1 week ago Tory MP Robert Jenrick challenged over comments about 'white people' in Sky TV interview

Robert Jenrick was challenged in a Sky News interview when he pointed out that the white British population in Dagenham, East London, had reduced by 50% in the past 25 years

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s drift and Tory collapse: Reform fills a vacuum they created | Editorial

Faragism’s rise isn’t a surge of enthusiasm – it’s a symptom of exhaustion with two parties failing to offer vision, justice or renewalSir Keir Starmer promised change – and, in a way, he has delivered it. Gone are the days of bold, expansive pledges; in their place are cautious, measurable goals: 6,500 new teachers, 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week. Yet voters, oddly ungrateful, remain unmoved. Perhaps it is because these modest gains barely scratch the surface of national decline. The government has touched lives, just not in the ways it promised. Cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners and proposed reductions in disability benefits have landed with jarring force. Sir Keir’s managerial style may promise stability, but voters expected transformation. The result: disillusionment with a government delivering change – but not the change voters thought they had chosen.Labour’s poor local election showing could be shrugged off as low turnout in the shires. The party wo...

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3 w. ago Jo Cox family says Kneecap offering ‘half an apology’ over alleged call to kill MPs

Husband of murdered Labour MP says Belfast rappers’ talk of being unfairly targeted undermines their statementBrendan Cox, the husband of the murdered MP Jo Cox, has said the Irish rap trio Kneecap have offered only “half an apology”, after criticism of comments in which they appear to call for politicians to be killed.Kneecap apologised to Jo Cox’s family and that of the MP David Amess, who was also murdered, in the face of mounting criticism, including from Downing Street and Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kneecap apologises to families of murdered MPs after concert video clip furore

The Irish band said a video extract in which a band member appeared to voice support for killing MPs had been deliberately taken out of context.

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3 w. ago Kneecap apologise to families of murdered MPs over ‘dead Tory’ comments

Belfast rappers post apology to families of David Amess and Jo Cox after footage emerges of apparent call to kill MPsKneecap have apologised to the families of murdered MPs David Amess and Jo Cox after footage emerged in which the Irish-language rappers purportedly call for politicians to be killed.Criticism of the group has been mounting – including from Downing Street and the Conservative leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch – since a video emerged from a November 2023 gig appearing to show one person from the group saying: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Irish rap trio Kneecap break their silence with apology to families of Jo Cox and Sir David Amess after furious backlash over 'kill your local MP' jibe

In a statement shared on social media, Kneecap said: 'To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt.'

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3 w. ago Kneecap says footage has been ‘exploited and weaponised’ over dead Tory comment

The Irish band said a video extract had been deliberately taken out of context.

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3 w. ago Festival urged to reconsider inclusion of rap group after ‘dead Tory’ comments

Controversial Irish group is due to headline King Tut’s stage at Trnsmt in July

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3 w. ago Irish PM demands Kneecap ‘urgently clarify’ concert call to ‘kill Tory MPs’

Ireland's prime minister (Taoiseach) Micheál Martin on Monday (27 April) called for Kneecap “urgently clarify” alleged comments attributed to the band about the killing of Tory MPs.

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3 w. ago John Swinney demands Kneecap are axed from TRNSMT over 'dead Tory' comments

The First Minister condemned the reported comments and urged the event organisers to respond

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