Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Woke bashing of the week – Abolish the arts council? The latest front in the war on woke
The free-market pressure group argues that AHRC is squandering taxpayers’ money on “woke pseudoscience” and should be abolished.
Right-wing media watch – Nuts about the Greens
Pinning an electoral defeat on conspiracy-tinged claims of fraud is often easier than confronting why voters turned elsewhere.
Media-fuelled transphobia driving ‘hostile environment’ for trans people, report finds
"Decisions about trans people’s lives are increasingly based entirely on the testimony of non-trans people.”
“Stop playing politics with Gibraltar”: Fabian Picardo rebukes Suella Braverman over Gibraltar post-Brexit arrangements
“Please read all the text and the supporting documents and stop playing politics with the People of Gibraltar whose future YOU and your ilk put in great jeopardy with Brexit.”
A dark web of influence: Brexit, the hard-right and why the Epstein mentions matter
If Epstein’s networks helped broker access or funding for political movements, it’s a matter of public concern. These aren’t insinuations, but a matter of accountability, and in the unresolved story of Brexit, accountability remains in short supply.
Trump erroneously accused Obama of an ‘election war’ with Iran – now he’s doing exactly that
“For a man who hungers for the Nobel Peace Prize, this war of choice borders on delusion.”