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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
Today

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
Today

No wonder the Murdoch empire is terrified.

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

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

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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Woke Bashing of the Week: Has UnHerd lost all shame? When ‘anti-woke’ turns into fat shaming

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
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When you devote paragraphs to a writer’s body, clothes, and supposed visual offence, you forfeit the right to claim weight is beside the point.

Right-Wing Media Watch: The right runs scared about an Ed Miliband return

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 February, 2026

Clark and others on the right appear genuinely alarmed by the prospect that Miliband could return to the very top of British politics, and they are doing everything they can to convince voters that his tenure as energy and net zero secretary would spell ruin for the country.

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Ofcom urged to act over TalkTV’s broadcast of climate misinformation

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 February, 2026

The broadcasts have frequently descended into personal abuse.

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As Western leaders crack down on immigration, Spain moves to legalise 500,000 undocumented migrants

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31 January, 2026

Pedro Sánchez has repeatedly rejected the claim that migrants are a burden on public services.

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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 January, 2026

Talk of a silver lining would be inappropriate given the chaos, confusion and real pain Donald Trump has visited upon the world, but maybe stopping Reform might be some small compensation with just a glint of silver. 

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Arts dominated by middle class and London, report finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 January, 2026

Top-selling musicians are six times more likely than the general public to have attended private schools.

Water coming out of a tap
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Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money

Prem Sikka
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37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

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Tommy Robinson endorses Reform’s by-election candidate Matt Goodwin

Olivia Barber
30 January, 2026

That tells you everything you need to know, really

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Could this be the next Green MP?

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