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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

No Planet B

MPs call for investigation into potential wrongdoings by climate sceptic think-tank

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 October, 2022

The cross-party group of MPs are urging the Charity Commission to investigate possible misuse of funds by the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan Uncensored attracts more viewers without Piers Morgan

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 October, 2022

You’d think that if a TV show is named after its presenter, that presenter would be its greatest asset, the reason why viewers tune in. Not, it seems, for TalkTV’s flagship evening showcase of debate and un-woke opinions.

Right-Wing Watch

What next, now Rishi Sunak is prime minister?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 October, 2022

Sunak might be seen to have more political nous than his two disgraced predecessors, but he’s an ideologically right-wing Tory from the right of the party. The fact that he’s presented as a pragmatic centrist shows how far to the right the party has swung.

Fair pay for the NHS
News

Hundreds of thousands of NHS workers to ballot on strike action over pay

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 October, 2022

Around 350,000 members of Unison started voting this week on whether to strike over real terms pay cuts.

EU flags

Report finds UK to EU trade 16% lower than if Brexit had not happened

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 October, 2022

Trade from Britain to the bloc is down on levels anticipated if the country had not left the EU, research has found.

Right-Wing Watch

Why have the Tories suddenly imploded?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 October, 2022

In many ways, the Tories’ downfall is not startling at all. Not just because Truss and her predecessor were incompetents, but because the party’s implosion has been brewing for decades, and their problems have much deeper causes.

Job Centre

Universal Credit claimants could lose £1,000 a year

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 October, 2022

‘Anything short of raising all benefits in line with inflation will blight millions more childhoods and weaken our future economy.’

Polling Station

Tens of thousands sign ‘General Election Now’ petition

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
22 October, 2022

Momentum builds for the country to go to the polls to decide who the next prime minister will be.

Boris Johnson walking up a set of stairs smiling

How the left has reacted to the possible return of Boris Johnson

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
22 October, 2022

‘We can’t continue to see Parliament as a personal plaything of those on the Tory right that want to enact the policies that they’ve been doing.’

Pounds UK

Brexit: Thousands of jobs at risk in Northern Ireland due of failure to replace EU funds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 October, 2022

Concerns have been raised again about the impact of lost EU funds as a result of Brexit.

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