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The Telegraph’s ‘German’ takeover and why liberals may be celebrating too soon

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

The new buyer has a long and well-documented tendency to blur the line between journalism and right-wing politics.

Ten years after the Brexit vote, fresh calls made to support UK’s struggling creative industries

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

Rebuilding cultural ties may have begun, but meaningful change for touring artists has yet to follow.

Far-right assault on public broadcasting backfires in Switzerland – lessons for the BBC-haters, perhaps?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

Just imagine if Nigel Farage or his allies held meaningful influence over the BBC. A broadcaster historically associated with rigorous editorial standards could be transformed into something closer to a partisan outlet, something resembling GB News, but with vastly greater reach and influence.

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From ‘deeply uncomfortable’ to Dubai darling: Farage flip-flops on UAE Telegraph bid

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 February, 2026

His change of tone comes as Reform seeks to raise funds and boost its political profile among wealthy British expatriates in the Gulf.

Right-Wing Watch

The Epstein files and the right’s ‘selective transparency’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 February, 2026

Even the young women and children who suffered because of the egos and sexual appetites of these powerful men are increasingly marginalised, and certainly the obscure source of Epstein’s wealth becomes lost in the psycho drama of media coverage. 

A photo of Lee Anderson at a Reform UK conference in Leicester
News

Lee Anderson reminded of his own political defections, after post asking if Oswald Mosley was a Labour MP

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 February, 2026

“As I understand it Mosley dumped his Labour tendencies when the world of fascism beckoned – remind you of anyone 30p…?”

An image showing bank notes and pound coins
Opinion

National Insurance is a regressive tax that hits the less well-off hardest

Prem Sikka
6 February, 2026

Compared to income tax, national insurance contributions attract little sustained scrutiny even though they provide large amounts to the public purse.

Donald Trump
Opinion

America on the cusp: phones vs fascism

Claire Jones
6 February, 2026

We are watching a US inflexion point, where citizen action is confronting state violence and hardening authoritarianism. Where will it lead?

Zack Polanski speaking in a Green Party political broadcast
Opinion

Zack Polanski Learned What Starmer Refuses To: Every Good Story Needs a Villain

India Thorogood
6 February, 2026

Labour is failing to make a compelling case against the far-right, argues progressive campaigns adviser India Thorogood

BBC Question Time audience member slams Reform's immigration policies
News

BBC Question Time audience applauds young woman’s scathing criticism of Reform’s immigration policy

Olivia Barber
6 February, 2026

“I think your party especially isn’t giving me much to be proud of”

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Reform slammed after appointing former Tory who was head of London council as party leader in Wales

Basit Mahmood
6 February, 2026

Dan Thomas led Barnet council between 2019 and 2022, when the north London council was seized by Labour, and defected to Farage’s Reform party last summer. 

Zia Yusuf
News

Anger after Zia Yusuf appeared on BBC Question Time for SIXTH time in 16 months

Olivia Barber
6 February, 2026

Zia Yusuf has appeared on Question Time more often than the Green Party since the start of 2025

GB News

GB News presenters left embarrassed as poll on Starmer doesn’t go as planned

Basit Mahmood
6 February, 2026

GB News got the opposite of the result they were hoping for.

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