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A man who burnt a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in London has been found guilty of religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress by Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He has been ordered to pay a fine of £240 and surcharge of £96. With welcome clarity, the judge said that the current prosecution was not ‘an… Read more »
The trial of a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in protest of the President of Turkey has just concluded. The man stood trial for racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress at Westminster Magistrates Court. The outcome is pending. Humanists UK has expressed concern that this might amount to… Read more »
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Tulip Siddiq has resigned from the government, Downing Street has announced. In a letter to the prime minister, Siddiq, the economic secretary to the Treasury who is responsible for illicit finance and the UK’s anti-corruption efforts, said that while she had “not breached the ministerial code”, it is clear that continuing as a minister would… Read more »
Early decisions taken by the Labour leadership “tied” the party’s hands “unnecessarily”, John McDonnell has said. The former shadow chancellor and frontbench colleague of the prime minister insisted the “strictures we placed upon ourself need to be re-examined.” Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, McDonnell said that imposing cuts to create further fiscal headroom… Read more »
