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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

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Lessons from Canada: Is it time to stop trying to ape populist politicians?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 May, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Rather than courting the right, Carney gained votes by uniting the left, aided in part by Donald Trump’s unwelcome interference. Labour, by contrast, risks alienating its progressive support by chasing the right-wing vote. In doing so, it offers little that inspires, let alone galvanises.

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‘Plate-gate!’ – Pro-Brexit media in uproar over DVLA’s banning of ‘Brexit’ number plates

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 May, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

“I see they have reverted to their hysterical hyperbole again. Silly. There are much more important issues than number plates at the moment.”

Woke-bashing of the week – Trump’s authoritarian crackdown on universities championed by the Mail

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 April, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

The article predictably enlists a cast of familiar right-wing voices to make the case for British universities to follow Trump’s lead.

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Decreased FOI compliance risks UK ‘evolving into propaganda regime’ – report warns

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 April, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

“This situation has the alarming potential to evolve into a propaganda regime over time, requiring urgent attention.”

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GB News mocked for St. George’s Day gaffe in England’s ‘most English’ town

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 April, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

Behind the 14-mile sea wall at Canvey Island, little was going on to celebrate St George’s Day, which the right-wing broadcaster took as a sign of national shame.

Right-wing media watch – Anti-net zero press delight in stirring the Miliband/Farage spat

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 April, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

Expecting the anti-net zero brigade to do their homework might be asking too much.

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Reform on the rise, Tories on the ropes: what’s at stake on May 1?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 April, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

Independent candidates are fast becoming the conscience of the left, offering a way to hold Labour to account. Their rise, like Reform’s, shows how broken Britain’s two-party system has become, and how ripe it is for potential change.

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National Day of Action demands Barclays ‘stops funding genocide’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 April, 2025 (3 weeks ago)

In 2024 alone, 5,000 people closed their Barclays accounts in protest.

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Richard Burgon’s petition calling for wealth tax, not disability cuts, attracts over 40,000 signatures

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 April, 2025

“The most vulnerable and poorest in society are being asked to pay for a crisis they didn’t cause.”

Woke-bashing of the week – Naval academy forced to remove 400 books in DEI purge

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 April, 2025

Meanwhile, on our side of the pond, the right’s crusade against ‘woke’ culture in the armed forces also hit a setback this week, when ministers scrapped a Tory-initiated review into military ‘wokeism’

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