Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Woke-bashing of the week: Anger builds as trans-inclusive parkrun targeted despite saving NHS £36.5m a year
“The fact they’re going after parkrun says a lot about them."
Right-Wing Media Watch: From ‘woke wrecker’ to Washington hero – the press’s slavering hypocrisy laid bare in King’s US visit
Even a fleeting, oblique reference to victims of abuse, widely read as a nod to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, in which the King’s own brother is implicated, was treated as deft statesmanship rather than scrutinised for its vagueness.
Right-wing commentators seize BBC investigation to advance anti-migrant agenda
What begins as a story about limited abuse within the system is quickly sold as proof that the entire system is broken.
London and Spain stand together, pushing for progressive, internationalist politics
“Sadiq has said it before and he’ll say it again - Brexit has done real damage to London and is costing Londoners, day in, day out, economically, socially and culturally."
The radical right in power: corrupt, authoritarian and incompetent
Allegations around funding and transparency have long followed Farage and his parties. Hungary suggests that even when such issues don’t immediately derail a political project, they have a habit of catching up with it.
Energy giants post soaring profits as households struggle with rising bills
“A damning verdict on an energy system that is failing the people it is supposed to serve.”