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Justin Bieber’s Grammy Performance In Boxers Was A Last-Minute Decision
But while it’s since been pointed out that the garment in question may have been a promotional opportunity for The Biebs’ latest fashion line, it seems the Canadian star may have given less thought to what he wore on stage than you might have thought.
Earlier this week, Grammys executive producer Ben Winston gave an interview on Rolling Stone’s Music Now podcast, spilling some behind-the-scenes tea about this year’s ceremony.
In his wider interview, Winston went on to say that when he and his team first contacted Justin about his plans for his Grammys performance, he didn’t have much to tell them.
“When we had got reached out to him about his creative, he was just like, ‘I’m just going to get on stage and sing’,” he noted.
He added of the eventual performance: “It was what he wanted to do. It was all him. It was a career-defining moment for him. It was so different to what we’ve seen over the years.”
After an extended break from releasing music, Justin unveiled two albums in 2025, Swag and the follow-up Swag II, the former of which earned him four nominations at the recent Grammys, including the coveted Album Of The Year title.
Donald Trump suddenly has “no problem” with allowing Russian oil into Cuba.
Just a month ago, before the US-Israeli strikes against Iran, America had aligned with its western allies by imposing strict sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s oil industry which fuels his war against Ukraine.
A fortnight ago, Trump eased those penalties against Moscow in response to the Iranian closure of a major oil shipping lane.
That meant countries could buy Russian oil which had previously been floating in the sea unable to be sold.
Now it appears Trump is even more relaxed about what Putin does, as he evidently does not mind if those tankers actively cross the Atlantic.
The president has blocked any attempts to send energy exports to Cuba since January in protest against the country’s leadership.
But overnight, the US president told the press: “If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba, I have no problem with that, whether it’s Russia or not.”
A reporter asked: “Do you worry that that helps Vladimir Putin?”
He replied: “It doesn’t help him. He loses one boatload of oil. That’s all it is. It’s fine. If he wants to do that, it doesn’t bother me.”
Trump went on to claim Cuba is “finished” with “bad and corrupted leadership”.
“Whether or not they get one boatload of oil, it’s not going to matter. I’d prefer letting it in, whether it’s Russia or anybody else, because the people need heat and cooling and all of the other things,” the president said.
Trump previously threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sends crude oil to Cuba.
However, the Kremlin has dismissed such threats, noting the US and Russia have not been trading much lately.
The BBC has responded to speculation about how much Question Time guests are paid to appear, following recent claims made by Thomas Skinner.
Last week, the divisive TV personality made his inaugural appearance on Question Time, alongside Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem MPs Jake Richards, Tom Tygendhat and Layla Moran.
In response to a comment from one viewer suggesting Thomas had been booked due to him being a “vocal supporter” of Nigel Farage’s Reform party, the former Strictly Come Dancing star wrote on X: “I’m not there representing any party. I’m there because it pays £2,000 and I like watching Question Time.”
He added: “I’ve been asked probably nine or 10 times to attend over the last four or five years. So I decided to give it a go. And I really enjoyed it.”
Shortly after this, Question Time clarified: “Question Time can confirm that panellists who are not politicians are offered an appearance fee of £150.”
Despite this, Thomas continued to maintain that he “agreed £2000 for me to go on” Question Time, as well as “agreeing” that “they pay [my] driver £400 on the night to take me and bring me back”.
He later told The Sun: “My understanding of the fee came directly from my management, who informed me that I would be paid £2,000 for attending.
“I’m a big fan of Question Time and really enjoyed being part of the show. At the same time, it is work for me, and with three kids, I have to treat these opportunities as part of my job”.
A BBC rep reiterated that non-politicians were paid £150 for their time on the panel show.
HuffPost UK has contacted the BBC for additional comment.
The most recent instalment of Question Time was filmed in Clacton-On-Sea, where Reform leader Nigel Farage is the current MP.
He said before the broadcast that he was “not able to take part” in the broadcast due to a BBC policy which forbids MPs from “appearing on the show in their own constituencies”.
“There is a longstanding policy on Question Time not to invite MPs on in their local constituencies unless it’s for a single-issue special programme,” a spokesperson for the broadcaster later confirmed.
