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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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Reform UK to demand more TV time ahead of local elections

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 February, 2023

Aiming to copy the UKIP ‘playbook’, Reform is to wage an insurgent campaign, in a bid to gain TV exposure for its senior representatives.

Right-Wing Watch

Why do the right hate everything that’s good about Britain?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 February, 2023

Not content with taking us out of Europe, the anti-EU right-wing forces in Britain have set their sights on some of our most cherished institutions.

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Council tax rises will affect the poorest the hardest, campaigners warn

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 February, 2023

As council tax is a regressive tax, the hike will add to the disproportionate impact rising living costs has on people on lower incomes.

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Nurses’ union call for stronger strike action, announcing first 48-hour walkout

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 February, 2023

The RCN has said staff have ‘had enough of being taken for granted, enough of low pay and unsafe staffing levels.’

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This powerful video explains why you should join a union

Chris Jarvis
17 February, 2023

This is a must watch

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News

Demands for public ownership of water after SHOCKING executive pay revealed amid sewage scandal

Chris Jarvis
17 February, 2023

You won’t believe what one CEO earned

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Chris Jarvis
17 February, 2023

A roundup of news on the left…

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Who could replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader?

Chris Jarvis
17 February, 2023

We break down the potential runners and riders

News

Michael Heseltine schools Reform UK’s Richard Tice on failings of Brexit

Basit Mahmood
16 February, 2023

“I’ve just told you what the reality is. You’ve been deluding people as you’ve been doing for six years.”

Opinion

Diane Abbott MP: The Tory civil war has valuable lessons for the Labour Party

Diane Abbott
16 February, 2023

‘The civil war is limited in scope, but it is nevertheless vicious’

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