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ay may 10 2026 which party has the biggest problem with antisemitism the independent reports that a new poll has found that the green party is not viewed as being the party with the biggest problem with antisemitism despite increasing pressure on zack polanski over his response to the golders green stabbing the paper says that when asked which of the main five parties has an antisemitism problem labour and reform were identified most frequently in a new yougov poll with both at 33 per cent a quarter said the same of the greens while the conservatives and lib dems registered 16 per cent and 13 per cent respectively the survey conducted in the aftermath of the attack showed almost two thirds 63 per cent of britons believe prejudice against jews is a major or significant concern with the views of green voters broadly in line with supporters of other parties and voters overall the findings come after mr polanski who is the only current jewish leader of a major political party in the uk sparked outrage for sharing criticism of the police on social media after footage showed two officers repeatedly kicking the alleged golders green attacker in the head after he had been tasered mr polanski apologised for sharing the post in haste but he insisted the police should not be above scrutiny the greens are also facing accusations of antisemitism after labour said it would release a document which they say exposes 25 green party local election candidates for having disturbing views the candidates have been accused of a raft of harrowing antisemitism dangerous conspiracy theories and appalling comments supporting hamas and russia two people identified have been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred towards jews according to labour the polling also found green party supporters are as likely as labour conservative and liberal democrat voters to view antisemitism as a substantial problem with about 70 per cent of all these voters taking that view reform uk voters are the least likely to say so at 63 per cent but this is in line with the views of the wider public these results are disturbing and have provoked a political war of accusation and counter accusation posted by peter black 6 00 am 0 comments saturday may 09 2026 the mumbles oyster industry i have mentioned in a previous local history post that oystermouth in mumbles is not named after the oyster trade that briefly flourished in that area and once attracted gladstone to sample its wares but from the welsh name for the area ystumllwynarth which appears in early medieval welsh literature and derives from ystum lluarth meaning a place of entrenchment on a hill the story of mumbles website picks up on the history of the now defuunct oyster trade there they say that the horsepool was a natural harbour encompassed on most of its seaward side by a sandbank bordered by the roadside on the other and stretching from near the white rose public house as far along as the george hotel on a normal high tide the sea would rise up over the sand bank across the horsepool and reach as far as the side of the road from this haven the oyster men and their skiffs would set sail to dredge for oysters way out in swansea bay and down the bristol channel the mumbles oyster trade had been in existence for many hundreds of years and was indeed one of the mainstays of the village the romans are believed to have made use of the local supply during their stay in the 17 c isaac harmon while in oystermouth assisting edward lhuyd in his view of gower 1690 found that with a population of approximately 500 here are boates imployed in about ye takeing of oysters every year in the early days they used open rowing boats but around the mid nineteenth century they began to use vessels rigged with a mast a mainsail a forestaysail and a jib which were known as skiffs over the years the oyster beds were given colourful names which include the hen and chickens musselly haul itchy poll trashy ground robin s patch middle drift and duck haul california red hole and east india which were sited in swansea bay with others further afield the oystermen navigated by using conspicuous objects ashore and between port eynon and mumbles there were some eleven of these markers however since they were often closely guarded secrets their locations were sometimes lost when their users died the season was from september until may and in victorian times would be commenced with an oyster fair when at the skiff owners expense the oyster dredgers would be given a meal of bread cheese and beer followed by sports such as donkey racing climbing the greasy pole and sack racing in the later years of the nineteenth century and in edwardian times it became the custom for the wives of those remaining in the trade to sell the oysters from stalls set up on the promenade or from saloons situated along the roadside the children made use of the discarded shells by constructing beautiful little oyster shell houses some even lit from within by candles for visitors to admire and perhaps to reward with a penny or two undoubtedly the hey day of the industry was from 1850 until 1873 by 1863 there were 70 80 local craft with 250 men employed during the season the oyster s price was by now 9 shillings per 1000 to the wholesalers who then sold on for 6d 8d per score 20 000 oysters was not an uncommon catch for a single boat and each boat could make two journeys a day at its height around 560 men were employed in 188 skiffs three in each one with a quarter of the proceeds going to the boat and a quarter to each man each man could earn as much as 6 a week and consequently oysters were an everyday food for the locals often eaten in an omelette or coated in bread crumbs or in a carpet bag a grilled steak filled with oysters unfortunately there was a rapid decline in the numbers of oysters dredged due to pollution of the sea from the river tawe the primitive sewerage system at southend and over fishing in 1920 a deadly virus finished the industry in mumbles completely labels lochist posted by peter black 6 00 am 0 comments friday may 08 2026 the systematic abuse of the democratic process the guardian reports that candidates and political parties have described a climate of abuse in this year s local and devolved elections including death threats and intimidation while campaigning the paper says that politicians from a range of parties have reported abuse and harassment in the lead up to the elections in england scotland and wales with the green party describing this year s campaign as the worst in memory labour s dan jarvis the security minister condemned the rising tide of vile abuse harassment and intimidation aimed towards elected officials and candidates online and in person anyone engaging in this sort of behaviour is directly attacking our democracy and we all must do more to stop it becoming normalised he said a spokesperson for the green party said some candidates had received death threats or been yelled at or chased down the street and some had withdrawn from campaigning in certain areas due to harassment anecdotally this has been the worst year in memory the spokesperson said they said the party had been a focus at this election more than ever before with some wildly false claims being made about the party and its representatives which some members of the public have accepted on face value it is unknown how widespread abuse and harassment has been on the campaign