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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Schofield scandal

Phillip Schofield hysteria slammed as ‘shameless distraction’ from government failings

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

The extraordinary row involving the Covid inquiry has been notably dwarfed in the media by the ITV controversy.

Will the Right successfully create a backlash against Net Zero?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

Criticism of Net Zero in Britain is rife among prominent right-wingers, but will the public buy it?

Chris Patten

Tory peer Chris Patten labelled ‘woke’ for evisceration of Brexit on Question Time

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

The former Tory chairman delivered a searing attack on Brexit, leaving right-wingers’ fuming.

Children at school development centre

Charities call for ‘complete reform’ of childcare system, including better pay for professionals

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
28 May, 2023 (1 week ago)

‘Childcare holds the power to tackle disadvantage by enabling parents to work and boosting children’s outcomes. But this opportunity is being missed and new government investment risks entrenching rather than changing an unequal system,’ says the JRF.

Express headline

Eurosceptic media mocked for ‘Brexit victory’ gushing over car plant deal

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
28 May, 2023 (1 week ago)

‘Having to pay £500m isn’t a win, it’s another cost of Brexit. Where are those extra maths lessons?’

Murdoch's private jet

The Sun forgets its owner’s taste for luxury travel in dig at Rachel Reeves’ business class flight to US

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 May, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

The newspaper didn’t dwell on Rupert Murdoch owning an $84 million private jet.

Right-wing ramp up ideological war on civil servants

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 May, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

A competent government should be capable of crisis management. But what we have seen in 13 years of Tory rule has been the complete opposite.

Peston and Farage

Farage announces more Brexit ‘regrets,’ while hinting at a potential political return

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 May, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

The former Brexit Party leader also said he would have accepted worker shortages to reduce net migration.

Adeel Shah

Young imam wins town and district seats in local elections

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 May, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

The result marks the first time an imam has won a council seat.

water pollution

Thousands sign petition to end corporate pollution in UK rivers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 May, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

The campaign comes as under-fire water companies apologise for repeated sewage spills.

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