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Woke-bashing of the week – Express jumps on alleged cricket fan fury at ‘woke’ Syrian art exhibition at Lord’s

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

It’s a familiar editorial pattern in the right-wing media, isolate a dissenting voice, amplify it, and present it as emblematic of a larger cultural shift under siege.

Right-Wing Media Watch: “The Murdoch empire is terrified” – Polanski hits back at Sun’s Grand National smear

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

No wonder the Murdoch empire is terrified.

Scotland opens second ‘housing village’ to help people transition out of homelessness

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

The development follows a similar scheme in Manchester amid growing efforts to tackle homelessness through community-based, supported housing.

A homeless person sheltering under a concrete wall

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Right-Wing Media Watch: Mail man Dan Hodges called out for ‘grotesque hypocrisy’ over Mandelson scandal

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 February, 2026

“Just beyond parody at this point.”

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Tim Martin ridiculed for urging pubs to back Reform UK

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 February, 2026

“Brexiter Tim Spoons wants to cut child benefits so someone can save £1 if they drink 20 pints in one of his pubs…”

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Portugal defies Europe’s rightward drift as socialist António José Seguro wins presidency

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 February, 2026

Seguro’s victory was widely interpreted as a rebuke to the far right and a reaffirmation of Portugal’s democratic and constitutional traditions.

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Is Farage’s ‘teenage crush’ on Putin, Starmer’s trump electoral card?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 February, 2026

For a Union Jack-wrapping politician, who casts himself as the embodiment of national pride, being accused of admiring a tyrant who threatens European democracy, strikes at the heart of Farage’s brand.

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‘Brussels’ Brexit revenge’? No, this is just what Brexit looks like

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 February, 2026

The EU is not punishing the UK, it’s treating the UK as what it chose to become, a third country.

Nigel Farage says he would appoint a Brexiteer as the BoE governor
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5 Reform UK disasters this week

Olivia Barber
13 February, 2026

From Farage agreeing migrants have “colonised” the UK, to Matt Goodwin’s calls for “biological reality” checks for women and girls, Reform has hit new lows

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Opinion

Power is being bought and sold – we must fight back

Tom Brake
13 February, 2026

A shadow hangs over democracy; the shadow of corruption

Sharon Graham speaking on the Winter Fuel Allowance motion at Labour Conference
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Unite general secretary says trade union would say ‘no thanks’ to affiliating to Labour now

Olivia Barber
13 February, 2026

Unite, Labour’s largest trade union affiliate, may reconsider its relationship with the party

A Ministry of Defence plaque
Opinion

Why so defensive? Making the progressive case for defence and security

Panny Antoniou
13 February, 2026

‘Labour has a proud tradition of supporting our armed forces and defence industry, one which should not just be accepted but embraced as one of our greatest strengths.’

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High Court rules Palestine Action ban is unlawful

Chris Jarvis
13 February, 2026

Campaigners branded this a ‘monumental victory’

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