Some years ago, while sat in the trendy offices of a right-on independent production company in London’s Soho, I found myself pitching a bunch of ideas to a fresh-faced multiculti group of telly wallahs. Pitching ideas to the British ‘meedja’ is something of a highwire act. Not only are your …
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On Monday, French interior minister Gérald Darmanin posted a statement on Twitter that the Ligue de Défense Noire Africaine (LDNA) would be banned in France following a weekend in which the group was allegedly involved in violence. “I have decided to launch the procedure initiating the dissolution of the Black …
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It’s the sort of mistake that anyone can make… If they’re a complete and utter tool. UK Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, a man not known for his intellectual fortitude, has become the latest senior Tory politician to make an ass of himself after mistaking Saracens and England rugby player, Maro …
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Elder was visiting the Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice on Wednesday when an activist wearing a gorilla mask threw an egg barely missing his head and then punched a member of his entourage. The black radio talk show host has emerged as the most popular Republican candidate to replace Newsom …
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On Friday September 10, Channel 4 will be holding a ‘black takeover’ day. From 6am, all of the channel’s presenters will be black: ‘The Big Breakfast’ will be brought back with black hosts, all the newsreaders will be black, teen soap ‘Hollyoaks’ will have an all-black cast, all of the …
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A massive column of assorted military vehicles, carrying hundreds of Taliban fighters, rode through Kandahar on Wednesday. The vehicles, seized from the now-defunct Afghan army, sounded their sirens and had Taliban flags hoisted, footage circulating online shows. The parade featured dozens of Humvee up-armored cars of various models, as well …
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The last US troops left the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday, just before the clock struck midnight local time. On Tuesday morning, Taliban fighters strolled through the airport they now controlled, littered with debris, posing for photos with the captured vehicles, aircraft and equipment. Taliban leaders reviewed a “special …
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Black substances were discovered in syringes and a vial, while unidentified pink substances were spotted in a different syringe with a Moderna vaccine dose, according to Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK. Okinawa’s government said in a statement on Sunday that it was suspending the use of Moderna vaccines after “foreign substances …
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Last week, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal noted a “responsibility” to “equip judges sentencing offenders of African descent with the tools to craft fit sentences.” The court made the “landmark” legal judgment when considering the sentencing of a black defendant convicted of gun possession charges, local media reported. In …
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Following the Plymouth shooting in which Jake Davison, 22, killed five people, including his own mother and a three-year-old girl before turning the gun on himself, much has been made about what motivated him. In the wake of such a tragedy, those living in its immediate shadow, and the public …
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