Month: September 2022

Bank of England announces temporary purchase of UK govt bonds to avert “material risk to UK financial stability” Bank of England announces temporary purchase of U.K. government bonds to avert “material risk to UK financial stability” LONDON: The Bank of England said Wednesday that it will launch a temporary government bond-buying program to stave off “material risk to UK financial stability” after unfunded government tax cuts spooked markets and sent the British pound tumbling. The emergency intervention means the central bank will buy government bonds in an effort to stabilize…

‘Hindu is peace’: UK Indians protest biased Leicester clash reporting & hinduphobic op-eds In an Op-ed titled ‘What is Hindu nationalism and how does it relate to trouble in Leicester?’, The Guardian associated Hindutva with “right-wing extremism”. Protestors have gathered outside the office of the British newspaper The Guardian in London over its coverage of the communal clashes in Leicester, Birmingham and other cities. Dozens of protestors carried “Hindu Lives Matter”, “Stop spreading fake news”, “Hindu is peace” and “Stop putting lives at risk” posters. In an Op-ed titled ‘What…

UK NHS mental health hospital staff in Manchester caught torturing & abusing patients Hospital staff “acted like a gang, not a group of healthcare professionals,” said Dr Van Velsen, a consultant psychiatrist” denouncing the acts of misconduct. In a shocking incident, UK Police are investigating the case of NHS staff allegedly bullying the patients at a mental health hospital whom they slapped, mocked, humiliated and verbally abused. During an undercover investigation by BBC Panorama, the NHS staff at the Edenfield centre was filmed molesting the patients in what is being…