(Byline Times, 26 February 2026)27 February: After Reform UK finish second with 10,578 votes in Manchester’s Gorton and Denton by-election, candidate Matt Goodwin blames a ‘coalition of Islamists and woke progressives’. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch blames Labour, Greens and Reform for stirring up a ‘grievance politics based on religion or race’. (Guardian, 26 February 2026)CULTURE| MEDIA| SPORTWhile we cannot cover all incidents of racist abuse on sportspersons or their responses, we provide a summary of the most important incidents. (Guardian, 26 February 2026)This calendar is researched by IRR staff and compiled by Sophie Chauhan, with the assistance of Graeme Atkinson, Margaret McAdam and Louis Ordish. Find these stories and all others since 2014 on our searchable database, the Register of Racism and Resistance.

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2026 16:20 UTC