Right-Wing Media Watch – Murdoch media goes all out attacking environmentalists
The return of Trump – a notorious climate change sceptic – seems to have emboldened the Murdoch media’s climate attack dogs.
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Partied out: As party membership plummets the oligarchs ascend
The growing reliance on oligarch donations risks undermining the very fabric of democracy. With political parties no longer depending on membership fees or union backing, we risk wealthy individuals pushing policies that primarily serve their own interests rather than the people.
Woke-bashing of the week – Trump’s attack on ‘wokeness’ and the UK right-wing echo chamber
The echoes of Trump’s presidency are already reverberating across the Atlantic, emboldening right-wing commentators in the UK to rally behind a shared vision of dismantling progressive social policies.
Brexit lies: How the cheerleaders prospered while the country paid the price
The delusions of mystic Mogg and other Brexit diehards that the rewards will eventually come, are no longer tenable. Not only can we now measure the pitiful results and consequences, but they’re impossible to ignore.
Smear of the week – Tories accuse Angela Rayner of asking civil servants to help her move house
Barely a week goes by without the deputy PM being targeted for some alleged new ‘crime.’
Right-Wing Media Watch – Tabloids silent on Prince Harry’s legal victory, while Dan Wootton launches absurd attack
As we’ve pointed out in previous editions of Right-Wing Media Watch, sometimes what the press doesn’t cover is just as revealing as what it does.
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.
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.