Flags, football shirts and foreign friends: the fake patriotism of Reform UK
Flags can lift spirits. They can also obscure motives.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Good Law Project offers Girlguiding ‘lifeline’ to help remain trans-inclusive
“Simply being transgender does not make someone more of a safeguarding risk than any other person.”
Woke-Bashing of the Week: The ‘queen of woke’? A headline built on a derogatory nickname by an anonymous source
A successful woman associated with inclusion initiatives makes for an even more convenient villain.
Right-Wing Media Watch: Government wakes up to media plurality threat in Mail-Telegraph bid
Ofcom’s handling of, and ultimate decision, on the probe, will be more than a single change of ownership. It will be a test serve as a test of how seriously the UK treats media plurality.
Young Britons signal overwhelming support for reversing Brexit
“The kids are alright…”
Musk’s tirade against Spain’s prime minister backfires
“No wonder Musk hates Sánchez.”
From Jim Ratcliffe to the Ballot Box: How offshore billionaires still shape British politics
There’s little surprise that Ratcliffe and Farage harbour respect for each other. As well as both loathing immigration, Reform’s top donors use similar offshore arrangements, 75% of their funding comes from just three mega wealthy men with offshore ties.
Charities pull together to highlight the link between climate issues and poverty and hunger
“Environmental change doesn’t put us all in the same boat. It just worsens the storm you’re in.”
Woke-bashing of the week: Pentagon to sever ties with ‘woke’ Harvard – Payback for Trump’s rejection?
One thing is clear: Trump as Harvard material was always a stretch.
Right-Wing Media Watch: Mail man Dan Hodges called out for ‘grotesque hypocrisy’ over Mandelson scandal
“Just beyond parody at this point.”