Vice President JD Vance just shared his thoughts on whether or not aliens exist, telling conservative podcaster Benny Johnson he had a more spiritual take on what’s going on when it comes to UFOs.
During an interview posted on Saturday, the Hillbilly Elegy author said he was “more curious than anybody” about government research into the possibility of life on other planets, but added, “I don’t think they’re aliens. I think they’re demons anyway, but that’s a longer discussion.”
Johnson couldn’t let Vance leave it at that.
After being pressed to share more, the vice president said, “Well, look, I think that celestial beings who fly around, who do weird things to people. I think that the desire to describe everything celestial, everything is otherworldly, to describe it as aliens.”
“I mean, every great world religion, including Christianity, the one that I believe in, has understood that there are weird things out there and there are things that are very difficult to explain,” said Vance, who grew up an atheist and converted to Catholicism as an adult.
The former Ohio senator told Johnson he thinks his faith offers an answer for what’s going on when it comes to the supernatural.
“I naturally go ― when I hear about, sort of, extra natural phenomenon, that’s where I go to ― to the Christian understanding that there’s a lot of good out there, but there’s also some evil out there. And I think that one of the devil’s great tricks is to convince people he never existed.”
The world soon may have some answers.
Last month on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced plans to release “government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).”
Vance and Trump aren’t the only ones in the White House who want to find out if the truth is out there.
During an appearance on the New York Post’s Pod Force One last October, the VP said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also fascinated by the topic.
“We talked about this a little. We talked about this back in our Senate days,” Vance revealed, later adding how “all of us put the tinfoil hat on from time to time.”
Pope Leo XIV marked the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday by calling for an end to the violent chaos in the Middle East and condemning world leaders who have weaponized Christianity to justify war.
The pontiff described Jesus Christ as the “king of peace” who “offers himself to embrace humanity, even as others raise swords and clubs.”
“This is our God: Jesus, king of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” Pope Leo said in St. Peter’s Square. “He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.’”
The Trump administration and its followers largely gravitate toward Christian nationalism and evangelism, with officials like Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth describing US involvement in the war with Iran as a Christian country using its military might to eliminate its mostly Muslim enemies.
“Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation,” Hegseth said last week during his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began. “Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.”
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Like his late predecessor, Pope Leo has gained a reputation for opposing violence and war, and has grown more vocal about this stance since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran. Religion has also played a part in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as Israel’s attacks on the Palestinian territories and Lebanon.
“As we set our gaze upon him who was crucified for us, we can see a crucified humanity,” the pontiff said. “In his wounds, we see the hurts of so many women and men today. In his last cry to the Father, we hear the weeping of those who are crushed, who have no hope, who are sick and who are alone. Above all, we hear the painful groans of all those who are oppressed by violence and are victims of war.”
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Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and marks the start of the Christian holy week that leads to his crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter Sunday. The pontiff said he was praying for the Christians in the Middle East, “who are suffering the consequences of a brutal conflict and, in many cases, are unable to observe fully the liturgies of these holy days.”
Israel faced backlash Sunday after police blocked the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and the Custos of the Holy Land, Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to conduct mass. The patriarchate said the rejection was the “first time in centuries” that church leaders were prevented from celebrating Palm Sunday at the church, which holds the tomb Christians believe Jesus rose from on Easter.
Israeli police claimed the leaders were denied because all holy sites in the city were closed for security reasons. However, following statements from Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will try to reopen the church at least partially this week.
Keir Starmer is expected to make Labour’s decision not to go to war with Donald Trump against Iran central to the party’s local election campaign on Monday.
Speaking from the West Midlands, the prime minister is expected to call on the UK to “stand together” amid the turbulence from the wars in Ukraine and Iran.
Alongside his cabinet ministers and Labour’s deputy leader Lucy Powell, Starmer will vow to continue “to fight to earn every vote” and “fight for the country we are building together, a Britain built for all”.
He will say: “Because, in the context of everything that is happening in the world, those values – that fairness we stand for – it’s never been more important.
“That is the thing about the volatile world we live in now.
“It tests, not just our security, our strength on the world stage. It also tests our fairness at home. Our unity.”
