Tag: UK

Babies and Children Under 5 to Be Offered Pfizer COVID-19 Jab for 1st Time in UK

Babies and children under the age of 5 are to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine for the first time, UK health authorities have announced. On Thursday, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that clinically vulnerable children aged 6 months to 4 years old should be offered the jab. The committee does not…


Labour Faces Backlash Over Twitter Post Targeting Sunak on Child Abuse Offenders

Labour is facing backlash from within its own party ranks over a social media advert stating Prime Minister Rishi Sunak does not believe child sex abusers should be jailed. The post, which included a graphic of the prime minister, was published on the party’s official Twitter account on Thursday. The post pitches Labour as “the…


Northern Ireland Police Fear Terror Attack Ahead of Biden Visit

Northern Ireland police say they are “preparing for the worst” after receiving strong intelligence of a terror attack ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) confirmed it had received credible information that dissident republicans were planning significant violence on Easter Monday, a day before Biden’s highly-anticipated visit to…


Worst Universities for Free Speech Identified by Academic Freedom Group

A group that has been documenting speakers’ protests and academic cancelations across campuses for nearly two decades has identified which universities have had the most “chilling effect” on free speech. Since 2006, the group Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF) has recorded examples of protests, no-platforming, sackings, and resignations that have resulted in the restriction of…


Met Moves 90 Officers From Fighting Serious Crime to Root Out Rogue Colleagues

Britain’s biggest police force has moved 90 officers from tackling serious crime and counter-terrorism to a unit tasked to root out corrupt colleagues. Commissioner Mark Rowley made the announcement on Thursday as he revealed that a total of 161 Metropolitan (Met) Police officers have criminal convictions—76 for serious traffic offences including drink driving and careless driving….


Largest Teachers Union Says Drag Queens Should Be Invited Into Schools

Teachers should support drag queen story time events as part of a push for more “inclusive teaching” in schools, the UK’s largest education union has announced. The National Education Union (NEU) passed a motion at its annual conference that said initiatives like drag queen story time and inviting LGBT+ authors into schools can “help challenge…


Scott Benton Suspended as Conservative MP After Offering to Lobby for Gambling Firm

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has suspended Scott Benton MP after he told undercover reporters that he was prepared to work as a paid lobbyist for a gambling company in breach of parliamentary rules. A spokesperson for Tory Chief Whip Simon Hart said on Wednesday evening: “Following his self-referral to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards earlier…


Government Urged to Review ‘Radical Claims’ Allegedly Made During Racism Training in Schools

The government is being urged to conduct an independent review of companies that allegedly introduce “radical claims” into schools on race, gender, and other “contentious issues.” In a new petition, Don’t Divide Us (DDU) said “unproven assertions” about race, gender, and sex are being introduced into schools by “activist-influenced groups who are more concerned with…


China Hawks Pushing for Tougher Procurement Law to Counter CCP’s ‘Techno-Authoritarianism’

A group of cross-party MPs are pushing for a new law to require the UK government make a list of “high risk” suppliers that should be barred from getting government contracts and appoint a watchdog to check the list. Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said she proposed amendments to the Procurement Bill…


Sturgeon’s Husband Released After Police Questioning Over SNP Finances

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been released as a police probe continues into the finances of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP). Murrell, who married Sturgeon in 2010, stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership…