George Osborne played ‘holiday planner’ to JD Vance for his Cotswolds holiday
The former Tory chancellor has now dabbled in holiday planning, arranging the trip for Trump’s VP
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Woke bashing of the week – Trump targets ‘woke’ AI
The move is being framed by Trump allies as a crackdown on what they see as left-leaning bias in artificial intelligence systems.
Right-wing media watch – media’s double standards on full display as Corbyn and Sultana launch new party
Despite all the mockery, polling has suggested a new party led by Corbyn could command up to 15% of the vote.
Running scared? The business response to the hard right’s anti-diversity agenda
Perhaps the most troubling aspect isn’t just having to watch Clacton’s elusive MP reel off his contempt for anything he deems ‘woke,’ it’s that businesses are doing exactly what these right-wing populists want.
Woke bashing of the week: Pink panic: Sun spins Jaguar’s pink car into culture war fodder
Yet another cynical attempt by a right-wing tabloid to turn a brand it has a grudge against into fodder for a culture war tirade.
Right-wing media watch – Daily Mail is America’s top news brand on TikTok – yes really!
The Daily Mail, Britain’s most notorious right-wing newspaper, is now the most-engaged news brand on TikTok in America.
From Project 2025 to Project Esther: the Heritage Foundation’s authoritarian global crusade
Project Esther is Heritage’s latest ideological weapon. Framed as an effort to combat antisemitism, it aims to criminalise pro-Palestinian activism and equates criticism of Israel with support for terrorism.
Woke-bashing of the week: Right-wing commentators take aim at ‘woke’ banknotes
Who appears on money has always been a political choice.
Right-wing media watch – When will they get over a minor band and start acknowledging Palestinian deaths?
While the British right-wing press continues its obsession with punk bands and protest chants, it remains astonishingly quiet about the devastating human toll in Gaza. Each day, Haaretz, a liberal Israeli newspaper, reports the growing death toll of Palestinian civilians, figures that rarely make it into the headlines of the Mail or the Sun.
Charity begins on the right? £28m funnelled to right-wing think-tanks
These groups have capitalised on the generous tax breaks afforded to charities, allowing wealthy backers to support politically charged agendas while shielding their identities from public scrutiny.