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Woke-Bashing of the Week: From Christmas to cardigans – the latest ‘anti-men’ panic

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

Quite what constitutes “the very worst left-wing feminist” remains unclear, beyond, perhaps, a woman who doesn’t particularly enjoy being corrected by men.

Right-Wing Media Watch: London is safer than it’s been in a generation – much to the alarm it seems, of Khan’s loudest media critics

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

For years, London has been portrayed by Khan’s critics as a city in terminal decline, undone by liberal governance, diversity and supposed softness on crime. The hard evidence now points in the opposite direction.

Third of students say Reform UK should be banned from speaking at universities

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

The poll suggests the problem is not with banning speakers as such, but with which speakers.

A Cambridge University building

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Ministers considering proposals to ban MPs from engaging with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

John Hoggard
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Any such move would further undermine the Tory government’s claim to be defenders of free speech and also undermine political rights.

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UK environmentalists commend EU’s decision to criminalise ‘ecocide’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
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“That’s how it’s done.”

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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 March, 2024

A petition calling on the government to take urgent action to support the introduction of an Essentials Guarantee was presented to political parties in Westminster this week.

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The Opposition to Sadiq Khan: Right-Wing Protest Hypocrisy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 March, 2024

Unlike the moral outrage over the largely peaceful and legal action of Just Stop Oil, pro-Palestine rallies, and other causes they disagree with, Conservative voices are largely silent when it comes to the increasingly aggressive opposition being thrown at the creation of the largest clean air zone in the Western world.

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European Movement UK launches giant billboard campaign to raise awareness of musicians’ struggles post-Brexit

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 March, 2024

‘Our world-class music industry is hamstrung to the point of ruin by the loss of freedom of movement for artists.’

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Who is Jim Ratcliffe, the pro-Brexit billionaire promised €700m from UK government to build ‘carbon bomb’ in Europe?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 March, 2024

Environmental campaigners warn that Ratcliffe’s controversial ‘Project One’ will bring ‘US-scale plastic production to Europe.’

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer
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Why Labour made the right call on downgrading the £28bn climate investment figure

Mike Buckley
1 March, 2024

Labour’s climate and environment plans are still vastly more coherent and ambitious than those of the Tories.

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Bombshell poll shows just how unpopular the Tories are in London

Basit Mahmood
1 March, 2024

The findings show the sheer scale of dissatisfaction with the Tories in the capital,

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