Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ at heart of Windrush scandal by Jessica Elgot

MPs say policy to tackle illegal migration applied without consideration for social effects. Theresa May was two years into her job as home secretary when she made her strategy explicit, telling the Telegraph in 2012 her aim “was to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration”. The outcry over the treatment …

Arsène Wenger to leave Arsenal at end of the season by Sachin Nakrani

• ‘I feel it is the right time for me to step down’ Wenger says • Frenchman arrived in 1996 and led club to three league titles Arsène Wenger will leave Arsenal at the end of the season, bringing to an end a trophy-laden but also increasingly fractious 22-year association between the Frenchman and the …

Hounding Commonwealth citizens is no accident. It’s cruelty by design by Gary Younge Gary Younge

While playing up ties with ex-colonies, Britain also encourages the harassment of people who have spent their lives here On 4 April Prince Charles opened the Commonwealth Games in Australia’s Gold Coast with a brief reminder of the historical ties that bind. “The ancient stories told by the indigenous people of Australia remind us that, …

Lying Moron Trump ‘morally unfit to be president,’ Comey says in TV interview

"The challenge of this president is that he will stain everyone around him," former FBI Director James Comey told ABC News. President Donald Trump is such an indiscriminate liar that he sometimes doesn't even know he's lying, former FBI Director James Comey said in an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday night. He said …

Rights groups decry Trumpian May’s ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy by Diane Taylor

Report argues border controls are embedded in UK society and that all sectors must refuse to participate Human rights groups have published a report laying bare the extent to which the government’s “hostile environment” immigration policies have spread into all areas of UK life, encouraging “discriminatory” and “racist” behaviour. The report, by Liberty, the National …