trail this year the electoral commission will publish its report on the 2026 elections including its findings on abuse and intimidation in the autumn before the elections the electoral commission said candidates at elections have been subject to unacceptable abuse while campaigning in recent years its most recent candidate research found that 61 of respondents who were candidates in the 2025 local elections in england experienced harassment or security threats during the campaign and 71 said they avoided some campaign activity because of fear of abuse the abuse has occurred across political divides the reform uk leader nigel farage criticised elon musk in april after detailing how his party s candidates from minority ethnic backgrounds were being subjected to utterly appalling abuse on x which musk owns this week the labour mayor of the west midlands richard parker told the bbc he had been threatened and followed while campaigning in coventry the scottish trades union congress released a statement on tuesday condemning reports of increased racial and islamophobic harassment of candidates in the run up to the scottish parliament elections while a spokesperson for plaid cymru said online discourse had become increasingly toxic in two separate incidents in april in birmingham a green party candidate said he was accosted by campaigners supporting an independent group of candidates hanooshi hassan who was leafleting at a mosque at the time said he was threatened by one individual and was repeatedly told by the group that the green party was the gay party there was homophobia immediately he said they were being very loud and boisterous calling us the gay party and saying that we want to turn their kids gay he added one of the men threatened to beat me up west midlands police confirmed they had received two reports of alleged harassment on 17 and 24 april on dudley road and said inquiries were continuing bishop desmond jaddoo who is running as an independent candidate in birmingham and is not aligned with the group involved in the incident with hassan said he had received sustained racial abuse mainly online during the campaign in one incident after jaddoo distributed leaflets on monday he said he was told by an unknown caller listen you black bastard do not put anything else through my letterbox i m voting reform jaddoo said much of the abuse he received online was fuelled by rightwing rhetoric i think the way political parties are speaking they are stoking racial discrimination and they are damaging race relations in this country he said democracy cannot survive a toxic atmosphere like this for long much of it originating from the sort of vile and racist language coming from reform posted by peter black 6 00 am 0 comments thursday may 07 2026 the battle over energy bills the guardian reports on warnings by green campaigners that the defining issue of today s local elections will be the uk s soaring cost of living and in particular the links between inflation and the effects of fossil fuels and the climate crisis the paper quotes ami mccarthy the head of politics at greenpeace uk who says with people s bills and prices soaring from yet another fossil fuel crisis these local elections have a global context driven by the iran war getting the uk out of the fossil fuel doom loop and on to renewables would secure a stable and affordable supply of energy voters face a choice between parties that want to keep us hooked on expensive imported oil and gas and those that offer a way out of this cycle of insecurity the stakes are high with reform taking an anti climate stance vowing to encourage fracking impose punitive taxes on renewable energy generation and block solar and windfarms while the conservatives have also embraced more drilling in the north sea and played down the climate crisis without explicitly denying it yet the world s leading energy economist and the head of the international energy agency fatih birol said new oil and gasfields would do little to improve the uk s energy security or ease high prices instead opting to boost renewable energy generation offers a better way out of the crisis as solar and wind energy are cheaper than oil more secure and are not subject to stranglehold by hostile forces argues mike childs the head of science policy and research at friends of the earth most people in britain back strong climate action when the same solutions will bring down bills restore nature boost the economy and make our local areas nicer places to live voters deserve candidates who will act in their interests not on behalf of polluters or the super rich energy is not the only issue the need for cheaper bills better quality housing access to green space and more frequent bus services are among the top concerns voters care about said childs after listening exercises carried out by friends of the earth groups around the uk water and air pollution were also big concerns said ed matthew the uk director for the e3g thinktank local people want the pollution blighting their lives to end we need to make the case to voters about the dangers of climate change and the need to bring in policiies to deal with it the results today will show how effective that argument is posted by peter black 6 00 am 0 comments wednesday may 06 2026 who paid for farage s house in clacton the guardian reports that nigel farage s partner laure ferrari has refused to confirm how she paid for a house in the reform leader and mp s constituency of clacton adding there s more than one way to pay for a house the paper says that in an interview with french publication le monde ferrari was questioned over revelations in the guardian that she had purchased a house in her name in clacton after farage had claimed to be the buyer they add that farage initially said the arrangement was for security reasons but some months later he told reporters that ferrari came from a very wealthy french family and can afford it although a subsequent bbc investigation raised further questions about the size of her family s alleged wealth quizzed by le monde on the issue the publication said she dodged the question when asked if she bought the property thanks to a family inheritance she said yes and no that would be a very large inheritance there s more than one way to pay for a house i can t say how much my grandmother gave that s my business ferrari added the main thing is that i paid all the taxes there was no tax evasion and the house is in my name following the interview labour called on farage to clarify how the purchase of the property he uses is clacton was funded last week we discovered that nigel farage failed to declare a 5 million donation from a crypto billionaire and this week we discover that farage s partner might not have paid for all of his house in clacton after all they said the leader of reform needs to stop dodging scrutiny and urgently answer questions about this purchase farage has failed to be straight with the public over the full facts the guardian first reported last year that the house in clacton which farage initially said he had bought himself was in fact wholly owned by ferrari while farage said the ownership structure was for security reasons ferrari purchasing the house would have saved the reform uk leader an estimated 44 000 in the higher rate of stamp duty to which he would have been liable given he already owns other properties he also denied lending or giving his partner money towards the 885 000 price of ...