31 h. ago Laurence Fox granted retrial in libel case as judge rules his reputation was damaged by trio including Nicola Thorp calling him 'racist' online

The actor-turned-activist was successfully sued by now-Stonewall chief executive Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal over a row on social media platform X.

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34 h. ago Laurence Fox loses appeal bid on 'paedo' libel defeat but can argue he was damaged by being called a racist

Judges said Laurence Fox’s reputation was harmed when he was called a ‘racist’

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34 h. ago Laurence Fox libel case over ‘racist’ claim to face retrial, Court of Appeal rules

The actor-turned-activist was sued by now-Stonewall chief executive Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal over a row on X.

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34 h. ago Laurence Fox granted retrial in libel case over social media ‘racist’ claim

The Court of Appeal dismissed the actors bid to overturn the finding that he had libelled two people by calling them ‘paedphiles’

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34 h. ago Laurence Fox's libel case over ‘racist’ claim to face retrial, appeals court rules

Controversial actor Laurence Fox was sued by now-Stonewall chief executive Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal, real name Colin Seymour, over a row on X/Twitter

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50 h. ago Trump photo with Republicans in racist text scandal emerges after Vance calls furor over pro

The group’s vile messages received bipartisan condemnation even as the vice president dismissed them as something ‘kids do’

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66 h. ago JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including one in which rape was called “epic”, and another in which someone wrote “I love Hitler” – as youthful indiscretions.Vance, speaking on a new episode of the Charlie Kirk Show, the podcast run by colleagues of the late conservative activist, suggested that the participants in the leaked chats were much younger than they in fact are. Some of the participants are barely younger than the 41-year-old vice-president. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago JD Vance calls Republican operatives, aged 24 to 35, who wrote racist texts ‘kids’ – follow live

Vice-president further said media was paying too much attention to ‘what a bunch of kids say in a group chat’The far-right US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is further distancing herself from her fellow Republicans and accusing men in her party of being “weak”.In an interview with the Washington Post, Greene expressed her frustrations with Republicans, signaling her further deviation from the political strategies of her party, as the government shutdown beginning 1 October was slated to enter its third week. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Mamdani apologizes for calling NYPD ‘racist’ and details plans to address crime in NYC as Democrat faces Fox grilling

‘I'm looking to work with these officers’ Mamdani said in his apology to the New York City Police Department

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5 d. ago Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on FridayThe Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has criticised “disgraceful” rhetoric from the Labour and Green parties after the UK’s youngest council leader was allegedly assaulted.George Finch, 19, the Reform leader of Warwickshire county council,said he was called a “racist” and a “fascist” before being allegedly assaulted on Friday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot rapist

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedatedA man has been found guilty on appeal of raping Gisèle Pelicot after she was drugged unconscious by her husband – and has had his prison sentence increased to 10 years.Husamettin Dogan, 44, an unemployed builder, who had contested his first conviction last year, faced a retrial this week at Nîmes court of appeal. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Stephen Lawrence’s killer David Norris is an ‘obvious danger to society’, murdered teen’s mother tells parole board

David Norris, who was jailed for life with a minimum of 14 years over the infamous racist murder, is calling to be released

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1 week ago Florida removes Miami Beach rainbow crosswalk after city loses appeal

A rainbow-colored crosswalk celebrating the contributions of Miami Beach's LGBTQ+ community has been removed from the city’s iconic Ocean Drive

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2 w. ago Ed Miliband to announce total ban on fracking – UK politics live

There is not currently a permanent ban in law, just a temporary moratoriumSome people have argued that it is a mistake for Keir Starmer and Labour to talk about Nigel Farage and Reform UK as much as they have. There is a case for saying that this just shores up the credibility of a party with only five MPs, and it switches the news agenda towards immigration and small boats (issues where Reform UK polls well) and away from “Labour issues” like health.And art of this argument is that, by calling the Reform UK migration policy racist, Labour is also making it easier for Farage to leverage grievance (which, as Starmer himself argued in his speech yesterday, is part of what lies behind Reform UK’s electoral support.I think it’s a mistake to pretend this isn’t the fight of our times.If it is the fight of our times, we’ve got to recognise that, and we’ve got to be in it. I think simply ignoring it is a mistake, a political mistake.No, not at all. There is a political fight that has to be ...

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2 w. ago Farage to hit back at Starmer for calling immigration policy racist

Nigel Farage will hit back after Sir Keir Starmer’s speech, saying his comments have put Reform UK’s candidates and activists at risk.

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2 w. ago Dad, 30, who left baby son blind & brain damaged during argument before he died of injuries years later is jailed

A DAD who left his his four-week baby son blind and brain damaged before he later died has been jailed. Mehmet Tufan, 30, inflicted a "catastrophic" injury on newborn Leo Williams in April 2018 at a property in Kirkby, Merseyside. The infant was rushed to hospital at 1.48am after his dad, then 23, violently shook...

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2 w. ago Shabana Mahmood calls Nigel Farage ‘worse than racist’ over ‘dog

Home secretary also tells Labour conference fringe event of the abuse her family have been subjected to recently Warning: this article contains language that some may find offensiveThe home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has accused Nigel Farage of “worse than racist” dog-whistle politics as she described how members of her family had been racially abused near their home in recent weeks.After a speech calling on Labour and the UK to “fight for our belief in a greater Britain, not a littler England”, she said the Reform leader has “blown a very, very loud dog whistle to every racist in the country” with policies that would reassess the immigration status of people who have been granted a right to settle in the UK. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves says Labour’s Youth Guarantee will ‘abolish long

Chancellor will make pledge at Labour party conference in echo of Gordon Brown’s flagship schemeReeves ended her LBC interview by saying that anyone saying the government should just borrow more “makes no economic sense”. That was in response to a question about Andy Burnham and his comments about the bond markets in an interview last week.Ferrari asked her if she was saying that Burnham was “Trussesque”.Anybody that says you can just borrow more – I do think that risks going the way of Liz Truss.I think there are lots of people who back Reform would be horrified by the thought that people who came to this country legally, are working and contributing, will be deported from this country. And we had to call out Reform for their policies. And this is a racist policy, and it’s a bad for our country, and we need to call that out. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago If you worry about migration Labour will call you racist, says Reform after Starmer's attack on plan to strip migrants of 'settled status'

Kicking off Labour 's conference in Liverpool, Keir Starmer risked inflaming public anger by using the term 'racist' to dismiss the policy of abolishing 'settled status'.

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2 w. ago Starmer calls Farage’s migrant plans ‘racist’ as he ramps up attack on Reform

Prime minister dismisses Labour calls to oust him as ‘navel gazing' and says battle with Reform UK is ‘fight for the soul of our country'

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