It’s enraging that it’s taken so long for this kind of backlash to happen. But it’s happened only because of the tireless work of people dedicated to Palestinian liberation.
The horrific recent air strike that killed seven aid workers affiliated with the World Central Kitchen relief group has generated more mainstream anger towards Israel than at any point in the preceding six months of the war on Gaza. Suddenly, it seems,
Three Tory councillors are facing calls to resign for making ‘abhorrent’ comments about disabled children – with one asking if the rise in cases was down to there being ‘something in the water’.
Warwickshire county councillors Brian Hammersley, Jeff Morgan, and Claire Golby are coming under intense pressure to stand down with a clip of the council meeting going viral and incensing viewers.
Mr Hammersley bizarrely asked if the rise in cases of disabled children in the county was because
Rishi Sunak today formally announced bold plans to ban today’s children from ever being able to buy cigarettes, despite a Tory revolt over his ‘illiberal’ smoke-free ambition.
If the law is eventually given the go ahead, kids born after 2009 will never legally be able to buy tobacco.
The Prime Minister has argued he is building ‘a better future for our children’. Health campaigners, experts and charities have all commended the move, described as the ‘biggest public health intervention in
Advertisement
A British Medical Association chair today boldly compared junior doctors’ salary to that of his cleaner.
Professor Phil Banfield, head of the militant union’s council, said the Government’s final offer of a six per cent pay rise for junior doctors is a ‘reasonable starting point’ for striking medics, who today began a five-day walkout in pursuit of a 35 per cent hike.
Responding to the claim that they may be the only sector to press ahead with more industrial action
Er baute seinen Auftritt darauf auf, sich über sein italienisch-amerikanisches Erbe lustig zu machen. Später beleidigte er öffentlich Stars, mit denen er zusammengearbeitet hatte, darunter Frank Sinatra und Howard Stern.
source site
*Samstagabend (03.04.23), Comedy-Ikone Chris Rock schrieb Geschichte in Baltimore für die allererste von Netflix per Livestream übertragene globale Veranstaltung, Chris Rock: Selektive Empörung. Offensichtlich schauten die meisten Leute zu, um zu sehen, was er über die berüchtigte Ohrfeige von Will Smith sagen würde. Vertrauen Sie uns, er hat es definitiv angesprochen. Hat er jemals! Außerdem haben wir Zuschauer-Feedback zu der Show, das Sie vielleicht
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.
Question of the Week
What is the best way forward for Americans who want to improve policing and the criminal-justice system?
Send your responses to [email protected] or simply reply to this email.
Conversations of Note
Earlier this month, a Black
GPs seeking to cut their working hours to 9-5 during the worst NHS crisis in history were today labelled ‘insensitive’ by patient groups.
Members of the public also criticised the radical proposal, saying it will make it even harder for patients to get appointments.
One family doctor approaching retirement said he ‘didn’t recognise’ the profession anymore and said GPs should be looking to do ‘more not less’.
The staggering scale of the appointment crisis was laid bare yesterday after worst-performing
