Tory MP tells David Lammy he may end up at the Hague over Gaza

That it took a Tory to call out the behaviour of the Foreign Secretary and the conduct of the British Government over Israel is both shameful and revealing. In an extraordinary moment in the House of Commons, Malthouse said he was ‘beyond words’ at Lammy’s inaction towards Israel. He told the Labour minister this amounted […] Source

lowercase: afro-scottish poetry, the bee & more

lower case highlights cultural events, new releases, short reviews, jobs and writing opportunities. Our focus is on small and micro press, radical publishers, and events from independent bookshops. Readers & bookshop events suggestions welcome.   In Glasgow his Friday there’s the first Afro-Scottish Poetry Event, curator Chisom Okoronkwo tells Bella: “The Afro-Scottish Poetry Event was […] Source

The BBC’s institutional bias

Professor Richard Murphy has ended his chances of ever being invited back on BBC Scotland. On Wednesday morning he called out the Corporation’s obvious biases on the issues of Scottish independence, Israel-Palestine, and its constant platforming of right wing views and right wing news framing. During a phone-in on BBC Radio…

Starmer, the Don Quixote of British politics

In the great novel of classical Spanish literature, Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, widely considered the first modern novel in European literature, the eponymous hero Don Quixote (an older spelling of Quijote which has become established in English ever since the book was first translated into…

Poem That Avoids Arrest

Or: Authoritarian Laws Accelerate Absurdism. Snort Apple Paste   Sprout Plasticine Parents   Inept Pastoral Section   Tacit Purple Tension   Steal Pronoun Aspect   Realise Plastic Opponent Source

An Impoverished Union

The media ‘influencers’ keep on accidentally making the case for independence. Here’s Richard Madley: Ricard Madeley asks Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald why she’s so keen on Irish unification when, in his words, Northern Ireland is close to being an economic basket case. “I think the core of that question is, why is the […] Source