Starmer will take aim at his rivals too, accusing Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and her Reform counterpart Nigel Farage of poor leadership over the Iran war.
The prime minister is expected to say: “We will protect our forces, our people, our allies in the region. But I made the decision that it is not in our national interest to commit British forces to a war, without a clear legal basis and a clear plan – and I stand by that.
“It’s a question of judgement. Do not forget that the Tories and Reform would have rushed us into this. With no thought of the consequences, including for the cost of living. Utterly reckless.”
Both right-wing parties initially suggested Starmer should have granted Trump full access to UK military bases for his pre-emptive strikes on Iran last month.
The PM rejected that US request, later allowing access only for defensive and limited attacks in an attempt to keep British troops out of the war.
Starmer will be trying to galvanise the public before voters head to the ballot box on May 7 for local elections across England, and national elections in Scotland and Wales.
It’s the first major test of the Labour government since Starmer’s landslide victory in 2024.
But the party has slumped dramatically in the polls in the last two years.
Labour lost a seat to the Greens in last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, coming in third place after Reform UK.
The launch also comes as energy bills are set to fall to £117 next week as the price cap for April to June comes in.
Starmer will say that decrease in energy bills is down to Labour’s efforts to stabilise the economy.
However, there are fears wholesale gas and oil prices could drive the cap up for the following quarter, between July and September, as the Iran conflict squeezes global energy prices.
Iranian forces continue to effectively block the major shipping lane, the Strait of Hormuz, by targeting most oil tankers which passed through it – subsequently pushing up prices worldwide.
The cabinet is also set to play an active role in the coming weeks with almost 30 visit across the country over the next week.
‘Love, unity, hope.’ That was the cringe, Hallmark-card message of yesterday’s ‘march against the far right’ in London, organised by the Together Alliance – a coalition of trade unions, hysterical left-wingers and dense celebrities who have memed themselves into believing that the right-populist Reform UK is a ‘far-right party’.
I’d barely been on Whitehall for 30 seconds before I saw that most lovely, unifying and hopeful of sights: a sea of flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the terror state that has been veiling women, hanging homosexuals and murdering dissidents and Jews ever since 1979.
You might think that any self-respecting anti-fascist wouldn’t want to be seen dead with these ayatollah fanboys, apologists for an anti-Semitic dictator with messianic designs on the world. (Now who does that remind me of? It’s on the tip of my tongue!) But you would be wrong. The flags and placards of the late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, offed by Israeli airpower last month, bobbed through the crowd without incident.
This is not guilt by association. Not least because the Together Alliance has formally associated itself with groups who have – to put it gingerly – ‘links’ with many of the most blood-stained Islamist movements on Earth.
On its website, its list of supportive groups includes the Muslim Association of Britain. This inoffensive-sounding org, a veteran of anti-Iraq War and ‘pro-Palestine’ activism, was founded by one Muhammad Sawalha, a former Hamas military chief in the West Bank, who now lives in London for some reason. You remember Hamas, that Jew-killing, woman-raping jihadi army. That Hamas.
Then there’s the Islamic Human Rights Commission, which the think-tank Policy Exchange describes as ‘an entity tied to the Iranian government’. Its greatest hits include awarding Charlie Hebdo ‘Islamophobe of the Year’ just two months after the mag’s staff were massacred by Islamists, hailing Khamenei as a ‘great martyr’ at the recent Al-Quds Day demonstration, and trying to organise a boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day.
Depressingly, I could go on. And none of this is the least bit surprising. Since October 7, we’ve seen alleged leftists in dayglo dungarees happily marching alongside Islamic radicals waving placards featuring caricatures that wouldn’t look out of place in Der Stürmer, or chanting Arabic war slogans about the slaughter of Jews in the 7th century. That’s a fun day out for them now.
Britain’s Islamo-left has been on the march for decades, too. Back in 1994, Chris Harman of the Socialist Workers Party penned ‘The Prophet and the Proletariat’, a pamphlet arguing that Islamism spoke to a ‘feeling of revolt [that] could be tapped for progressive purposes’. This hellish marriage of convenience has now been consummated. Hence, Jeremy Corbyn calling Hamas and Hezbollah his ‘friends’. Hence, Lindsey German of the Stop The War Coalition, which was also out in force yesterday, declaring loftily that ‘democracy in the Middle East is Hamas, is Hezbollah’. German said that back in 2006 – the last time Hamas-run Gaza held an election.
