Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
The right-wing war on history
In Britain, we might watch the American political horror show with our heads in our hands, but as Right-Wing Watch readers will know all too well, the UK right has been following the same playbook as their American counterparts for some time. The goal is the same - to control the narrative, limit access to critical thinking and suppress any awkward truths.
Susan Hall sparks outrage over AI image of Sadiq Khan appearing to drown
“You’d think after losing, she might have learned that smear campaigns and scare tactics don’t work. Apparently not.”
Stop Trump dominating space campaign ramps up
A Stop DARC Radar petition has gained almost 18,000 signatures.
Woke-bashing of the week – Daily Mail claims ‘tens of thousands’ quit National Trust for ‘anti-woke’ rival
The right’s ongoing fixation on the National Trust reared its head again this week.
Right-Wing Media Watch – Pro-Brexit press gloats over Trump’s 10% trade tariffs on UK
Talk about rewriting history with a side of hindsight.
Electoral Reform Society urges government to do more on Voter ID
The truth of the matter is that voter ID has always been a solution in search of a problem and has created problems that weren’t there before.