Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Reform UK’s ‘victory’ might not be what it seems
A closer look at the data suggests that, despite the hype, Reform may actually have gone backwards.
Ripping up green energy contracts risk Truss-style shock to economy, experts warn
“We’ve all lived through a Liz Truss era, and I don’t think this is something that we would want to go back to.”
How mental health was dragged into the culture war
Rising levels of mental ill health are not the product of a cultural fad, driven by TikTok content that frames traits like talkativeness or difficulty finishing projects as evidence of ADHD, as the culture warriors would have us believe.
Petition for water nationalisation referendum nears 120,000 signatures
“Absolute heroes.”
Woke-bashing of the week: Anger builds as trans-inclusive parkrun targeted despite saving NHS £36.5m a year
“The fact they’re going after parkrun says a lot about them."
Right-Wing Media Watch: From ‘woke wrecker’ to Washington hero – the press’s slavering hypocrisy laid bare in King’s US visit
Even a fleeting, oblique reference to victims of abuse, widely read as a nod to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, in which the King’s own brother is implicated, was treated as deft statesmanship rather than scrutinised for its vagueness.