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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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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

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Parents with babies and toddlers deserve a government that protects family time

Ben Cooper
27 June, 2023

Instead of the current, weak entitlement to unpaid leave, fathers and partners should be allowed to take paid leave for four antenatal appointments

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RMT threatens ‘full industrial force of the union’ amid ticket office closure rumours

Hannah Davenport
27 June, 2023

Mick Lynch said his union won’t ‘meekly sit by’

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Sadiq Khan responds to speculation Boris Johnson will run to be Mayor of London

Basit Mahmood
26 June, 2023

The Financial Times has reported that Johnson could look to get his old job back in City Hall

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Tory minister in car crash interview over NHS pay row

Basit Mahmood
26 June, 2023

Health Minister Helen Whately appeared not to know how pay review bodies worked

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Voters ashamed of leaving the EU, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
26 June, 2023

The poll findings are yet more evidence of how disillusioned the public is with Brexit.

Right-Wing Watch

How is GB News really doing?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 June, 2023

The right-wing network’s growing audience sadly proves there is an appetite for angry, red-faced, white men shouting at the screens about Meghan Markle and immigrants.

Right-wing press continues witch-hunt on ‘woke’ Derbyshire school

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 June, 2023

The deliberately provocative reporting comes as a new report shows that anti-drag sentiment is becoming mainstream in the UK, as US-style culture wars escalate.

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‘Frack off’: Rees-Mogg roasted for saying ‘it’s time to start fracking to help reduce prices’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 June, 2023

‘Won’t save them money, but may rock their worlds.’

An image showing bank notes and pound coins
Opinion

The reasons why the UK economy is at the bottom of the G7 growth table

Prem Sikka
23 June, 2023

We need to invest directly in new industries, promote equitable distribution of income and wealth, reform corporate governance and take action on dead-weights dragging the economy down.

Andrew Bailey

Bank of England governor under fire for blaming inflation on workers’ wage rises

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 June, 2023

‘Instead of blaming inflation on workers’ wage rises, it’s high time the governor of the Bank of England tackled the profiteers of corporate Britain.’

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