How far will UK Right go to weaponise anti-gay and trans sentiment?
Importing tactics from the hard-right in the US, a dangerous anti-gay and trans rhetoric is emerging, peddled by extremists and conspiracy theorists.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Leeds hosts Northern March for the NHS
‘Our demands include safe staffing and fair pay for NHS workers, an end to outsourcing as divisive and wasteful, and an immediate injection of capital funding to help start repairing the damage of 13 years of Conservative neglect.’
How is GB News really doing?
The right-wing network’s growing audience sadly proves there is an appetite for angry, red-faced, white men shouting at the screens about Meghan Markle and immigrants.
Right-wing press continues witch-hunt on ‘woke’ Derbyshire school
The deliberately provocative reporting comes as a new report shows that anti-drag sentiment is becoming mainstream in the UK, as US-style culture wars escalate.
‘Frack off’: Rees-Mogg roasted for saying ‘it’s time to start fracking to help reduce prices’
‘Won’t save them money, but may rock their worlds.’
Bank of England governor under fire for blaming inflation on workers’ wage rises
‘Instead of blaming inflation on workers’ wage rises, it’s high time the governor of the Bank of England tackled the profiteers of corporate Britain.’
Watchdog finds 14,000 people denied from voting due to Tories’ ID policy
‘It is an outrage that thousands of people were denied a voice at the local elections because of the Conservative Party’s Voter ID rules.’
‘Cowardly’: Key reaction to Question Time ‘Brexit Special’
‘The lowest bunch of gaslighting politicians in history.’
Protect our NHS: Petition urging government to end cuts attracts hundreds of thousands of signatures
As NHS trusts continue to face funding cuts, and junior doctors strike over an ongoing dispute over pay, a petition calling on Rishi Sunak to end health service spending cuts is gathering momentum.
Lord Cruddas makes incorrect claims about Boris Johnson being a ‘wining machine’
Several gaping inaccuracies were noted.