But this is no longer confined to the dregs of the old left. What yesterday’s demo – with its festival-style branding, dance stage and tote-bag-swinging attendees to match – reveals is that the deranged brand of ‘anti-fascism’ that has curdled in recent decades has gone mainstream among the time-rich middle classes. An anti-fascism that thinks the British people peacefully, democratically agitating for national sovereignty, less migration and more clout is a terrifying echo of the 1930s, all while ignoring religious extremists blowing up kids at pop concerts and stabbing Jews at synagogues.
The ‘left’ has simultaneously become dumber and more extreme. Green Party leader Zack Polanski, the de facto headliner yesterday, embodies this lobotomisation. A man who got involved in politics about five minutes ago and gives off the distinct impression he has never read a book that wasn’t written by Owen Jones. A man who thinks and speaks in faux-inspirational Insta talking points – replete with talk of ‘hope’ and ‘love’ – while pushing leaflets through letterboxes appealing to voters on the basis of ginned-up ethno-religious grievance. A man who confuses virtue-signalling for politics, blokes in wigs for women, and hardline conservative Muslims for allies in the fight for rainbow-coloured ‘social justice’.
This is not your grandfather’s anti-fascism. There were appeals from the podium yesterday to the Battle of Cable Street and the fight against the National Front. This is an insult to historical memory, almost a form of stolen valour. At Cable Street, Jews, leftists and East Londoners faced down Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts. In the 1970s, genuine anti-fascists organised to stop genuine far-right thugs stabbing Asian people or burning black families out of their homes. Yesterday, tens of thousands of Daunt Books botherers gathered in Westminster to collectively screech about a migration-sceptical political party they happen to dislike leading in the opinion polls. It’s not the same thing.
Alongside Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson was the other bête noire of the day. The Together Alliance was hastily formed after the anti-Islam, nationalist activist’s Unite The Kingdom demonstration last September, which brought north of 100,000 people out on to the streets. The speeches from Together Alliance organisers implied they feel they are losing ground. They constantly stressed theirs was a gathering of ‘working people’, despite the overwhelmingly more bourgeois vibe, and insisted their march had attracted half a million (the Metropolitan Police reckon it was closer to 50,000).
But rather than ask why ordinary people are so fed up with uncontrolled migration, multiculturalism and Islamic extremism that they are taking to the streets – even getting behind questionable characters they might have previously swerved – the speakers yesterday appeared convinced the little folk are just sadly mistaken. Billy Bragg and others charitably conceded they have a right to be angry. They are just angry about the wrong things! Silly geese. That gnawing sense of unease at how the country is changing, in ways no one ever voted for? That’s just misdirected anger at ‘the billionaires’ and the sorry state of public services. As one placard put it, rather less diplomatically, ‘Stop blaming immigrants… for your shit life’. Scratch an ‘anti-fascist’, find a classist.
But it’s not just Robinson, is it? The left and even the centrist dads have spent the past decade calling Brexit fascist, the Tories fascist, Farage a fascist. What they mean is democracy. The public’s stubborn refusal to lie back and accept their own disenfranchisement. That is what really keeps the great and good up at night. Meanwhile, these supposed warriors against black-clad barbarism appear remarkably chilled out about the threat posed by the Islamists – who account for 94 per cent of all terror deaths since 1999, and three-quarters of MI5’s terrorism caseload. Hell, they will even happily march alongside them on a sunny Saturday. With ‘anti-fascists’ like these, who needs fascists?
Tom Slater is editor of spiked. Follow him on X: @Tom_Slater_.
Tommy Robinson is the UK’s most infamous anti-migrant activist. Surprising no one, he’s also an ‘expat’ who legally lives in Spain. If you’re wondering what the difference is between a ‘migrant’ and an ‘expat’, it’s that you’re average expat is oblivious to the point that they say things like this:
Imagine an immigrant in Spain complaining about other immigrants lol https://t.co/d1g6qmiHUY
— Jordan M (@Jordan_MG_) March 28, 2026
Oblivious
There are two things to point out here.
