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All 130 Labour Party Councils Plan to Review ‘Racist’ Statues
The Labour Party has followed the lead of the Mayor of London, who announced on Monday that he would be creating the “Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm” with the purpose of removing historical monuments, statues, art, and street names throughout the city to reflect the British capital’s ‘diversity’.
Calls for 'The 'Black Boy' pubs across England to be renamed - despite many being named after King Charles II
Anti-racism campaigners are calling for pubs called 'The Black Boy' to be renamed amid growing protests by the Black Lives Matter movement.
London statue of Robert Milligan REMOVED from West India Quay after protesters' demands
A statue of the founder of West India Quay, Robert Milligan, has been removed due to his links to the slave trade.
Illegal migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats threaten to drown themselves or their children in order to keep French ships back
Illegal immigrants from camps on the French coast have been crossing the English Channel in record numbers, with many seemingly being escorted into British territorial waters by French ships rather than intercepted and turned around.
Brexit: Plant breeding is ‘huge opportunity’ for UK says farmer
The European Court of Justice's decision to ban plant editing could be reversed in the UK post-Brexit, a farmer union chief has revealed. Research institutes from across Europe have been calling on the European Parliament and the European Commission to rethink their stance on genome editing of crop plants. Tom Bradshaw, the Vice President of the National Farmers Union, has spoken about how this could be one of the possible advantages of leaving the EU.
EU demands UK coughs up £270mn of taxpayer cash for coronavirus fund
The European Commission has said the UK remains fully liable to contribute to and to benefit from the EU’s coronavirus support fund and as such are demanding that the UK taxpayer coughs up £270million towards it.
Research suggests that UK's coronavirus crisis peaked BEFORE lockdown
The UK's Covid-19 outbreak may have been under control before lockdown was enforced, according to a study that once again throws into question whether the draconian measures were ever needed.
A takeaway boss jailed for enslaving white men must repay the victims
Hargit Singh Bariana, the owner of a chip shop and pizza takeaway, was given an eight-and-a-half-year jail sentence in 2018 for six modern slavery offences.
Another Project Fear Fail: Nissan back English plant...closes Spanish base
Japanese carmaker Nissan has announced that it will retain its plant in Sunderland, England, but will be closing its factories in Spain, signalling that it may pull out of more locations across the European Union.