Top civil servant quits amid growing acrimony between Downing Street and the Whitehall machine 

Revealed: Top civil servant in charge of Britain’s coronavirus response quits amid growing acrimony between Downing Street and the Whitehall machine Respected mandarin Tom Shinner is the latest high-profile figure to leave  No 10 insiders insisted that Mr Shinner’s job was only a temporary secondment One friend said he was contractually obliged to return to … Read more

Top civil servant quits amid growing acrimony between Downing Street and the Whitehall machine 

Revealed: Top civil servant in charge of Britain’s coronavirus response quits amid growing acrimony between Downing Street and the Whitehall machine Respected mandarin Tom Shinner is the latest high-profile figure to leave  No 10 insiders insisted that Mr Shinner’s job was only a temporary secondment One friend said he was contractually obliged to return to … Read more

Facebook has caused ‘significant setbacks for civil rights’ by not acting harshly enough on content

Facebook has made a series of decisions that undermined civil rights, including allowing posts from President Donald Trump that violate the values of the leading social network, an independent audit report said Wednesday. The audit commissioned by Facebook in 2018 found the California giant had taken ‘important steps forward in building a long-term civil rights … Read more

How civil rights leaders began the Facebook ad boycott

On June 17, Color Of Change along with the NAACP, ADL, Sleeping Giants, Free Press, and Common Sense Media authored an open letter asking corporations to cease advertising on Facebook for the month of July. These are the key figures behind those organizations: Rashad Robinson – Color of Change President Founded in the wake of … Read more

Jennifer Hudson covers Nina Simone Civil Rights anthem on BET Awards

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson put her three-octave mezzo-soprano pipes to use with an inspiring performance during the virtual 20th BET Awards on Sunday night. The Chicago-born 38-year-old sang To Be Young, Gifted and Black, a 1970 Civil Rights anthem originally written by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine. The late, great Aretha Franklin also … Read more

Civil servants must save Britain’s High Streets by getting back to the office

Critics have called on civil servants to lead by example and save Britain’s high streets by getting back to the office.  City centres are facing financial ruin after officer workers were told to continue working from until next summer, despite the easing of lockdown. There are fears that such a move could spell disaster for … Read more

Civil servants must save Britain’s High Streets by getting back to the office

Critics have called on civil servants to lead by example and save Britain’s high streets by getting back to the office.  City centres are facing financial ruin after officer workers were told to continue working from until next summer, despite the easing of lockdown. There are fears that such a move could spell disaster for … Read more

Dominic Cummings ‘vows fundamental change to civil service’

Dominic Cummings has vowed to take an axe to the civil service after coronavirus exposed flaws in the government machine, it was claimed today. The PM’s most senior aide is said to have told colleagues the Cabinet Office will be stripped of powers after being found wanting during the crisis, swiping: ‘A hard rain is … Read more

Dominic Cummings ‘vows fundamental change to civil service’ after coronavirus

Dominic Cummings has vowed fundamental change to the civil service after coronavirus exposed flaws in the government machine. The PM’s most senior aide is said to have told colleagues the Cabinet Office must be stripped of powers, swiping: ‘A hard rain is coming.’ Mr Cummings has been a longstanding critic of the way the civil … Read more

Photographer captures an abandoned house that belonged to a Civil War colonel

Photographs taken by an ‘urban explorer’ show the eerie remains of an 1850s Virginia home once owned by a Confederate colonel — which hasn’t been inhabited for several decades.  Bryan Sansivero, a New York-based photographer, snapped the images of the abandoned Greek revival-style house in northern Virginia, showing an exterior being slowly reclaimed by nature and an … Read more