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Head of Commons media committee denies writing article accusing BBC of bias

Excoriating article under Caroline Dinenage’s name remains on ConservativeHome website

It was a crisis that toppled a BBC director general and his head of news. After contentious accusations of bias by a former external adviser, Michael Prescott, both Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit the corporation.

At the height of the media storm that ensued last November, the corporation was struck by another blow. A key figure in scrutinising the BBC – the chair of the Commons culture, media and sport committee – delivered an equally damning verdict.

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Dinenage’s article has been on ConservativeHome since November last year.

© Photograph: House of Commons

Dinenage’s article has been on ConservativeHome since November last year.

© Photograph: House of Commons

Dinenage’s article has been on ConservativeHome since November last year.

President’s first political veto sparks backlash from Portugal’s right

13 June 2026 at 10:38
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President António José Seguro’s first political veto has triggered sharp criticism from Portugal’s governing right-wing parties after he blocked legislation that would have banned the display of “ideological, partisan or

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Public control of water and energy at heart of Burnham agenda, sources say

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor ‘serious’ about taking over ‘essentials of life’ if he becomes PM, a move critics say could cost taxpayer billions

A decade-long project to bring water and energy into public control will lie at the heart of Andy Burnham’s agenda should he become prime minister, according to sources close to the Greater Manchester mayor.

Several close allies of Burnham have said he wants to take over broad swathes of UK utilities in an effort to improve performance and potentially reduce bills for consumers.

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Protesters clash outside One Nation fundraiser while Labor says opposition parties will ‘give us chaos’

Pauline Hanson claimed fundraiser was moved from original location due to ‘too many bookings’, not because of expected protests

Protesters have clashed with Pauline Hanson supporters, with one man given a move on notice outside a Melbourne venue hosting a One Nation fundraiser on Friday.

Michael Nelson, who was convicted of offensive behavior and fined last week for disrupting a Melbourne Anzac Day dawn service, was restrained by officers outside the South Melbourne venue.

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© Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

© Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

After Shangri-La: Asia Is No Longer Asking Washington’s Permission

13 June 2026 at 05:59
At the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue 2026 held in Singapore and attended by 44 countries, the real story was not the reaffirmation of the US-led Indo-Pacific order but its slow, public unraveling. The Speech That Misread the Room The opening plenary belongs, by Shangri-La tradition, to Washington. This year, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared, […]

Judge orders restoration of national park plaques removed under Trump directive

13 June 2026 at 02:04

Officials given 21 days to comply with order after Angel Kelley condemns administration for ‘telling half-truths’

A US district court judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate any history or science materials it removed from the nation’s public monuments, finding that the White House’s actions “set a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization”.

In March 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “restoring truth and sanity to American history”, calling upon the secretary of interior to examine monuments, memorials and statues to see if they had been altered after January 2020 to represent a “false construction of American history”.

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Section 702 Surveillance Reaches Its Friday Deadline. Why “Going Dark” Is a Myth

By: SGT
13 June 2026 at 02:00
by Dan Frieth, Reclaim The Net: The government’s broadest warrantless surveillance power is set to expire Friday after the House refused to keep it running. Lawmakers voted down a three-week extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Thursday, 218 to 198, with 19 Republicans joining most Democrats against it and seven […]

Lessons from Sweden: After mass immigration comes the Orwellian state security system

By: SGT
13 June 2026 at 01:00
by Rhoda Wilson, Expose News: Using his personal experience of what has happened to his neighbourhood in Sweden over the decades,  Jacob Nordangård describes how mass immigration leads to the Agentic State and a global panopticon. The Fortress World Scenario is starting to take shape, and the average citizen has been manipulated into embracing it […]

‘Vigilante Science’: How Anonymous Critics Are Trying to Silence Peer-Reviewed Vaccine Research

By: SGT
13 June 2026 at 00:00
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., Childrens Health Defense: In April, the Research Integrity Team at Sage Journals notified the authors of a peer-reviewed study comparing health outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated children that the journal was investigating complaints about the research. Critics say it’s part of a coordinated campaign, fueled in part by anonymous posters on […]

Cognitive Challenges Have Risen Sharply Among Younger Americans

By: SGT
12 June 2026 at 23:00
by Dr. Joseph Mercola, Mercola: Story at-a-glance Cognitive problems like memory loss, poor focus, and brain fog are rising sharply among younger adults, nearly doubling between 2013 and 2023 Lifestyle and metabolic factors — such as poor diet, stress, sleep disruption, and exposure to seed oils and environmental toxins — are likely fueling this decline […]
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