The Tribune Group of more than 100 Labour MPs have called for the prime minister to steer the party back to the left. Meanwhile, 81 MPs have demanded he stand down after Labour came third in the local elections when it comes to national vote share.

Suggested policies

Tribune Labour MPs have said Labour should:

• Introduce free buses for under 25s and universal credit claimers
• Raise capital gains tax
• Proportional property tax instead of stamp duty
• Reformed council tax
• Change government’s fiscal constraints to enable more borrowing

These are generally progressive policies, but they lack the overall economic strategy to significantly change the UK.

Also, encouraging bus use is a greener approach to travel. But why support Labour’s current policy of more expensive fares for the majority of those over 25? Labour rose the Tories’ bus fare cap from £2 to £3.

Further, raising capital gains tax towards the rate for income tax is a positive step. Capital gains is passive income and it doesn’t make sense for it to be lower than taxes on people working. Labour did raise it in its October 2024 budget, but it’s still the lowest in the G7.

Onto the next suggestion, a proportional property tax means that households pay a yearly fixed percentage of their home’s ‘value’ in tax. That’s opposed to the current stamp duty, where people pay a percentage of between 2% and 12% when they are buying a house.

A more robust policy would be to stop treating houses as an asset and for the state to provide them at cost price to the taste of the person or household. Then, the person or household re-pays for the cost of building and designing in affordable monthly payments.

Next, there’s council tax. It isn’t related to income, meaning many households pay more despite earning less. Reforming this would be welcome.

On the government’s fiscal rules, public investment is cheaper than private investment for infrastructure. The private sector pays higher interest and would charge the state or people to make profit. More borrowing, failing the use of debt-free fiat currency, is a better longterm solution.

‘Move left’ isn’t much for Labour

Given Labour is basically a corporate party under its current tragectory, the Tribune Group’s call for a move left may not mean much. But there are some worthwhile policies suggested.

Labour so far cut the winter fuel payment for pensioners then U-turned.

The leadership suspended Labour MPs for voting against the two child benefit cap, then U-turned and reinstated the benefit. The party has administered a huge rise in energy bills.

Any move to the left would be welcome after that.

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Hull City finished the job at The Den, beating Millwall 2-0 in the second leg to win the tie 2-0 on aggregate and book a place in the championship play-off final.

Mohammed Belloumi opened the scoring midway through the second half and Joe Gelhardt added a second after coming off the bench to seal the victory.

Hull City AFC’s performance

The first leg was a major anticlimax finishing goalless, so the return leg was set for a winner to be decided at Millwall’s ground. Hull made the first breakthrough when Belloumi cut inside and curled a finish into the net.

That goal shifted momentum and Millwall’s plan as they were forced to chase the game. Just fifteen minutes later, Hull scored again with a swift counter that ended with Gelhardt striking low into the net, effectively ending Millwall’s hope.

The goals were the turning points in the game, each goal decisive not because of the quality but also the timings. Two different goals, but executed to perfection. The overall difference was Hull’s ability to land a killer blow whilst Millwall couldn’t find that cutting edge.

Tactical battle

Hull set up to be compact and aimed to be dangerous on the break. They ceded possession at times but organised in midfield to prevent any real danger for their defence.

Millwall tried to press and dominate territory, particularly in the first half, but struggled to make that control count by creating clear cut chances in front of Hull’s goal.

The introduction of the substitutions changed the game. Hull’s bench provided the spark, with Gelhardt’s immediate impact underlining the visitors’ game plan to use pace and power late in the game.

Bottom Line

Hull will now head to Wembley for the play-off final and are one match away from promotion to the Premier League after 16 years.

Their run this season to the play-off final has been notable as they finished sixth in the regular season and have become the first sixth-placed team in seven years to reach the final. A clear indication that form and momentum in May can outweigh league positions.

For Millwall, the season ends with near misses and questions about how to turn home advantage into the results that are needed in knockout scenarios.

Millwall will need to dust themselves off and begin to prepare for the same fight next season, getting to the play-off semi finals is a huge experience for a team that is hoping to reach the echelon of football in the Premier League.

Featured image via Hull Daily Mail

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Israel has once again been caught dropping white phosphorus on civilian areas in Southern Lebanon — a blatant war crime — according to local and international human rights monitoring organisations.

This is white phosphorus.

Israel is raining white phosphorus bombs on civilian areas in South Lebanon.

Call it what it is: A WAR CRIME. https://t.co/PRry5wnQLX

— sarah (@sahouraxo) May 11, 2026

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Reuters reported on X that:

Plumes of thick smoke were seen rising from southern Lebanon, following a series of Israeli airstrikes.

It’s a shame we’ve reached the stage of journalism where corporate outlets are incapable of stating the facts.

