#MakingAStand against extremism in the community
The story of the three bright teenage girls who travelled to join ISIS is now well known to all of us. It has opened up many questions as to why girls with such great futures ahead of them would do this. Why they saw no place for themselves in the UK. Why the extremist narrative of ISIS, so different to the Islamic tradition, appeals to them? But more More...
Labour party member: Galloway will ‘win another comfortable victory’
I am a member of the Labour Party in Bradford East – I believe the best hope the country has as a whole is for a Labour majority at the next election. However, I would gladly support George Galloway in Bradford More...
What Bradford politics looks like from an outsider
It’s a loud city. With the elections looming closer, the city of Bradford has become a melting pot of political differences, opinions and controversy. Stock image. Image: The Yorkshire Standard. Two weeks ago, More...
MPs would be sacked from any other job for this
I was just watching the news and the debate on MPs having second jobs in addition to earning £65k as an MP. Image: Yorkshire Standard. Their excuses are that they have lots of spare time. To me this means they More...
No Britain First, I did not go to London in support of Charlie Hebdo killers
Thousands attended the demonstration in London under the banner of ‘democracy in motion, reviving civility, respect and good manners’. I went to London from Leeds, to take part in that very demonstration. Image: More...
Dear Eric Pickles: You must do more to tackle extremism
Stock image. Dear Eric Pickles, We have recently seen terrible atrocities committed by the UK government in the form of transferring money from the poorest to the better off. Finding the right response to these More...
Media stoke fear with ‘halal abattoir’ headlines, it should be ‘haram abattoir’
A worker pulls back a fist whilst holding a sheep by the throat. So news emerged today of a so-called ‘halal slaughterhouse’ that was filmed secretly and was exposed for the shocking practices it conducted More...