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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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Can the Tories win the next general election?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 February, 2023

For a government limping along under the rule of its fifth prime minister in six years, drenched in sleaze and infighting, conventional wisdom says surely the Tories can’t survive the next general election. But then this is politics, and anything can happen.

Report finds Brexit failings are leading cause of small boats crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 February, 2023

A new academic report identifies Brexit and other UK government failings as the underlying cause of the increase in people making the perilous journey across the English Channel.

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Government urged to scrap 20 percent increase in energy bills

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 February, 2023

Money saving expert Martin Lewis has joined calls urging the government to postpone the planned April 1 hike.

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Question Time audience member takes Tories apart over Lee Anderson appointment

Basit Mahmood
10 February, 2023

“I just find it absolutely astounding, actually, that you are sitting here and even legitimising this promotion.”

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The growth of the finance industry is strangling the UK economy

Prem Sikka
10 February, 2023

‘In pursuit of the high returns in the shortest possible time, the finance industry has moved into the high street.’

Green Party London Mayor candidate Zoe Garbett
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Green Party announces candidate for London Mayor

Chris Jarvis
10 February, 2023

Zoë Garbett is set to contest the next mayoral election for the Greens

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GB News host is schooled on vaccines by doctor

Basit Mahmood
10 February, 2023

“I think you’re completely wrong there, the mRNA vaccines are phenomenally safe and have the most fantastic potential.

Parliament
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The forgotten millions who deserve a voice

Tom Brake
10 February, 2023

17% of eligible voters in the UK are not correctly registered to vote.  This represents as many as 9.4 million people.

Phil Hammond
News

Former Tory chancellor admits ‘we’ve got poorer because of Brexit’

Basit Mahmood
9 February, 2023

“The truth is we’ve got poorer. We’ve got poorer because of Brexit”

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Tories face wipeout at next election and will win fewer seats than SNP, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
9 February, 2023

15 Cabinet ministers would lose their seats including Sunak, James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, and Suella Braverman.

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