Right-Wing Watch
The media’s shocking role in Britain’s anti-trans movement
Through sustained media attention, political opportunism and well-funded campaigning networks, trans people have been elevated from a small minority seeking equal treatment into a symbolic battleground in Britain's culture wars.
Woke-bashing of the week: When even the Chelsea Flower Show becomes ‘woke’
The article opens with artist Grayson Perry’s quip that Chelsea is “Glastonbury for people who wear linen,” a line obviously intended as affectionate satire, but repurposed as the prelude to a familiar conservative grievance narrative.
Right-wing media watch: Daily Mail lines up veteran Brexiteers to sound the ‘Brejoin’ alarm
A decade on from the referendum, the case for Brexit sounds like a tired record stuck on repeat.
The Murdoch effect: How the right abandoned climate conservatism
“Murdoch will be looked back on by historians as someone who used their media monopoly to influence the destabilisation of the Earth’s climate.”
Right-wing media watch: Flag fury once again consumes the right
The Telegraph drafted in the reliably vexed Sir John Hayes, who declared he could see no reason for the flags to be removed “whatever the weather.”
Restore Britain: Can Farage be outflanked by a revolt on the far-right?
Britain’s fragmented electoral landscape can produce strange outcomes, and even a modest Restore vote share could complicate matters for Reform by siphoning off support from the same political constituency. If nothing else, that prospect may puncture some of Reform’s recent swagger.