Liz Truss and right-wing lobby group lose it over campaign to return Parthenon marbles
Truss is being mocked for claiming the Greek statues are part of “our national culture”
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Councils push back against Reform UK ‘Doge’ unit’s attempts to access sensitive data
Lawyers have been hired to challenge Doge’s data grab
Woke-bashing of the week: Right-wing commentators take aim at ‘woke’ banknotes
Who appears on money has always been a political choice.
Right-wing media watch – When will they get over a minor band and start acknowledging Palestinian deaths?
While the British right-wing press continues its obsession with punk bands and protest chants, it remains astonishingly quiet about the devastating human toll in Gaza. Each day, Haaretz, a liberal Israeli newspaper, reports the growing death toll of Palestinian civilians, figures that rarely make it into the headlines of the Mail or the Sun.
Unions welcome plans to roll out family hubs across England
“Brilliant news.”
Right-wing media’s welfare myths exposed
Until the ‘benefit scrounger’ narrative is finally dismantled, facts will continue to take a back seat to headlines.
Charity begins on the right? £28m funnelled to right-wing think-tanks
These groups have capitalised on the generous tax breaks afforded to charities, allowing wealthy backers to support politically charged agendas while shielding their identities from public scrutiny.
Jake Berry’s defection to Reform met with ridicule and criticism
“Ah, yes, Jake Berry, the Boris Johnson/Liz Truss acolyte who said “Can’t afford to eat? Just get a better paid job.”
Taming corporations is the key issue of our times
To appease corporations, people may raze mountains, divert rivers, clear forests, cover countryside in tarmac and shower subsidies upon them, but they have no loyalty to any place, people or product.
Rupert Lowe under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog
The ex-Reform MP is being looked into for allegedly not declaring hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations to his ‘rape gang inquiry’ project