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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Woke-bashing of the week: White poppies spark red rage

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 November, 2025

With images of the devastation and civilian suffering in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine having dominated our screens agenda for years now, why on earth can’t our national newspapers promote averting war?

Right-Wing Media Watch – In attacking Reeves’ blame-shifting, Andrew Neil inadvertently proves her right

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 November, 2025

The reaction from the conservative press was nothing short of hysterical.

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Calls grow for unlimited free bus travel for vulnerable groups to be made permanent in Greater Manchester

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 November, 2025

Campaigners describe lifting the restrictions as “a simple, practical step towards greater inclusion and belonging,” helping everyone feel like a valued part of society.

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Rupert Murdoch’s Times humiliated over fake interviews

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 November, 2025

Calls have been made for the press regulator to investigate “systematic failings which lead publishers to keep running fake, likely AI-generated, PR content.”

Right-Wing Watch

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia and AI propaganda – is it time to talk about a digital fourth Reich?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 November, 2025

History tells us what happens when far-right propaganda meets cutting-edge technology. And if Grokipedia is any indication, we may already be watching the sequel.

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Robert Jenrick called out for ‘mean spirited’ hypocrisy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 November, 2025

“There’s nothing he won’t do to get attention.”

Smear of the week – Right-wing media takes aim at Catherine Connolly – ‘Dublin’s Corbyn’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 November, 2025

While the right may intend it as a slur, many would see the label ‘Dublin’s Corbyn’ as praise, a recognition of Catherine Connolly’s courage, compassion, and conviction.

Right-Wing Media Watch: The privately schooled voices shaping public opinion

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 November, 2025

Half of Britain’s commentariat attended private school.

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Right-wing press gloats over ‘Your Party chaos’, forgetting Reform UK’s endless fiascos

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 November, 2025

So much for Reform’s promise of “common-sense politics.”

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Another global company to quit Britain for Europe because of Brexit

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 November, 2025

The WTTC joins a growing list of businesses that have shifted operations from the UK to the EU since the 2016 referendum.

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