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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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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

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MPs issue cross-party call for National Commission so that First Past the Post voting system can be scrapped

Basit Mahmood
25 November, 2024

The report also calls for a clampdown on dark money in politics and a requirement for social media companies to be transparent about how they handle ‘legal but harmful’ content, including disinformation.

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Voters urge Labour to turn away from Trump and look to EU for trade, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
25 November, 2024

And it’s not just on trade and the economy that the public feel that Europe is more important to the UK than America.

Child poverty in the UK
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100,000 more children set to be in poverty within five years, new analysis shows

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 November, 2024

Currently, 4.3 million children in the UK live in poverty, with 1 million experiencing destitution.

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LGBTQ+ community feels increasingly unsafe in Britain, analysis shows

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 November, 2024

“Transgender issues have been heavily discussed by politicians, the media and on social media over the last year, which may have led to an increase in these offences, or more awareness in the police in the identification and recording of these crimes.”

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President Trump: The Labour government’s biggest headache?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 November, 2024

The dynamics of the so-called ‘special relationship’ between the two nations are set for a dramatic test.

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Petition to reapply for EU membership nears 50,000 signatures

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 November, 2024

‘By signing you are showing Keir Starmer that you do not accept his red lines.’

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Bus and tram workers in Greater Manchester to strike after ‘years of falling wages’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 November, 2024

‘Strike action can still be avoided but that will require TGM sitting down with Unite and tabling an offer our members can accept.’

Canary Wharf
Opinion

Excessive deregulation means that the UK is hurtling towards the next crash

Prem Sikka
22 November, 2024

Deregulation creates opportunities for bankers to take reckless risks with other people’s money, collect bonuses and destabilise economies.

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Opinion

How Labour can make public ownership of the railways a success

Cat Hobbs
22 November, 2024

The Passenger Railway Services Bill is only the first step to take back our railways

Peter Kyle
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Labour minister Peter Kyle doesn’t rule out ditching Elon Musk’s X

Basit Mahmood
22 November, 2024

Peter Kyle has become the latest senior political figure who has refused to rule out quitting Elon Musk’s X, after claiming that the site was no longer as enjoyable as it used to be.

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