‘Active clubs’ that use martial arts to espouse far-right, fascist ideologies are proliferating in the US and abroad

Keir Starmer and Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh join survivors and emergency workers at St Paul’s Cathedral The prime minister and Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were among those who gathered at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the 20th anniversary of the 7 July London bombings. Four coordinated attacks on three tube trains and a double-decker bus killed 52 people and left several hundred injured in the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil. Continue reading...

Chancellor says PM ‘not grandstanding’ and wanted to ‘assure himself’ that national public inquiry was necessary Rachel Reeves has defended Keir Starmer’s decision to launch a national inquiry into historic child sexual exploitation after months of pressure, saying that victims of grooming gangs have always been the government’s priority. The chancellor said the prime minister was not concerned with “grandstanding” and had instead wanted to “assure himself” that a full public inquiry was necessary. She insisted that ministers had “never dismissed the concerns of victims”, even as Labour previously resisted calls for a wide-ranging investigation. Continue reading...

That’s quite the audio portfolio.

Sometimes you have to wait until the end of an album to find the best tracks.

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