We are all extremists now! How the Right are exploiting the Israel/Gaza tragedy to redefine extremism
The Right’s commitment to free speech is selective and self-serving, and their double standards is most transparent when it comes to Palestine.
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Why we should be worried about the GB News-funded alt-right conference in London
This latest curious meeting of right-wing minds in a sold out inaugural conference at the world’s busiest concert venue, shows how much this form of cultural nationalism, which emphases the preservation of national identity, restrictions on immigration, and a rebuke of climate science, has become mainstream.
How the Tories, inspired by Republicans, have fixed the voting system in their favour
Our ancestors fought hard for our democratic rights. They would turn in their graves if they saw the state of Britain’s warped electoral system today.
Beware of the body-snatchers: National Trust faces fresh battle with right-wing insurgents
For the third consecutive year, a dark and sinister force is at play, abetted by a cynical right-wing press, attempting to present Europe’s biggest conservation charity as some kind of dangerously radical cake-and-countryside organisation.
The Big Lie – how right-wingers make stuff up to win elections
The devastation unfolding in Gaza this week has ignited the ugliest of political deceit, backed up by a lapdog right-wing press.
CPC23: ‘Madchester’ redefined
As Manchester recovers from hosting a Conservative Party Conference defined by lies, culture wars and conspiracy theories, Right-Wing Watch looks at some of the maddest conference moments.
5 things we learnt from the Tory Party conference
From the bizarre to the horrifying at Tory Party conference 2023
Making babies – the Right’s latest bright idea
Orbán-style birthrate populism with nasty racist undertones has arrived in Britain. How worried should we be?
What will happen to the Tories if they lose the next election?
The internal fall-out over Sunak’s Net Zero U-turn and Truss’ admission that her own party didn’t buy her tax cuts, tells us everything about the current state of a deeply divided Conservative party, where different factions, with their own ideologies, motives, followers, and agendas, will be vying to take grip of the party, post-general election.
Far-right governments’ erosion of media pluralism: a route map for our own domestic right?
The uneasy parallels between British media and the media in countries led by far-right nationalists, confirms the desperate need for media reform in the UK.