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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

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Nigel Farage slammed for ‘I found a high street barber shop that isn’t Turkish’ video

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 April, 2025

‘This lazy smear is disgraceful.’

Woke-bashing of the week – ‘Christianphobia’ – the right’s latest culture war against inclusivity

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 March, 2025

There’s a new word doing the rounds… ‘Christianphobia.’  And the right accuses us ‘woke lefties’ of misusing language to manipulate discourse.

Disability
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As the right continues its assault on remote work, researchers urge policy protection for disabled workers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 March, 2025

Amid the criticism, one key group is being overlooked – disabled workers.

Right-Wing Media Watch – GB News’ outrage over teaching union’s apparent comments about Reform

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 March, 2025

It doesn’t take much for Nigel Farage’s loyal employer GB News to jump to the defence of the Reform UK leader.

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Manchester’s homelessness camps are growing despite success of ‘a bed every night’ scheme

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 March, 2025

Homelessness remains an urgent issue in Manchester.

Right-Wing Watch

The return of disability scapegoating

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 March, 2025

Fast forward 14 years since the Sun’s repugnant ‘Beat the Cheat’ campaign, and the same misguided and exaggerated vilification of disabled people has resurfaced, this time under a Labour government.

Brexit
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Macclesfield Labour MP lauded for ‘superb’ speech on rejoining the EU

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 March, 2025

Unsurprisingly, the debate received little coverage from mainstream media.

Woke bashing of the week – English columnist lectures Americans on how they should feel about Trump’s quest to takeover Canada

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 March, 2025

“Absolutely f****** insane.”

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Right-Wing Media Watch – Trump calls media ‘illegal’ – by that logic, shouldn’t some UK papers be behind bars too?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 March, 2025

At its best, British journalism is very good indeed. But when bad, it can be truly awful. Our tabloid newspapers, in particular, have long been the architects of their own brand of media warfare.

News

European Movement urges public to encourage MPs to attend debate on UK rejoining the EU

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 March, 2025

The debate follows a petition which was signed by almost 134,000 for Britain to apply to join the EU as a full member as soon as possible. 

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