Smear of the week – Tories accuse Angela Rayner of asking civil servants to help her move house
Barely a week goes by without the deputy PM being targeted for some alleged new ‘crime.’
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Right-Wing Media Watch – Tabloids silent on Prince Harry’s legal victory, while Dan Wootton launches absurd attack
As we’ve pointed out in previous editions of Right-Wing Media Watch, sometimes what the press doesn’t cover is just as revealing as what it does.
Andy Burnham pushes for control of Northern Rail by 2028
There’s been growing frustration among Northern users over the increasing number of cancellations, delays, disruptions and ticketing issues.
MPs warn SEND system is failing children
‘Too many families struggle to get the help their children desperately need.’
Are young men drifting to the far-right?
For a disillusioned young man, grappling with economic stagnation and political apathy, Trump’s return may seem like an empowering vision.
Tower Hamlets Council votes to divest pension fund from companies arming Israel
The move follows months of campaigning.
MPs push for extended paid bereavement leave for early pregnancy losses
‘Desperately needed and long overdue.’
Woke-bashing of the week: ‘Woke’ addicts and Christian name controversies – Toby Young’s latest culture war rants
Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union (FSU) and perennial culture-warrior, is once again stirring the pot.
Right-wing press spins more Brexit hypocrisy over Spain’s proposed 100% tax on non-EU property purchases
‘The Spanish holiday villa dream is over, thanks to Brexit.’
Right-wing media watch – Tory press’s overblown hypocrisy on Reeves’ budget
The Tories and their supporting press, seem to have forgotten the catastrophic fallout from Liz Truss’s fiscal plans in the autumn of 2022, which sent the gilts market into freefall and catapulted the UK’s pensions industry into chaos.