Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers
Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers
Activists break into Leicester factory owned by Israeli firm Elbit Systems

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46389822 [https://lemmy.ml/post/46389822] > April 24, 2026 > > >According to media group The Aftershock, the activists used ladders to climb over razor-wire fencing to enter the premises. > > >After occupying the roof, they drilled holes into it and subsequently abseiled into the building. > > >The Aftershock reported that the ceiling of the clean room, where Israeli drone parts are reportedly made, was broken. It said that such contamination of the clean room could knock it out of use for some months. > > >One of the activists involved said: “We are sick and tired of our government’s collaboration in this genocide that Israel is committing on the Palestinian people."
Tory politician sacked as magistrate after accusing judge of ‘two-tier justice’
Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM
Labour Together PR firm tried to destroy crucial evidence
Trump threatens 'big tariff if UK does not drop digital services tax on US tech firms
Keir Starmer’s Mandelson Problem Isn’t Going Away
"My generation thought in argument": Alan Milburn on how politics has changed and tackling youth unemployment
Green party faces questions about social media posts of half a dozen other candidates

Our politics is in such a bad way. You’ve got Labour (particularly Scottish Labour) being openly transphobic, Reform openly racist, the Tories basically Reform copycats, the Greens openly antisemitic. What the fuck are we supposed to do? Vote Lib Dem? Give up? At least the Scots and the Welsh seem to have semi-respectable options.
Watch Labour's Party Uncensored Election Broadcast

Labour put together a Party Political Broadcast of views expressed by Reform candidates and politicians. The language used by these Reform politicians was so offensive that the TV stations won’t broadcast the whole thing, but the encensored version will be available from 10:00am (UTC+1) today (26 April 2026).