Reuters complicit in the ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon by deliberately omitting the fact that this is a white phosphorus bomb.
Using white phosphorus near civilian populations is a war crime. https://t.co/J8kAksjCxv

— courtneybonneauimages (@cbonneauimages) May 11, 2026

‘Plumes of thick smoke’ are, in fact, white phosphorous — a deadly incendiary weapon.

Dangerous incendiary weapon

As the Canary previously reported, white phosphorus is a highly reactive chemical substance which ignites instantly upon contact with oxygen. It’s incredibly hard to extinguish and sticks to surfaces such as clothing and skin. White phosphorus is extremely harmful to people, no matter the route of exposure. It causes deep and severe burns – often down to the bone, breathing problems, and burning of the eyes and respiratory tract.

The human body can absorb the chemical, causing dysfunction in multiple organs, including the liver, kidneys, and heart.

It burns at more than 800 degrees Celsius — nearly 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit — high enough to melt metal.

Importantly though:

The incendiary effects of white phosphorous can cause death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering.

The use of incendiary weapons in civilian areas is a war crime for exactly this reason. Generations of Lebanese people will now suffer the consequences of Israel’s indiscriminate and illegal attacks.

According to the World Health Organisation:

The use of white phosphorus may violate Protocol III (on the use of incendiary weapons) of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCCW) in one specific instance: if it is used, on purpose, as an incendiary weapon directly against humans in a civilian setting.

More war crimes

There is plenty of evidence of Israel’s unlawful use of white phosphorus as far back as 2009. Since October 7 alone, Israel has carried out over 1,000 illegal white phosphorus strikes in Gaza.

According to the Euro-Med Monitor, in 40 minutes alone, the IDF launched 300 white phosphorus strikes on a packed residential square in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia.

Journalists reported other attacks in crowded areas of Gaza City, the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza, and the Jabalia town and camp in the Strip’s north.

The sky above Al Shifa hospital in the north of Gaza, lit up by white phosphorous and war crimes: israelis are barbarians | via @xq_2zx pic.twitter.com/eJyw8GJKmn

— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) November 10, 2023

Amnesty International first reported that the Israeli army was using white phosphorus in Lebanon in October 2023.

We are reporting on the ground close to the frontline. I$rael has indeed used white phosphorous, and has done so for some time, targeting civilian areas and agricultural land. We have spoken to civilians and local officials over the past two years, including those that have…

— Steve Sweeney (@SweeneySteve) March 17, 2026

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Human Rights Watch also verified Israel’s use of white phosphorus on two locations along the Israel-Lebanon border and over Gaza City’s port.

By April 2025, Israel had already committed over 1,000 attacks in Southern Lebanon using white phosphorous.

Ecocide in the 2,000 year old olive tree groves of Marjayoun.
The Israelis have committed over 1k attacks using white phosphorous in south Lebanon. Approx 60k olive trees were damaged, and 2.8 square kilometers were burned.
In this photo you can see a small fraction of the damage https://t.co/K40EFIbBrB pic.twitter.com/w1gRCt9fvM

— courtneybonneauimages (@cbonneauimages) April 11, 2025

Since then, Israel has continued to launch white phosphorus over civilian areas of Lebanon.

US origins

As the Canary previously investigated, the US Army supplies Israel with white phosphorus-filled projectiles.

The chemical agent can be deployed through artillery shells, bombs, rockets or grenades.

The white phosphorus itself comes from Israel Chemicals Ltd (ICL), which has a chemical manufacturing plant in St. Louis.

The US government contracted ICL to produce white phosphorus for the US Army, for:

a 5-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, fixed-price contract at $3,342,150.

ICL has 10 illegal quarries in the occupied West Bank, according to a report by the Israeli Ministry of Interior. Notably, ICL is also operating in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

Of course, it is no surprise that a country with a history steeped in colonialism is supplying incendiary weapons to a genocidal terrorist state.

Imagine the global outcry if Iran or Hezbollah were using white phosphorus on Israel? We would never hear the end of it. But because Israel is mainly terrorising Muslims, and the entire world is scared of Israel crying ‘antisemitism’, the world turns the other way.

Can Israel do anything within the bounds of international law?

Feature image via the Canary 

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We know what you’re thinking: there’s a long summer ahead of us. Six weeks of school-free fun for the kids, but then there’s you…

Trying to fill the school holidays with enough things to do to stop the whining, but without breaking the bank, can be an award-worthy task.

And while most of it might be filled with activities to do at home, trips to the park, or sending them off to camp or the grandparents’ so they be someone else’s problem for a few days, it’s fun to sprinkle in a few days out into the mix to keep things exciting.

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