Trump’s assault on LGBTQ+ programmes ‘undoubtedly’ hitting UK charities, warns Stonewall
Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Britons now more pro-EU than the French or Italians
2026 has begun much as 2025 ended, with bleak polling that confirms Britain’s deep and unresolved disillusionment with Brexit, a frustration now shared across the European Union.
The ‘holy war’: How the far right is trying to hijack Christianity
Does the far right’s capture of a debased Christianity matter in the UK, where religion holds far less sway than in the US? Given America’s superpower status, and the reluctance of global leaders to challenge Trump, it should concern us all.
Darren Grimes mocked over false claims M&S staff are ‘forced’ to wear pronoun badges
“I’m a regular shopper at M&S and have seen no evidence of this. Perhaps you could supply some, rather than a lame third hand anecdote.”
Woke bashing of the week: Font wars – Times New Roman strikes back
Place your bets now. In 2026, don’t be surprised if we’re reading headlines about “woke” fonts being purged from Reform-run councils altogether.
Right-wing media watch: One last swing at Ed! The right-wing press keeps missing the climate point
This familiar trope persists in the right-wing media – reduce climate policy to sneering attacks on Ed Miliband and avoid engaging with the substance of the argument.
Spain’s €60 nationwide transport pass sparks UK debate over Europe’s costliest rail fares
Britain’s train operators charge fares more than twice the European Union average for routes of comparable length.
Why the Telegraph’s ‘Labour Christmas bonus’ story doesn’t add up
To present a frozen £10 payment, worth a fraction of its original value, as indulgence is another example of grievance-mongering dressed up as journalism.
Pipe bombs and chicken nuggets: how fake news became ‘fact’
From Trump to Fox News, Johnson to Fleet Street, misinformation is not a series of isolated failures. It’s a business model, one that rewards outrage, punishes accuracy and treats the public not as citizens to be informed, but as audiences to be manipulated.
Erasmus returns, and with it, the familiar sound of Brexiteer outrage
Even readers of the Express, often dubbed the Brexpress, were not entirely convinced by their paper’s fury.