Right-Wing Media Watch – Mail slammed for ‘racism’ hypocrisy, as BBC and Sky hand Farage free pass
The remarks were quickly twisted into yet another outrage cycle by the right-wing press.
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How Labour best fights off Reform – stick with McSweeney or cut him loose?
‘Shaking up the adviser team’ is a well-known political tactic, although how much good it actually does is contested. An excess of advisers is yet another Thatcher legacy we could probably do without but will doubtless have to continue to live with.
Woke bashing of the week: the perennial panic returns as Restore Trust takes another swing at the National Trust
Right on cue, is the right-wing media’s annual witch-hunt over the Trust’s alleged ‘wokeness.’
Right-wing media watch – Reform’s young TikTok adviser peddles dangerous misinformation in the Mail
That Reform finds value in this kind of narrative tells us everything we need to know about where the party, and its chosen influencers, want to take the country.
Left or right – who could unite first?
While speculation about a right-wing pact to ensure that the Tories or Reform can win power is rampant, there’s little mention of any sort of progressive pact to save us from such a fate.
Smear of the week – Rod Liddle’s ‘rancid hummus’ scrapes the barrel
Liddle recounts being stuck in standstill traffic in a black cab, presumably somewhere in London, when inspiration struck.
Right-wing media in meltdown over EU flags at the Proms – again!
The pro-Brexit outrage machine might crank into gear every September, but those EU flags still wave with a message far more in tune with the future, especially now, given that even a majority of Reform UK supporters want to unpick parts of Brexit and move the UK closer to Europe.
Influential ‘theo-bros’ unite in the US – but will they gain ground in the UK?
Are we witnessing the beginnings of a Christian nationalist movement in Britain – one inspired by a distinctly American form of evangelicalism, rooted not just in belief, but in an aggressive pursuit of power?
Smear of the week – Even Mail readers rip into Quentin Letts’ childish attacks on Zack Polanski
When commentators like Quentin Letts sharpen their claws, it usually means someone’s doing something right.
Right-wing media watch – Bell Ribeiro-Addy was the obvious target
No sooner had she announced her plans to run, GB News launched a vitriolic attack, framing Ribeiro-Addy as a dangerous radical.