Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
The media’s shocking role in Britain’s anti-trans movement
Through sustained media attention, political opportunism and well-funded campaigning networks, trans people have been elevated from a small minority seeking equal treatment into a symbolic battleground in Britain's culture wars.
Ofcom’s former chair faces backlash after defending GB News
"I think Michael Grade meant to say 'GB News is embarrassing'.”
Sadiq Khan praised for blocking Met’s £50m Palantir AI deal
“Good for Sadiq. Why should Palantir get their hands on our data? I wouldn’t trust them an inch.”
Woke-bashing of the week: When even the Chelsea Flower Show becomes ‘woke’
The article opens with artist Grayson Perry’s quip that Chelsea is “Glastonbury for people who wear linen,” a line obviously intended as affectionate satire, but repurposed as the prelude to a familiar conservative grievance narrative.
Right-wing media watch: Daily Mail lines up veteran Brexiteers to sound the ‘Brejoin’ alarm
A decade on from the referendum, the case for Brexit sounds like a tired record stuck on repeat.
Mick Lynch torches the Telegraph over Reform UK drift – and the public agrees!
“What I see coming out of The Telegraph every day is making space for racism – and racism is in the eye of the beholder. You are on the way to aligning Reform, and my prediction is that [The Telegraph] will support Reform at the next election.”