The first is that Spain is considerably closer to Africa than it is to Britain. The second is that the ‘Spanish’ Canary Islands are literally on the African continental plate (see the bottom left below):
For reference, this is how far the UK is from the Canary Islands:
A person shouldn’t be shocked to see Black people when visiting the continent of Africa.
In fact, the people Robinson is filming should be shocked to see him. Not because he’s white, but because he’s a racist little toerag who won’t stop travelling outside his own sphere of culture.
Tommy Robinson — Man of the world
Reporting on Robinson’s Spanish life, the Olive Press wrote in October 2025:
TOMMY Robinson has told a UK court that he formally resides in Spain – although his exact address will remain confidential.
The revelation confirms long-held suspicions that the far-right activist has used the country as a bolthole from problems in the UK, such as legal proceedings and concerns over his personal safety.
According to Ezra Levant, the Canadian publisher of the far-right media website Rebel News and a long-time supporter, Robinson is currently living in Spain ‘for safety’.
The claim was echoed in court by prosecutor Jo Morris.
The admission is likely to prompt questions over how and why Spanish authorities have permitted his continued residence, given his string of criminal convictions and notoriety in the UK.
Robinson’s safety has been called into question more than once. In February this year, Robinson claimed he was on the run from ISIS, but then proceeded to keep filming his location while abroad:
🚨 BREAKING: Tommy Robinson really needs money for his next luxury holiday pic.twitter.com/ZyLLcHv3FR
— Gadget (@Gadget440) February 14, 2026
Two things on ‘Tommy Robinson’ fleeing UK to ‘protect his family’:
1) He permanently moved his family from UK to Spain back in 2020, 5 years and 7 months ago.
2) His marriage ended in divorce in 2021.Tommy doesn’t have to worry about ISIS. Never in history has ISIS attacked an… https://t.co/8AsM7CVDdB
— Kathleen Tyson (@Kathleen_Tyson_) February 13, 2026
The following are two examples of ‘on-the-run’ Robinson broadcasting his location to the world:
Tommy Robinson is laughing at his gullible supporters while he and his son are living a high luxury life.
If he is a priority target for ISIS, why is he keep updating everyone about the next location he’s going to be at. pic.twitter.com/jiYqXlYqOW
— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) February 28, 2026
Tiny Tommy went to Mar-a-Lago and recorded himself while off his head. pic.twitter.com/axlACnb4Gq
— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) March 21, 2026
Mukhtar has also highlighted Robinson’s other travels:
Scroll through this thread.
Tommy Robinson’s kids are living the high life, going on luxury holidays, flexing on a private jet whilst struggling mums are sending him £20 out of their last £40 in the bank. https://t.co/u33Iri7Con
— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) February 26, 2026
Unreal
As a final update on Robinson, little Tommy has assured his followers that the screengrabs are NOT REAL:
I have seen stuff posted on whatsapp groups and here on X – people claiming to have some disgusting communication between me and my son about young women.
They are (obviously) not true.
It looks as though the far left, the islamists, and the real far right (who are working…
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) March 29, 2026
The problem Robinson has is that he’s so consistently full of shit that whenever we see him denying something, we immediately assume it’s true. A good example of this was when he told his supporters that the suspected scam he was promoting wasn’t a scam:
No it don’t , at least do some research before . I wouldn’t be sharing if it was a scam
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) January 26, 2026
For reference, the above is how his posts usually read. The following, meanwhile, is how his ‘not-a-scam’ tweet read (emphasis added):
I’m not usually one to post about trading tools or opportunities.
But loads of my friends have been using Core Signals for months, and the results are hard to ignore.
Some of you got early access through my mailing list. Every single person who did has made money.
At this point, it’s just depressing that people can’t see through all this.
Saying that, if his followers do get upset by the thought of Africans living in Africa, they possible deserve to be scammed by this shameless, little turd.
