LGBT campaigners stood by their decision not to let Ukip march at this year’s Pride yesterday, declaring that its discriminatory policies went against the event’s ethos.
Speakers and delegates at this year’s Trades Union Congress LGBT conference proudly supported the exclusion of Nigel Farage’s party from the march.
Thousands of complaints poured in earlier this month after the announcement of this year’s Pride line-up revealed a Ukip contingent marching along historic LGBT rights groups.
The pioneering activist understood that freedom could only be won through solidarity across communities. Her legacy offers vital lessons at a time when progressive politics risks losing that shared purpose
The Morning Star republishes PRAGNA PATEL’s speech at the annual commemoration of Claudia Jones on February 22 2026
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
This ‘Big Meet’ our focus is building the next ‘Megapicket,’ say HENRY FOWLER and GAWAIN LITTLE of the General Federation of Trade Unions


