Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Crime, Crime, Crime
This week’s newsletter looks at how the Tories are still trying to pass themselves off as the party of law and order.
John Lubbock
Why is US think tank the Heritage Foundation so interested in Brexit?
The corporate interests which fund conservative think tanks in the US see Brexit as a lucrative business opportunity.
Right wing press ramps up attacks on the NHS as backdoor privatisation continues
75% of stories that appeared in the Daily Mail with NHS in their title over the past month were found to be negative.
Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Which way, Daily Mail?
“The British people relish a good hero, and a good hate”, said Alfred C. Harmsworth, the founder of the Daily Mail.
Why the cosy relationship between the right wing media and government is bad for democracy
Boris Johnson’s former chief advisor Dominic Cummings accused the government of giving a bung to big media corporations.
Why is Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel building a financial and political network in the UK?
The billionaire has been investing in lots of British startups and has connections to right wing academics pushing an anti-woke agenda.
Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Localism in the Local Elections
For this week’s newsletter I traveled to Essex to talk to a local independent party challenging the Tories.
Institute of Economic Affairs denies that fossil fuel funding affects its opposition to taxing oil company profits
The free market think tank says we shouldn’t tax oil companies more as BP and Shell announced record profits
Why James Delingpole and Maajid Nawaz’s event for vaccine sceptics should worry us
The conspiracy theory-promoting event was attended by figures like Laurence Fox, Tommy Robinson and John Mappin.
Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Democracy dismembered
Scandal engulfs the Tory party as they push through a raft of authoritarian legislation.