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As we’ve covered, the Labour Party‘s latest scandal centred on the WhatsApp messages sent between the disgraced Peter Mandelson and the also-disgraced Morgan McSweeney. We’ve criticised both men for years, so we were in a pretty good position to cover this story. The same cannot be said of one Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson:
girl… https://t.co/k9RvfUJ1NN pic.twitter.com/zz6RrKcKOe
— Ben Smoke (@bencsmoke) March 28, 2026
WTFApp
On 26 March, we covered that Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney reported his phone stolen in October last year. Given that this happened after his mentor Peter Mandelson was sacked, people suspected McSweeney faked the theft to covertly delete some messages. Suspicions only heightened after it came out that McSweeney had given the police incorrect information while also failing to tell them he was a key government employee.
Later that same day, we learned that the people investigating Peter Mandelson weren’t asking to search his personal devices. This was despite them knowing Mandelson had used his personal devices for government business. This is all especially dodgy, because they’re investigating Mandelson as a result of him leaking secret government information to the notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
So yes, this is all very bad.
But still, look at the state of this cunt:
The greatest vanishing act since Shergar!https://t.co/7vu2BvoHWQ
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) March 28, 2026
If you don’t know, ‘Shergar‘ was some famous horse that got stolen — exactly the sort of reference you’d expect from Johnson.
This is what the Standard reported regarding Johnson’s own missing WhatsApps:
About 5,000 WhatsApp messages on Boris Johnson’s phone at the start of the Covid pandemic have gone missing, the inquiry into it was told on Wednesday.
They added:
About 5,000 WhatsApp messages on his phone from January 30, 2020 to June 2020 were unavailable to the inquiry. Pressed on this, Mr Johnson said: “I don’t know the exact reason, but it looks as though it’s something to do with the app going down and then coming up again, but somehow automatically erasing all the things between that date when it went down and the moment when it was last backed up.”
Inquiry counsel Hugo Keith KC said a technical report provided by Mr Johnson’s solicitors suggested there may have been a factory reset at the end of January 2020 followed by an attempt to reinstate the contents in June 2020, but the former prime minister denied knowledge of that. “I don’t remember any such thing,” he said.
We think he might remember such a thing, honestly.
We also suspect he might know what happened to that horse the way he keeps going on about it.
Boris Johnson — Liar liars
Boris Johnson is one of the worst prime minister’s we’ve ever had, and if he ever tries to return to office we should throw chairs at him until he runs away. At the same time, he does at least bullshit with some panache. Keir Starmer lies all the time too, but he acts like we’re the ones at fault for noticing:
A remarkable thing about Starmer is that, despite being the most prolific liar in British political history, he is a terrible liar. https://t.co/v2IfP2kIqs
— Karl Hansen (@karl_fh) March 26, 2026
It says a lot about this country that our options for PM have been ‘eccentric liar’ and ‘boring liar’.
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Saturday 28 March saw a significant anti-far right protest take place in London. According to Green Party leader Zack Polanski, however, you probably wouldn’t realise this if you’d been locked to the BBC:
How can the BBC justify how much coverage they give other marches which are significantly smaller in size?
The bias is so obviously blatant.https://t.co/vT67pvnoZh
— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) March 29, 2026
Zack Polanski — Numbers
The Guardian piece Zack Polanski links to above notes:
Organisers say half a million are taking part – though police disagree
Getting an accurate picture of the number of people attending a march is always difficult, but today’s organisers say they believe half a million people have gathered in London.
Rally co-organiser Kevin Courtney, chairman of the Together Alliance coalition, told crowds gathered on Whitehall:
“Our estimate is now that there are half a million people on this demonstration – the biggest demonstration ever against the far right. And it gives us all confidence to carry on. Thank you very much.”
The Met Police say their initial estimate is more like 50,000 people. They concede, however, that it is hard to get an accurate number as marchers are so dispersed throughout central London.
