Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Reform on the rise, Tories on the ropes: what’s at stake on May 1?
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.
National Day of Action demands Barclays ‘stops funding genocide’
In 2024 alone, 5,000 people closed their Barclays accounts in protest.
Richard Burgon’s petition calling for wealth tax, not disability cuts, attracts over 40,000 signatures
"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
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’
Right-Wing Media Watch – Millionaires flee London – Brexit who?
While more balanced reporting noted the key drivers, Brexit, economic instability, the weak pound, a sluggish post-2008 recovery, and tax changes under Tory and Labour governments, the right-wing press chose a different path.
Trussell launches ‘Football vs Hunger’ campaign to stamp out hunger in Scotland
It's not right that so many people can’t afford to feed their families and need to turn to food banks.