Palestine march organisers call Parliament press conference in response to...
Representatives of the coalition organising the national Palestine marches, along with MPs and civil liberties organisations, will hold a press conference tomorrow morning (Wednesday 28 February) in...
View ArticleNATO allies back away from Macron’s troops to Ukraine plan
NATO leaders have been scrambling to distance themselves from comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron – that member states deploying troops to Ukraine should “not be ruled out.” Russia “must...
View ArticleCoalition statement on the irresponsible comments of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
The coalition organising the Palestine protests condemns the irresponsible comments of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seeking to demonise those calling for a ceasefire. The long tradition of freedom of...
View ArticleOn protest and democracy
This evening, Rishi Sunak made a massive attack on the enormous peaceful mobilisations for Gaza, suggesting that those extraordinary demonstrations of humanity, to end the genocide, to defend human...
View ArticleSpring budget a ‘myopic sop’ to nuclear obsessives
CND Vice-President Dr Ian Fairlie writes for us on the purchase of the Wylfa nuclear site in last week’s budget. On March 6, as part of the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a deal with the...
View ArticlePalestine march coalition statement on Michael Gove’s extremism definition
As the coalition of groups who have been organising the national marches calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, we condemn Michael Gove’s statement today. His redefinition of extremism, framed as a defence...
View Article‘A dangerous new normal’: HMS Vengeance returns from 201 day patrol
Patrols in excess of six months are becoming a dangerous new normal for Britain’s nuclear-armed fleet, after a rusty HMS Vengeance was spotted returning to port at Faslane over the weekend after 201...
View ArticleSunak to waste more money on Britain’s nuclear weapons
Rishi Sunak has announced that £200 million of public money will go to Britain’s nuclear weapons industry, just weeks after a budget with no major announcements on military spending. The PM made the...
View ArticleStatement on German police raid on Berlin Palestine solidarity conference
We are appalled to see that German police have stormed into a conference in Berlin organised in solidarity with the Palestinian people. There are reports of 2,000 police being mobilised to surround...
View ArticleArms race “well and truly on” as Sunak announces military spending increase
Britain will increase annual military spending to £87 billion by 2030, meeting its 2.5% GDP spending ‘aspiration’ for weapons and war. Rishi Sunak made the announcement during a trip to Warsaw on...
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