Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
How the Right-Wing Media’s ‘Conveyor Belt’ Propaganda Machine Works
Providing little in context or critical analysis, the right-wing monopoly of our print media poses real problems for democracy, as news with a reactionary and conservative political bias dominates the popular discourse.
Wealthier voters in poorer areas most likely to have voted Brexit, new study finds
Because of greater financial security particularly home-ownership, more affluent voters were less wary of the potential risks of changing the status quo.
DWP to hire ‘external agents’ in crackdown on benefit fraud that government’s own data shows doesn’t exist
‘If the government is concerned about fraud, it would be serious about the £15.2bn that multinational companies hide from the UK via tax havens.’
Tougher post-Brexit immigration rules worsening Britain’s vets shortage, MPs and immigration law experts warn
A less well-documented casualty of Britain’s departure from the EU is the veterinary sector.
James Cleverly prompts ridicule for praise of Susan Hall
‘Fortunately, London saw through her vitriolic and personal attacks and massive lies… What an embarrassing tweet.’
Daily Mail’s ‘New Dawn for Britain’ front page resurfaces on Europe Day
‘New dawn? More of a flickering fluorescent tube in the bogs of a Wetherspoons somewhere.’