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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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Right-wing press tries to blame private school closure over abuse scandal on Labour VAT hike

Olivia Barber
13 January, 2025

The loss-making private school announced it would be closing down three months before the general election..

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Humiliation for Brexit bankroller Arron Banks after he is denied entry to US for his own Donald Trump inauguration party

Basit Mahmood
13 January, 2025

“LOL. Arron Banks has been banned from the US. I guess they took back control.”

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NEU to ballot teachers on government’s 2.8% pay rise proposal

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 January, 2025

The proposal is not sufficient to “even start to address the crisis in recruitment and retention.”

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MAGA mania – will Britain follow Trump’s immigration rift?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 January, 2025

Unless Britain truly distances itself from the racially charged nationalism emerging from MAGA mania across the Atlantic, the true victims will be immigrants, who will face an increasingly normalised wave of vilification.

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Anti-poverty charities urge government to do more to address rising child poverty

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 January, 2025

‘Work isn’t the simple route out of poverty that it’s often made out to be.’

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Germany’s ambassador to UK criticises pro-Brexit media, calling for youth mobility scheme to strengthen EU relations

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 January, 2025

‘It should be quite simple. But there are visible attempts to portray this as migration, or to portray it as freedom of movement.’

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Liverpool FC fans reject rumoured Musk takeover – ‘he’ll ruin us’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 January, 2025

What would Bill Shankly do?

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Opinion

MP’s second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.

Prem Sikka
10 January, 2025

‘Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.’

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Opinion

Dawn Butler MP: Social media companies abandoning the use of independent fact-checkers is a danger to society

Dawn Butler
10 January, 2025

‘When social media companies fail to tackle hatred and abuse, and fail to censor fake news and conspiracies, there is a risk of creating a group of people who are bad actors who can put people in danger’

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NEU to ballot members on government’s 2.8% pay rise recommendation

Olivia Barber
10 January, 2025

The union could move to a formal ballot if members indicate a willingness to take industrial action over pay

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