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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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Green Party members force U-turn on HS2

Chris Jarvis
8 September, 2024

The Green Party now supports building HS2 in full

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It’s time to stop accepting “there is no money left” excuse, say progressives

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 September, 2024

‘The government can never run out of money, and claims that it can is ‘total nonsense.’

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Green Party votes to back ban on greyhound racing

Chris Jarvis
8 September, 2024

Members voted on the policy at their autumn conference in Manchester

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Inside the launch of Greens Organise – the new left wing network in the Green Party

Chris Jarvis
8 September, 2024

The group wants the Green Party to adopt an “internationalist, anti-capitalist, and ecologically transformative agenda”

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Young Greens issue rallying cry for fairer education at Green Party Conference

Chris Jarvis
8 September, 2024

‘Investment in young people is the most important investment we can make’

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Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer to commit to rejoining Erasmus+ after Youth Mobility Scheme is ruled out

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 September, 2024

‘Leaving Erasmus+ was never promised as part of Brexit. There’s no ‘mandate’ for keeping British young people excluded from these opportunities. If Keir Starmer is serious about rebuilding ties with Europe,this is one of the easiest and least contentious steps his government can take.’

Zack Polanski
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EXCLUSIVE: Board of Deputies ‘not effectively representing British Jews’, Green Party Deputy Leader says

Chris Jarvis
7 September, 2024

Zack Polanski said ‘the Board of Deputies should be focusing on keeping Jewish communities safe’

Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter speaking at Green Party conference
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Wales Green Party leader tells conference that Greens will win first member of the Welsh Parliament in 2026

Chris Jarvis
7 September, 2024

Anthony Slaughter made a keynote speech at the Green Party Conference

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Siân Berry gives her verdict on two months of a Labour government

Chris Jarvis
7 September, 2024

Left Foot Forward interviewed the new Green Party MP at the party’s conference in Manchester.

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Lettuce recall: Liz Truss’s most shameless moments since leaving office

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 September, 2024

Liz Truss appears determined not only to rewrite her own story but also to export her brand of chaotic governance across the Atlantic. Whether Republicans will embrace or dismiss her advice, it is another strange episode in Truss’s post-Downing Street career.

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