Woke-bashing of the week: ‘Woke’ addicts and Christian name controversies – Toby Young’s latest culture war rants
Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union (FSU) and perennial culture-warrior, is once again stirring the pot.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Right-wing press spins more Brexit hypocrisy over Spain’s proposed 100% tax on non-EU property purchases
‘The Spanish holiday villa dream is over, thanks to Brexit.’
Right-wing media watch – Tory press’s overblown hypocrisy on Reeves’ budget
The Tories and their supporting press, seem to have forgotten the catastrophic fallout from Liz Truss’s fiscal plans in the autumn of 2022, which sent the gilts market into freefall and catapulted the UK’s pensions industry into chaos.
Are climate politics about to go into reverse?
The rise of climate-sceptic populist figures both in the UK and abroad, puts climate action at risk of being side-lined in favour of regressive, anti-environmental politics that could undo years of hard-fought progress.
Devolution dispute heats up in High Peak over future council structure
‘Greater Manchester has the fastest growing economy in the UK. When you look at key economic indicators, like travel to work areas, all High Peak points towards the Northwest.’
Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of England, hopes to save Canada from populism
Carney reportedly saw the Bank of England position as a stepping stone for his political ambitions in Canada when Trudeau stood down.
NEU to ballot teachers on government’s 2.8% pay rise proposal
The proposal is not sufficient to “even start to address the crisis in recruitment and retention.”
MAGA mania – will Britain follow Trump’s immigration rift?
Unless Britain truly distances itself from the racially charged nationalism emerging from MAGA mania across the Atlantic, the true victims will be immigrants, who will face an increasingly normalised wave of vilification.
Anti-poverty charities urge government to do more to address rising child poverty
‘Work isn’t the simple route out of poverty that it’s often made out to be.’
Germany’s ambassador to UK criticises pro-Brexit media, calling for youth mobility scheme to strengthen EU relations
‘It should be quite simple. But there are visible attempts to portray this as migration, or to portray it as freedom of movement.’