Hannah Davenport
News Reporter at Left Foot Forward
Editor and Journalist at Freelance
Freelance journalist with an interest in trade unions and environmental issues ✍🏼
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Aug 6, 2024 |
leftfootforward.org | Hannah Davenport
Baseless rumours and conspiracy theories spread rapidly online in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of children in Southport last Monday, sparking violent racist and Islamophobic rioting across the UK. The myth of a ‘two-tier’ policing system has been used by far-right leaders to stir up anger against authorities, including the police, amid the violence. The conspiracy claims that white working-class people are being treated differently to people of colour and refugees by policing.
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Aug 5, 2024 |
leftfootforward.org | Hannah Davenport
The Labour government announced today it will axe the anti-strike law brought in by the previous Conservative administration in a welcome move for workers’ rights. Britain’s new Government has said it will be repealing the controversial Strikes Act legislation which gave ministers sweeping powers to extend minimum service levels across the economy, and could be used to force striking workers back to work or risk losing their job.
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Aug 5, 2024 |
leftfootforward.org | Hannah Davenport
Trade unions have issued a rallying cry urging members to reach out to local mosques and solidarity groups, to offer union solidarity and support against the far-right. Leaders from some of the biggest unions in the UK have called for the movement to come together after far-right and racist groups exploited the deaths of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport to spread mis-information and whip up fear and violence.
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Aug 5, 2024 |
leftfootforward.org | Hannah Davenport
Nigel Farage has received widespread condemnation over his latest statement related to the ongoing violent riots in the UK. On Monday morning the Reform leader posted a statement on X calling for Parliament to be recalled and expressing ‘shock’ at the violence towards police officers. However he went on to compare the far-right riots to Black Lives Matter protests, making an unsubstantiated claim about a ‘two-tier policing’ system.
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Aug 4, 2024 |
leftfootforward.org | Hannah Davenport
This morning’s Daily Telegraph headline has been described as one of its “more repulsive and inaccurate” yet as the right-wing paper gets blasted for its coverage of the far-right rioting. On today’s (Monday 5 August) frontpage of the broadsheet newspaper, the headline read ‘Far-right clash with Muslims in rioting’. Disgusted reactions online have highlighted the paper’s divisive and misleading framing of the far-right riots and counter-protests.
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