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Right-Wing Media Watch – ‘Thanks for the publicity’: Care4Calais brilliantly reclaims a Daily Mail ‘hit piece’ 

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

The approach follows a well-worn pattern in the right-wing British press. Humanitarian action reframed as controversy, aid depicted as incentive, and Muslim identity positioned as an additional source of tension.

Manchester completes UK’s first-of-its-kind village to support people out of homelessness

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

The project comes amid rising levels of homelessness in the city.

Four of the worst recent right-wing ‘polls’ and why they’re so misleading

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

The polls that regularly appear on the pages of the right-wing press, frequently rely on loaded questions, selective statistics and audiences already primed to agree with the publication’s editorial position.

Latest Posts

An image showing bank notes and pound coins

Two thirds of voters agree with capping political donations, new polling reveals

Olivia Barber
12 December, 2024

‘The public is fed up with the corrosive influence of big money in politics.’

Liz Truss
News

Liz Truss uses new documentary to explain how ‘the blob’ caused her downfall as PM

Basit Mahmood
12 December, 2024

The documentary is titled: “The Prime Minister vs the Blob”.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Time magazine slammed for choosing Netanyahu and Trump as ‘Person of the Year’ finalists

Olivia Barber
12 December, 2024

Time has included Netanyahu, despite him having been issued with an arrest warrant for committing crimes against humanity in Gaza

Brexit anniversary
News

Majority of Britons say the UK should be trading MORE with the EU – more than any other trading partner

Basit Mahmood
12 December, 2024

Following Trump’s win, just 34% believed that the UK should be trading more with the U.S., with 15% believing we should be trading less.

A picture of the Thames Water logo

Thames Water boosts executive bonuses despite rise in pollution and sewage spills

Olivia Barber
12 December, 2024

Ofwat has blocked Thames Water from using customers’ money to fund “undeserved bonuses”.

Andy Burnham
News

Majority of voters with metro mayors favour further devolution, Labour Together finds

Olivia Barber
11 December, 2024

Good news for metro mayors: more voters have a positive view of them than a negative one

Social Housing in the UK
Opinion

A Chance to Build: Why reforming planning committees is essential to tackle the housing crisis

Chris Worrall
11 December, 2024

Planning committees are often dominated by councillors whose decisions reflect political convenience and vocal local opposition rather than the broader public interest.

Nigel Farage
News

Nigel Farage’s biggest backer tried to send donation via third party to make it look as though he had a ‘broader base of support’

Basit Mahmood
11 December, 2024

Yet more embarrassment for Farage

A photo of doctors on a picket line striking for higher pay.
News

Trade unions say proposed pay increase is an ‘insult’ to millions of public sector workers

Olivia Barber
11 December, 2024

Unison, the BMA, Unite and the NEU have all said a 2.8% pay rise next year isn’t enough

Richard Tice
News

Reform UK’s Richard Tice in car crash interview as he tries to defend Brexit

Basit Mahmood
11 December, 2024

Not going well for Tice…

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