Muslims, Jews, Christian’s, atheists
Gay, straight, trans
Public sector workers, private sector workers, students, retired people
Disabled people, older people, younger people
White, black, brown
All people marching TOGETHER against the far right
— Harry Eccles (@Heccles94) March 29, 2026
We’ve joined the short march at the Together Alliance demo in central London today – oh and the rave on Trafalgar Square is already popping off 💚 pic.twitter.com/aRVWsfBulm
— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) March 28, 2026
Polanski was a speaker at the protest:
“Look around. Look at the people around you. We are intergenerational. We are white, we are black, we are Asian, we are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, non-faiths. We are community”
“And together, we will win”
We WILL win. https://t.co/vzJZBLAQYD
— Anne Greensmith 💙 (@snowleopardess) March 29, 2026
Half a million people marched together today – in the biggest demonstration against the far-right in our history.
Our message to Farage and his allies was clear:
We will defeat your division with unity.
And we will challenge your hate with hope. pic.twitter.com/JfdWBiXiBC
— Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) March 28, 2026
While the BBC did cover the protest, it’s fair to say that other protests have received significantly more attention. A key example of this was the far-right ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest, which saw about 150,000 people hit the streets of London. An example of the BBC’s extended coverage was this piece in which they interviewed attendees to understand why they attended the Tommy Robinson-linked event.
As we previously reported, Generation Remigration spoke at Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom. ‘Remigration’ is the plan to mass deport migrants and their descendants from European countries. And as we said at the time:
We’re not quite sure how that will work in Britain given the continuous influxes of populations we’ve experienced since the Roman Empire, except we are sure, obviously – they’re talking about deporting Black and brown people.
Attention economy
Beyond the BBC, the Unite the Kingdom rally sent shockwaves through the UK media. This was because it was the largest far-right rally in years. Despite this – as Polanski said – even larger rallies regularly fail to capture media attention. This is especially true when they’re linked to issues that the establishment opposes, such as the liberation of Palestine.
Polanski is right to fight for all the attention this movement can get, because lord knows the media won’t offer it from the goodness of their hearts.
Featured image via Richard Burgon
Responding to their aggressors, Iran has said that the war isn’t over until they say it’s over:
JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iran says “as the victors, we will set the conditions for ending the war, and the enemies will be forced to accept them.”
— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) March 27, 2026
The Iran quagmire
The message comes as Donald Trump has expressed his disinterest with continuing the war:
Just take a step back and think about the fact that he killed 200 children the very first day of the war and is now saying “that was fun but I’m bored.” He’s a true sociopath https://t.co/ncb9c7RmcA
— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) March 27, 2026
As noted above, the US did indeed strike a school, killing hundreds of children. People disputed this at the time, and some even claimed that Iran had blown up the school itself. What’s gone less reported is all the carnage since then:
I can’t find a single headline from a mainstream Western outlet with this story.
Imagine the coverage if 26 Israelis had been killed, mostly women and children. https://t.co/XvfakobZ3S
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) March 28, 2026
This continued assault has included more strikes on schools:
Terrifying reality check. In just 27 days of their illegal war, the US and Israel have demolished over 600 schools across Iran, martyring more than 1,000 students and teachers. They are systematically destroying civilian infrastructure with zero regard for humanity. pic.twitter.com/sB57A4kl0x
— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 27, 2026
Trump has now claimed the US will pause strikes on Iran for 10 days, as reported by the BBC:
Donald Trump’s decision to pause any attack on Iranian energy plants for a further 10 days could be a pivotal moment in a conflict that has now lasted almost four weeks.
The US president’s commitment to deadlines is fluid – this is his second extension of this particular threat – but he uses them nonetheless for a purpose: to send signals, to distract attention and to buy time.
Take this latest promise to hold off a threatened “obliteration” of Iran’s energy infrastructure, a massive escalation that could trigger both Iranian retaliation against similar Gulf facilities and damage chances of a sustainable peace and global economic recovery.
It may be Trump wanted again to calm international markets; it has not gone unnoticed this latest pause was announced minutes after trading closed on Wall Street.
The boys who cried negotiation
Because the US and Israel have repeatedly attacked the countries they’re supposedly holding peace talks with, there is no reason for Iran to trust Trump. At the same time, there’s clearly a good reason for them to make the global economy hurt, because doing so will force their enemies to think twice before launching another attack.
In other words, Iran may be speaking honestly when they say this ends when they say it does.
That is unless Trump becomes convinced that wrecking the global economy is a price worth paying for a victory that takes decades to achieve and provides no actual benefits.
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