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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Right-Wing Watch

The Epstein files and the right’s ‘selective transparency’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 February, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Even the young women and children who suffered because of the egos and sexual appetites of these powerful men are increasingly marginalised, and certainly the obscure source of Epstein’s wealth becomes lost in the psycho drama of media coverage. 

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Lee Anderson reminded of his own political defections, after post asking if Oswald Mosley was a Labour MP

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 February, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

“As I understand it Mosley dumped his Labour tendencies when the world of fascism beckoned – remind you of anyone 30p…?”

Woke Bashing of the Week: Has UnHerd lost all shame? When ‘anti-woke’ turns into fat shaming

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

When you devote paragraphs to a writer’s body, clothes, and supposed visual offence, you forfeit the right to claim weight is beside the point.

Right-Wing Media Watch: The right runs scared about an Ed Miliband return

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Clark and others on the right appear genuinely alarmed by the prospect that Miliband could return to the very top of British politics, and they are doing everything they can to convince voters that his tenure as energy and net zero secretary would spell ruin for the country.

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Ofcom urged to act over TalkTV’s broadcast of climate misinformation

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

The broadcasts have frequently descended into personal abuse.

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As Western leaders crack down on immigration, Spain moves to legalise 500,000 undocumented migrants

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Pedro Sánchez has repeatedly rejected the claim that migrants are a burden on public services.

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Will Trump be Farage (and Reform’s) downfall?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Talk of a silver lining would be inappropriate given the chaos, confusion and real pain Donald Trump has visited upon the world, but maybe stopping Reform might be some small compensation with just a glint of silver. 

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Arts dominated by middle class and London, report finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Top-selling musicians are six times more likely than the general public to have attended private schools.

Woke-bashing of the week: Bob Monkhouse doesn’t need defending from ‘wokeness’ – least of all by the Sun

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

Monkhouse’s comedy, and the conventions that shaped it, belong to a bygone era of British entertainment. That does not make it shameful or malicious, but it does make it historically situated.

Right-Wing Media Watch: Right-wing media in a tizzy about Steve Coogan’s ‘anti-British’ comments

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

The Mail jumped on Coogan’s Irish passport, while the Express amplified “anti-British” criticism.

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