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Luciana Berger interview: I’m still hounded for being Jewish — and I know Jeremy Corbyn is antisemitic The former MP quit Labour after receiving death threats and the abuse hasn’t stopped. She has tired of her former leader’s excuses Rosamund Urwin Sunday November 01 2020, 12.01am GMT, The Sunday Times Luciana Berger left Labour last year Luciana Berger left Labour last year JOHN NGUYEN The release of the damning report into Labour Party antisemitism on Thursday brought everything back for Luciana Berger — it immediately triggered a fresh onslaught of racist abuse. The former MP for Liverpool Wavertree — who had joined the party as a student and was in effect hounded out of it by antisemitism — received a message online threatening that she “would pay” for the suspension of the former leader Jeremy Corbyn. During a Live Chat session run by the Corbyn-sympathising Novara Media, anonymous commentators dubbed her “a vile fifth columnist” and “the face of evil”. On Twitter she was called ...

‘Rape, beatings and death’ at Kakuzi, the Kenyan farm that helps feed the UK’s avocado habit Court papers allege guards at a British estate in Kenya that supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl have committed human rights abuses ILLUSTRATION: TONY BELL Emily Dugan, Nairobi Sunday October 11 2020, 12.01am BST, The Sunday Times The British owners of an avocado farm in Kenya that supplies supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl — and until recently Marks & Spencer — are being sued over a string of alleged human rights abuses. Guards working for Kakuzi, a farming estate the size of Manchester, are accused of extreme violence against the local community in 79 claims. SPONSORED Spain, an edible treasure trove Spain, an edible treasure trove 9 post-lockdown transition tips every manager should know 9 post-lockdown transition tips every manager should know The allegations, dating from 2009 to January this year, include battering a 28-year-old man to death for allegedly steali...

Priti Patel to revamp ‘broken’ system that sends back 1 Channel migrant in 70 Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor | Francis Elliott, Political Editor Saturday October 03 2020, 12.01am BST, The Times Play Video Priti Patel will tell the Conservative party conference this weekend that the asylum system is broken as official figures suggest that just one in 70 cross-channel migrants has been deported. The Home Office disclosed that only 76 migrants have been deported from the UK since April. Over the same period 5,330 have made the crossing. SPONSORED 5 interiors experts share the secrets to the perfect home 5 interiors experts share the secrets to the perfect home Design that lasts a lifetime Design that lasts a lifetime On Thursday a deportation flight took off with one person, a Sudanese man, on board after 29 asylum seekers were taken off because of last-minute legal challenges. They included 18 who made applications to remain on the basis of their human rights and six who made...

Asylum centre on Ascension would be ‘logistical nightmare’, says island chief updated Patrick Maguire Wednesday September 30 2020, 12.00pm BST, The Times Priti Patel asked officials to look at the possibility of putting a processing centre on the South Atlantic island Priti Patel asked officials to look at the possibility of putting a processing centre on the South Atlantic island WILL OLIVER/EPA Moving asylum seekers 4,000 miles from the UK to Ascension Island would be a “logistical nightmare” and not well received by residents, a member of the island’s council has said. Alan Nicholls’s comments came after it was reported that Priti Patel, the home secretary, had ordered officials to explore “inhumane” plans to process asylum seekers on a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic. SPONSORED This is what companies could have done better during lockdown This is what companies could have done better during lockdown Design that lasts a lifetime Design that lasts a lifetime Mr Nicholl...

  Models reveal serial sexual abuse behind gloss of fashion world Four women have come forward with claims of rape or assault in the hope that others will speak out. One of them is Lisa Brinkworth Lisa Brinkworth Sunday September 27 2020, 12.01am BST, The Sunday Times Lisa Brinkworth felt ‘reduced from journalist to victim’ Fashion is long overdue its #MeToo moment. Ever since the film mogul Harvey Weinstein became the subject of widespread allegations and criminal proceedings, rumours have swirled around key figures in the industry. However, the brief tremor that ran through fashion did not result in an earthquake of the magnitude that shook Tinseltown. Industry insiders and ex-models explain that abuse is entrenched and that those still working dare not speak out. SPONSORED Psst! This is how to get your best hair ever How to pick the perfect moment for your next move Dozens of anonymised stories of sexual assault in the fashion world unfolded on the model Cameron Russell’s Instag...

  Trevor Phillips: When you erase a nation’s past, you threaten its future The woke ultras who want to wipe away all symbols of British imperialism don’t speak for families who lived under the Empire Police officers guard a statue of Winston Churchill as people take part in a Black Trans Lives Matter rally in London REUTERS/Simon Dawson REUTERS Trevor Phillips Friday September 18 2020, 5.00pm BST, The Times A re we a nation of irredeemably and uniquely evil imperialists? Or is that a gross caricature that distorts our rich and complex history? Britain’s colonial past was thrust into the present this week when the prime minister of Barbados cheekily used the Commonwealth nation’s equivalent of the Queen’s Speech to reveal she planned to sack the island’s head of state and replace her with an elected president. Her Majesty showed no sign of being amused. Dispensing with four centuries of constitutional, cultural and emotional entanglement is not a matter to be taken lightly. Sti...