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Woke bashing of the week: Who gets to be a “national treasure”? Brigitte Bardot and the Telegraph’s selective war on ‘wokeness’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

It is apparently acceptable for Brigitte Bardot to spend decades whipping up racial hatred and still be celebrated as a national icon, perhaps helped by glamour, distance, and nostalgia. But it is unacceptable for Gary Lineker to voice contemporary moral objections to cruelty and injustice.

Right-Wing Media Watch: Newspapers in meltdown over ‘Sadiq Khan’s’ New Year fireworks

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

As ever, responsibility for this alleged civic misery was pinned on a single figure – Sadiq Khan.

Trump’s assault on LGBTQ+ programmes ‘undoubtedly’ hitting UK charities, warns Stonewall

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.

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EXCLUSIVE: Sadiq Khan on populism and Trump – after far-right try to take over speech

Josiah Mortimer
13 January, 2018

“What I’m not in favour of is a state visit happening so soon, with the red carpet being rolled out and all the other things that come with it.”

Commons watchdog: Brexit is undermining the fight against tax dodging

Josiah Mortimer
12 January, 2018

Public Accounts Committee warns HMRC is being ‘battered by the winds of Brexit’ – with dangerous consequences in the wake of the Paradise Papers.

It’s not just the economy: here’s how London’s communities will be hit by Brexit

Jean Lambert MEP
12 January, 2018

A new report reveals the unseen impact that quitting the EU will have on communities.

The left react to Trump’s visit being cancelled

Josiah Mortimer
12 January, 2018

Campaigners have hailed it as a ‘huge victory for our movement’ – after polling for Left Foot Forward showed one in ten would be likely to protest Trump’s visit.

The Tories are hiding where their action on plastic is coming from…

Charlotte England
11 January, 2018

Michael Gove and Theresa May are claiming credit for extending the 5p charge on plastic bags, but it’s actually EU legislation – which the Tories opposed.

Nick Clegg thinks ‘Corbynites’ are being unfair about his Knighthood

Charlotte England
11 January, 2018

The former Lib Dem leader claims he’s not a failure: ‘History will smile on the coalition’.

The Tories are on their own on police cuts

Diane Abbott
11 January, 2018

A growing number of services say they are at ‘tipping point’ and will not be able to deliver a professional service if cuts continue.

Fracking is back in Balcombe. But this time the anti-fracking movement is ready

Natalie Bennett
11 January, 2018

Five years after campaigners kept drilling for gas at bay in the Sussex village of Balcombe, frackers Cuadrilla have been given the green light to come back. We won’t let them.

The Daily Mail says there’s been a ‘massacre’ of white men in the Cabinet. Here’s the truth

Josiah Mortimer
10 January, 2018

The right are in hysterics over some women being promoted. But the real picture is very different to the one 10 Downing Street are trying to present.

Without thought-through policies, Labour is setting itself up for failure

Andrew Harrop
10 January, 2018

Ahead of the Fabians’ New Year conference, Andrew Harrop argues Labour needs to start getting serious about how it will put its principles into power.

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