The Canary, Author at Canary

31 January 2025

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Fifteen trade union leaders have written to the Home Secretary and Mayor of London to call for an independent inquiry...

MPs are demanding that the government place Thames Water into Special Administration measures

Clive Lewis leads 30 MPs calling for toxic Thames Water to be placed into Special Administration

31 January 2025

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A cross-party group of nearly 30 MPs has written to Ofwat’s Chief Executive asking for Thames Water to be placed...

Bristol March for Palestine in white text on a bold black background. "End the genocide - divest now" in red against black. "Saturday 1st Feb: Tyndall Avenue, gather 12.30pm, march 1pm. Protesters gathered together holding a large banner with "UoB defence partnerships £92,890,934" written across it.

Bristol is marching to call out its university’s ‘stain’ on the city over Palestine

31 January 2025

On Saturday 1 February, students and Palestine campaigners are joining forces to call out the University of Bristol's "double stain"...

John Healey was at the ADS arms industry dinner - and so were protesters

Labour defence secretary caught smearing university students at massive arms dinner

On 28 January, Labour Party defence secretary John Healey spoke at the annual ADS dinner. The dinner, held at the...

Palestine Action hit FIFTEEN (yes, 15) offices of Allianz in one night

In a coordinated wave of actions across Europe, Palestine Action struck at 15 premises of the 'Allianz' company, investors in...

Met Police already threatening peaceful protesters at the ‘Lord Walney’ 16 appeal hearing

16 Just Stop Oil supporters are appealing their draconian sentences at the Court of Appeal today and tomorrow. The mass...

A new report into child poverty has shamed the Labour Party

A scathing new report on child poverty just shamed the Labour Party

The UK government won’t see progress on child poverty by the end of this parliament – even with high economic...

the Assisted Dying Bill Committee has made a U-turn over who can give evidence

U-turn from Assisted Dying Bill Committee is barely a win

In (another) last-minute U-turn, sponsor Kim Leadbeater has finally agreed to hear from a representative of a Deaf and Disabled...

British Palestinians have joined the chorus of outrage over the Met Police conduct at the Palestine march on 18 January

Now British Palestinians have weighed in over the Met Police/Palestine march scandal

A letter organised by the British Palestinian Committee, the largest umbrella organisation of Palestinian groups in this country, has expressed...

Gaie Delap charities have called on the government to release her, just as she has been given even more time in jail

25 charities call on Labour to free Gaie Delap just as she’s given 20 more days in prison

Climate protester Gaie Delap has been told that she must serve a further 20 days in prison for being “unlawfully...

Drax Wes Streeting heckled by protester at Fabian Conference

What better way to end the month than to watch Wes Streeting being heckled?

The Fabian Society's New Year Conference hosting Wes Streeting as the keynote speaker was disrupted by an activist calling on...

Palestine Action smash a van into the gate of Teledyne

Palestine Action SMASH a van into an arms factory to STOP it killing Palestinians

At around 5am on Tuesday 28 January, Palestine Action crashed a van into front of Teledyne Defence and Space in...

A new deafblind research centre is opening at Birmingham university

A ‘life-changing’ new research centre for deafblind people is opening

A new deafblind UK centre for education and research based at Birmingham City University (BCU) has been hailed as “life-changing”...

CAAT disrupting ADS arms dealers dinner at the Marriot Grosvenor in London

Another year, another arms dealers’ dinner is facing disruption by protesters

27 January 2025

Protesters vow that arms dealers and politicians will not dine in peace at their £265-£540-a-head annual dinner - as they...

Corbyn is supporting Independent Venue Week. Could he get any cooler…?

8 October 2025

The following article is from Jeremy Corbyn's Peace and Justice Project Monday 27 January marks the start of Independent Venue...

The swans are back at Sadler’s Wells – but they’re not Tchaikovsky’s

27 January 2025