London thugs set out to arrest a list of hundreds of people, based on specific accusations and using every possible excuse, solely to force them to stay away from the Notting Hill carnival.

One of them was arrested for possessing frankincense. Is it a crime in the UK to have incense?

Irene Clennell was finally given the right to live in the UK with her British husband and children.

A previous article said that Ms Clennell had had permanent residency in the UK before, but the Tory state took it away because she spent "too long" in Singapore — caring for her dying parents.

I suspect that part of why right-wing governments tell immigration officials to be rigid and gratuitously cruel is to develop a reputation for heartlessness, so as to dishearten everyone they pick on. They suffered a defeat this time, so naturally they pretend that it wasn't so.

But I suspect they have another motive too: to make people loathe the state and thus demand "small government." That will help right-wing parties reorient the state from helping people in general (which it used to do quite well) to helping only the rich.

We Thought the Nazi Threat Was Dead. But Donald Trump Has Revived It.

A British arts center is showing a science fiction film about a future world with a partial resemblance to the occupation of Palestine. Supporters of the occupation demand it be removed for "antisemitism".

The Israeli right-wing lobby is pushing in many countries, including the US, to criminalize opposition to the occupation.

After the elimination of instant divorce for men only, Indian marriage laws continue to have other forms of sexist bias.

No one should be forced to stay in a bad marriage; anyone who wants a divorce should be able to get one, through appropriate procedures. But the law of divorce should not embody prejudice against any subgroup of persons.