Gagging – Cameron’s Counter Extremism Measures
“Over generations, we in Britain have built something extraordinary: a successful multi-racial, multi-faith democracy. Our country today is more vibrant, buoyant and diverse than ever before in our history.” These are the opening words of our Prime Minister David Cameron’s forward to the document presenting his government’s ‘Counter Extremism Strategy’, and all people grounded in reality will recognise at once how delusional they are. While the population of Britain are indeed more ‘diverse’ than ever…
Hate Graffiti Fabricated?
By Max Musson: My attention was caught recently by an article published on the Jewish Chronicle website entitled, “Police pledge to crack down on antisemitic graffiti“. The article states, “Police are investigating an increase in antisemitic graffiti in Manchester. “Since October there have been five incidents in Prestwich and Whitefield, areas in the north of the city that are home to large numbers of Jews.” I wondered what kind of graffiti had been sprayed or…
A Strangely Jewish Affair …
By Max Musson: As a political writer who often has to cover issues that hinge upon the racial, religious or ethnic background of individuals in the public eye, and the connections between individuals that are often otherwise concealed, it is rather bemusing to find myself reporting on the spat that is currently taking place between Ed Miliband and the Labour Party on the one hand and the Daily Mail on the other, in which various…
Nikos Michaloliakos Jailed
By Max Musson: In an Athens court early yesterday morning, after overnight testimony that lasted for more than six hours, Nikos Michaloliakos the leader of Greek nationalist party Golden Dawn, was jailed pending trial on charges of running a criminal organisation. This follows the wave of arrests carried out by the Greek government last Saturday, which saw Mr Michaloliakos and five other Golden Dawn MPs among twenty people arrested, ostensibly following the fatal stabbing of singer…