver speech at radical right Heritage Foundation which denies climate change science and is linked to voter suppression group
The Heritage Foundation is also linked to the Heritage Action for America, which has bragged about supporting voter suppression across the country.
Neil Coyle has Labour whip suspended following allegations of ‘disturbing’ and ‘racist’ remarks
A Labour Party spokesperson said, “The Labour Party expects the highest standards of behaviour from all our MPs and we take allegations of this sort very seriously. Accordingly the Chief Whip has now suspended the Labour whip from Neil Coyle pending an investigation.”
Tory MP Michael Fabricant slammed for saying Nusrat Ghani ‘hardly obviously Muslim’
Isn’t it time the Tories removed the whip from Fabricant?
Why I’m not shocked at the Conservative Party’s appalling treatment of Nusrat Ghani
‘What also strikes me is the clear disconnect that exists right now in the Westminster bubble, between politicians to media pundits, on the one hand and Muslim communities up and down the country on the other, so many of whom who aren’t shocked by these appalling allegations.’
Tory MP who blamed Muslims and BAME communities for breaking lockdown rules doesn’t have much to say on Downing Street lockdown parties
Would Craig Whittaker like to apologise?
Investigation launched into Tommy Robinson’s ‘hidden millions’ following his claims of bankruptcy
The UK’s leading antifascism campaign group, Hope not Hate, is fundraising to pay for the cost of an independent insolvency expert to look into Robinson’s finances and hidden assets.