Are young men drifting to the far-right?
For a disillusioned young man, grappling with economic stagnation and political apathy, Trump’s return may seem like an empowering vision.
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Woke-bashing of the week: ‘Woke’ addicts and Christian name controversies – Toby Young’s latest culture war rants
Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union (FSU) and perennial culture-warrior, is once again stirring the pot.
Right-wing media watch – Tory press’s overblown hypocrisy on Reeves’ budget
The Tories and their supporting press, seem to have forgotten the catastrophic fallout from Liz Truss’s fiscal plans in the autumn of 2022, which sent the gilts market into freefall and catapulted the UK’s pensions industry into chaos.
Are climate politics about to go into reverse?
The rise of climate-sceptic populist figures both in the UK and abroad, puts climate action at risk of being side-lined in favour of regressive, anti-environmental politics that could undo years of hard-fought progress.
MAGA mania – will Britain follow Trump’s immigration rift?
Unless Britain truly distances itself from the racially charged nationalism emerging from MAGA mania across the Atlantic, the true victims will be immigrants, who will face an increasingly normalised wave of vilification.
The legacy of the Capitol Hill riots
The embracing of a man who incited a dangerous and deadly insurrection as he refused to accept the result of a democratic vote – akin to a three-year-old refusing to accept his bedtime – risks pushing Britain further down a dark and dangerous path, eroding the very values that have long defined the nation.
T’was the Puritans wot done it: The ‘Right’s 10 most absurd Christmas cancelled claims’
In the strange world that is GB News and their ilk, where conspiracy theories and outrage are always just around the corner, they would love to cast themselves as the cavaliers against woke roundheads. As ever, reality, and history come to that, is never that simple.
Can Reform make a breakthrough in next year’s local elections?
If financial backing were the sole measure of a party’s success, Reform would be home and dry.
‘Christmas cancelled’: The growing influence of US Christian right on UK politics and media
Tune into GB News (if you dare), and you’d swear Christmas was on the brink of collapse, with its flood of headlines about “banned carols,” Santa volunteers being “sacked,” and “Christian outrage” over drag performances.
President Trump: The Labour government’s biggest headache?
The dynamics of the so-called ‘special relationship’ between the two nations are set for a dramatic test.