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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.

Trump

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Lib Dem Party commits to new long-term energy strategy

Hannah Davenport
18 March, 2023

The policy demands the government remove restrictions on solar and wind and close loopholes in windfall tax

Braverman

Suella Braverman’s trip to Rwanda heavily criticised

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 March, 2023

Accompanying the Home Secretary are several right-wing news outlets, including GB News and the Daily Mail.

News

Lib Dems say it’s ‘not the right time’ to accelerate nuclear disarmament

Hannah Davenport
18 March, 2023

Members rejected an amendment which called to accelerate efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons

Lib Dems
News

Liberal Democrats urge Chancellor to scrap tax cuts as spring conference opens

Hannah Davenport
18 March, 2023

Sarah Olney called on the government to stop planned tax cuts for big banks and invest money in a pay rise for carers and a mortgage protection scheme

RMT

Strike dates for the forthcoming week

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 March, 2023

Here’s the industrial action planned for the coming days.

Housing
Opinion

Michael Gove’s plans to make developers pay for the cladding crisis are ill-thought-out

Chris Worrall
17 March, 2023

The government is merely taking money from private capital pots for new construction and forcing the reallocation to remediation without appreciating what impact that will have on new supply.

Mick Lynch
News

Mick Lynch slams Sky News presenter for being a ‘government mouthpiece’

Basit Mahmood
17 March, 2023

‘That’s a government line that you’re punting out on their behalf.’

King Charles
News

King meets former Sudanese refugees and tells them: ‘I’m so glad you’re safe here’

Basit Mahmood
17 March, 2023

‘It’s been a very special visit for me, I can assure you’

Refugees
Opinion

We lost the vote on the treatment of refugees – but the fight is far from over

Diane Abbott
17 March, 2023

The public wants to see an improvement in their own lives. Rejoicing at the misery inflicted on refugees will not improve anyone’s life.

Parliament
Opinion

Restoring fairness and accountability to our politics

Tom Brake
16 March, 2023

Trust is the grease on the wheels of a democratic society

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