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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Levelling up

Brexit anniversary: Six Brexit U-turns imposed by Boris Johnson and his government

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 June, 2022

The PM trumpeted the deal he struck over Brexit. In less than two years, his government is already attempting to unpick many parts of it, asserting its ‘unworkability.’

Picket line

UK rail strike: Second day of action underway as RMT accuses government of ‘wrecking negotiations’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 June, 2022

“Until the government unshackle Network Rail and the train operating companies, it is not going to be possible for a negotiated settlement to be agreed,’ says union boss Mick Lynch.

David Davis

Brexit-inflicted crisis on Ireland will ‘take a decade’ to solve, says David Davis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 June, 2022

Former Brexit minister, who famously said there “would be no Brexit downsides”, admits benefits espoused by the Leave campaign have yet to materialise and Ireland will take years to recover from the protocol crisis.

‘A dark day for press freedom’: Left reacts to Patel’s decision to extradite Julian Assange

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 June, 2022

Following the announcement by the Home Office, politicians, activists, and advocates of free speech, have been sharing dismay at the extradition decision and support for the WikiLeaks’ founder.

XR

Tory crackdown on protests prompted by oil-funded think tank, investigation finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 June, 2022

Report shows that Policy Exchange, which called for the criminalisation of Extinction Rebellion and is funded by US fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil, influenced government clampdown on protest rights.

Kill the Bill

Government is creating ‘hostile environment’ for protestors, say MPs and peers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 June, 2022

‘This latest raft of measures is likely to have a chilling effect on the right to protest in England and Wales.’

A photo of a pile of newspapers with the text 'Radical Roundup' overlaid

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, June 2022

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 June, 2022

The news you didn’t see this week…

Brexit and EU

EU taking new legal action against UK on ‘illegal’ protocol move

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 June, 2022

Patience in Brussels ‘has been tested to the extreme by Boris Johnson’, said a member of the European Parliament.

Nigel Farage mocked for GB News is ‘making great progress’ tweet

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 June, 2022

Given its struggle to reach large TV ratings and prolonged advertising boycott, Farage’s comments about the channel, which pitches itself as an alternative to mainstream media, were immediately leapt on and ridiculed.

Hunt and Patel

Tory MP slammed for blaming asylum seekers for shortages of school places, GP appointments and affordable homes

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 June, 2022

Tom Hunt sparked an angry reaction for disparaging comments on opponents of the Rwanda deportation scheme, while attempting to defend the policy.

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