Woke bashing of the week: Font wars – Times New Roman strikes back
Place your bets now. In 2026, don’t be surprised if we’re reading headlines about “woke” fonts being purged from Reform-run councils altogether.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Right-wing media watch: One last swing at Ed! The right-wing press keeps missing the climate point
This familiar trope persists in the right-wing media – reduce climate policy to sneering attacks on Ed Miliband and avoid engaging with the substance of the argument.
Spain’s €60 nationwide transport pass sparks UK debate over Europe’s costliest rail fares
Britain’s train operators charge fares more than twice the European Union average for routes of comparable length.
Why the Telegraph’s ‘Labour Christmas bonus’ story doesn’t add up
To present a frozen £10 payment, worth a fraction of its original value, as indulgence is another example of grievance-mongering dressed up as journalism.
Pipe bombs and chicken nuggets: how fake news became ‘fact’
From Trump to Fox News, Johnson to Fleet Street, misinformation is not a series of isolated failures. It’s a business model, one that rewards outrage, punishes accuracy and treats the public not as citizens to be informed, but as audiences to be manipulated.
Erasmus returns, and with it, the familiar sound of Brexiteer outrage
Even readers of the Express, often dubbed the Brexpress, were not entirely convinced by their paper’s fury.
Woke-bashing of the week: Elon Musk labels EU ‘woke Statis’ after X is fined €120m
For all the talk of “the people,” Musk’s position boils down to a demand that one billionaire, who’s, unelected, unaccountable, and running a global communication platform, should operate above the law. Europe, to its credit, is saying no.
Right-Wing Media Watch: Piers Morgan’s Uncensored expansion – another step towards a consolidated right-wing media empire
Things could be worse. Piers Morgan could have confirmed the rumours that he might apply for the role of BBC director general. Then we’d really be in trouble.
Top 10% of income-earners earn more than rest of other 90% – report shows
Wealth growth has been strongest for the world’s ultra rich.
Lee Anderson mocked for claiming £75k flag project across Nottinghamshire won’t cost taxpayers ‘a single penny’
“Just think how much of a difference £75k would make to food banks in Notts, for example.”