Right-Wing Media Watch: when the press panics, you know you’re winning – enter Polanski’s Greens
Unlike other political figures who tend to cower before the tabloid firing squad, Polanski has welcomed the hysteria with open arms.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Shadow work and pensions minister accused of ‘massive lie’ over mental health claimants
The Motability scheme has long been a target of the right.
Chainsaws, chaos and crashing polls: Tories’ Javier Milei infatuation faces a reality check
Truss tanked the UK economy and was out in 49 days. Milei may still be standing, but he’s executing an even extremer version of Trussonomics than Liz Truss executed.
Museum of Homelessness holds vigil in memory of those who died while homeless in 2024
“We remembered people with love, care and compassion.”
‘Go woke, don’t go broke’: Study finds progressive films aren’t tanking at the box office
If we had a pound for every time the phrase “go woke, go broke” appeared in right-wing media…
Right-Wing Media Watch – Mail slammed for ‘racism’ hypocrisy, as BBC and Sky hand Farage free pass
The remarks were quickly twisted into yet another outrage cycle by the right-wing press.
New environment secretary urged to act on access to countryside
Britain’s oldest national conservation charity is calling on Emma Reynolds to prioritise legislation for wider and fairer access to nature.
Forget the populist EU doom-mongering, Europeans are overwhelmingly satisfied with EU membership
The findings stand in contrast to the apocalyptic tone taken by figures like Trump and Farage, who, following the Brexit vote in 2016, triumphantly predicted the EU’s imminent collapse and labelled it a “dead” project.
How Labour best fights off Reform – stick with McSweeney or cut him loose?
‘Shaking up the adviser team’ is a well-known political tactic, although how much good it actually does is contested. An excess of advisers is yet another Thatcher legacy we could probably do without but will doubtless have to continue to live with.
Zack Polanski’s call to nationalise utilities to lower bills draws support
“And so say all of us!”