Celebrating Britishness: politics without the politicians
Maybe you can’t have a strident British nationalism. Maybe that’s the subtextual mistake all those lectern-banging politicians have been making.
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Maybe you can’t have a strident British nationalism. Maybe that’s the subtextual mistake all those lectern-banging politicians have been making.
With the Scots offered further devolution in the hope of averting a yes vote in the independence referendum, some English regions say they want more powers to tax and spend.
Rani Abraham, who says she was exposed to sexist and offensive emails while working at the Premier League, now plans to sue the Football Association.
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists agree a ceasefire after talks in Minsk, as Nato members decide to increase defending spending at their summit in Newport.
Hundreds of demonstrators descend on Newport protesting against Nato’s nuclear weapons policy – but not quite the 10,000 predicted.
Ex-Cardiff manager Malky Mackay’s statement that offensive text messages were “banter” was widely condemned: now the League Managers Association (LMA) has apologised for its apology.
The Football Association is investigating Malky Mackay and Iain Moody over allegedly damning text messages exchanged during their time at Cardiff City, revealed by Bluebirds Chairman Vincent Tan.
As western leaders express shock and outrage at the beheading of US journalist James Foley, British Islamic State fighters use social media to express their support, describing his killer as a “lion”.
This weekend sees the start of the 2014-15 Premier League season – and with around £600m spent on transfers this summer, there’ll be some new faces on show. Malcolm Boughen reviews the prospects.
Religious leaders call on British Muslims not to go to Syria or Iraq for jihad, amid rising fears of radicalisation in the conflicts which could spread across the globe.
From the Titanic to Homeland, fiction has an uncanny habit of predicting reality – and it’s not finished yet.
A man who claims to have been friends with one of the ‘Isis Britons’, Abdul Raqib Amin, tells Channel 4 News that he was “obsessed with jihad”.
Paraic O’Brien confronts the Saudi cleric who spoke at the al-Manar centre in Cardiff, where one of the ‘British jihadis’ worshipped.
What message should imams give young British Muslims who want to travel to Syria for jihad? This was the debate at Birmingham Central Mosque by a group of scholars and counter-terrorism unit officers.
The question is no longer what Tony Blair did, or what President Obama should do, but what are we all going to do?