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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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News

Teachers on strike today as unions plan future coordinated action

Hannah Davenport
2 May, 2023

‘The disruption is much bigger than this’

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News

Majority of public want gender identity taught in schools

Chris Jarvis
2 May, 2023

51% think children should be taught about gender identity

Voting Ballot Box
Opinion

What do the polls tell us about Thursday’s local elections?

Chris Jarvis
2 May, 2023

Are the Tories heading for a wipeout?

News

Don’t underestimate nurses’ resolve, Pat Cullen tells government

Hannah Davenport
2 May, 2023

Nurses have the ‘energy and determination’ for the months ahead

BP sign on a blue sky
News

Staggering BP profits spark outrage

Chris Jarvis
2 May, 2023

BP reported £4bn in profit in the first quarter of 2023

Tory leaflet

Three misleading Tory claims about voter fraud and voter ID

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 April, 2023

In their handling and defending of the controversial new policy, the Tories have made some pretty dubious claims.

Lynch in Belfast

Mick Lynch warns against ‘ultra right’ stoking divisions in May Day rally

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 April, 2023

The comments were made the same week that train unions announced further rail strikes.

Rachel Reeves
News

Wage stagnation: Workers suffer from £400 hit to monthly pay packets

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 April, 2023

Rachel Reeves has said that ordinary families are paying the price for 13 years of low growth and high taxes under the Tory government.

Right-Wing Watch

Blame it on the Blob: How civil servants are bearing the brunt of Tory government failings

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 April, 2023

It seems Raab’s departure and his searing attack on the civil service, could be used by the Tories to rig the system by weeding out the liberals, demonise them for their own failings, and appoint ‘their own,’ as a means of driving policies forward to deliver on their own political objectives.

No ID, no entry

Thousands sign petition calling for voter ID U-turn

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 April, 2023

‘One voter turned away is too many’

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