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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
Today

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
Today

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
Today

Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.

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‘Who’s laughing now Suella. #GeneralElectionNow.’

Millions of households’ face fuel poverty as government support scheme ends, warns charity

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 July, 2023

‘Without more support too many will continue to rack up unmanageable debts or try and survive in unheated homes causing ill health, misery, and avoidable death.’

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Take Thames Water into public ownership petition amasses tens of thousands of signatures

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 July, 2023

The English model of privatisation is not normal, as 90 percent of the world runs water in public ownership.

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How far will UK Right go to weaponise anti-gay and trans sentiment?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 July, 2023

Importing tactics from the hard-right in the US, a dangerous anti-gay and trans rhetoric is emerging, peddled by extremists and conspiracy theorists.

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Leeds hosts Northern March for the NHS

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 July, 2023

‘Our demands include safe staffing and fair pay for NHS workers, an end to outsourcing as divisive and wasteful, and an immediate injection of capital funding to help start repairing the damage of 13 years of Conservative neglect.’

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Compass director Neal Lawson claims Labour Party is expelling him

Chris Jarvis
30 June, 2023

Lawson has said the party has been “captured by a clique who see only true believers or sworn enemies”

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7 steps we can take right now to tackle greedflation

Prem Sikka
30 June, 2023

Professor Prem Sikka outlines how we can rein in predatory practices

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Bombshell poll analysis suggests Labour on track for largest ever majority

Chris Jarvis
30 June, 2023

The Tories are heading for electoral oblivion

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