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It’s only January, but we’ve already reached peak-Telegraph with this article accusing Labour of damaging high-end cars with ‘socialist speed bumps’

It’s only January, but we’ve already reached peak-Telegraph with this article accusing Labour of damaging high-end cars with ‘socialist speed bumps’

We’ll say one thing for the Telegraph; you know what to expect from it. Standard Telegraph fare is – Articles about how people struggling to pay for their fifth skiing holiday because of labour tax hikes, Complaints about women and foreigners in English (not even British) sport, Telegraph money columns about how easy it is […] The post It’s only January, but we’ve already reached peak-Telegraph with this article accusing Labour of damaging high-end cars with ‘socialist speed bumps’ appeared first on The Poke .

PM recalls parliament to fast-track hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

PM recalls parliament to fast-track hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

MPs to return next week to debate new racial vilification offence, ‘hate preachers’ crackdown and gun buyback Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese will push the Coalition and the Greens to support urgent legislation establishing tougher hate speech laws and gun reform, bringing MPs back to Canberra next Monday to debate laws proposed in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. Recalling parliament two weeks early, the prime minister said the new hate speech and anti-vilification laws would be considered in the same legislation as provisions to establish the biggest gun buyback program since the Port Arthur massacre. Continue reading...

‘The response is a beautiful thing’: how Glasgow is squaring up to Reform

‘The response is a beautiful thing’: how Glasgow is squaring up to Reform

In the face of Nigel Farage, flag-waving and a longstanding housing crisis, some Glaswegians are taking on anti-immigration rhetoric Selina Hales has a thing about pineapples. She is talking in a quiet office, set aside from the bustle of Refuweegee, the charity she founded 10 years ago, and the walls are festooned with tissue paper cutouts of the fruit, which is an international symbol of hospitality. Refuweegee – its name a combination of the words “refugee” and “Weegee”, local slang for Glaswegian – has expanded exponentially over the decade into an operation that supports hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees in the city every day. Back then, she had a simple idea about making welcome packs, each one including a handwritten letter from a Glasgow resident. “One of our very favourite early letters said: “Welcome to Glasgow. I like pineapples. What do you like?” Continue reading...