Right Wing Watch newsletter, Week 3 January 2022
Exposing what the right have been up to this week…
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Why you’re not allowed to talk about the Queen in Parliament
Keir Starmer mentioned the Queen at PMQs, and was reprimanded by the Speaker.
Was Partygate to blame for the scale of the Government’s Police Bill defeat in the Lords?
The scale of the Government’s defeat in the Lords over amendments to the Police and Crime Bill is important.
5 things we learned from Jacob Rees-Mogg’s podcast this week
Jacob Rees-Mogg told Conservative Home’s Moggcast that he stands behind Boris Johnson, who he compared to Disraeli.
How Charles Koch funds a roster of young right wingers at Young Voices UK
Who are Young Voices UK, where did they come from and who is behind the group?
Past comments on people of colour by new culture secretary Nadine Dorries cause backlash
The MP for Mid Bedfordshire has previously retweeted the former leader of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson and shared Islamophobic tropes against London mayor Sadiq Khan
Calls for Tory peer to quit after revelations he ‘victimised’ female worker
The judge ruled that Rami Ranger ‘victimised’ and ‘discriminated against’ a woman who complained about harassment at his firm.
Government anti-extremism tsar gave speech for ‘US hate group’
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised…
REVEALED: The strange forces behind the government’s ‘Free Speech’ push
Untangling the web of influences behind the Tories’ latest political obsession.
Revealed: Tories failed to return illegal donations on time, watchdog finds
Momentum also rapped for taking donations from individuals not on the electoral roll.