Left-wing activists have staged a protest targeting the King’s throne in the House of Lords. Campaigners climbed over barriers during a tour of Parliament before displaying a banner that said: ‘Replace the Lords.’ They are thought to be members of the newly established protest organisation Assemble. The group said some of its members were detainedContinue reading “Activists Target King’s Throne”
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Germany Protests
Thousands of enraged demonstrators flocked to the western city of Giessen, where the hard-right AfD party held its founding convention on Saturday, as the party unveiled its new youth organisation. Many delegates were delayed in arriving because demonstrators stopped or attempted to block highways entering the city, causing the conference to start more than twoContinue reading “Germany Protests”
The French Farmer Who Said ‘Non’ To Gypsies
The no-nonsense farmer who took matters into his own hands and sprayed travellers with putrid-smelling slurry after they squatted on his land says he was driven to breaking point – after police told him there was nothing they could do. Pierre Richard, a fearless dairy farmer in northern France, became an accidental online celebrity afterContinue reading “The French Farmer Who Said ‘Non’ To Gypsies”
Council Barricades Divide Rich And Poor
A Green Party council has been accused of carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing on steroids’ by installing ‘racist and classist barricades’ under the cloak of darkness with police protection. Green-run Bristol City Council claims the blockades in Barton Hill, east Bristol, are anti-traffic and pollution measures but Somali and white working-class residents fear it’s a ploy to keep themContinue reading “Council Barricades Divide Rich And Poor”