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Woke-bashing of the week: Bob Monkhouse doesn’t need defending from ‘wokeness’ – least of all by the Sun

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

Monkhouse’s comedy, and the conventions that shaped it, belong to a bygone era of British entertainment. That does not make it shameful or malicious, but it does make it historically situated.

Right-Wing Media Watch: Right-wing media in a tizzy about Steve Coogan’s ‘anti-British’ comments

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

The Mail jumped on Coogan’s Irish passport, while the Express amplified “anti-British” criticism.

Pressure ramped up for UK and Irish governments to help maternity units enter Gaza

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

The appeal has sparked both support and criticism among Mumsnet users, with critics saying the discussion forum should remain apolitical.

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Murdoch’s TalkTV to launch on April 25 with roster of right-wing pundits

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 April, 2022

The arrival of the new TV network is likely to heighten the growing fixation on ‘opinionated’ and ‘politicalised’ news commentary, potentially widening political polarities, while bringing yet more anti-woke, anti-left debates to the fore.

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Resistance builds against ‘government-made’ cost of living crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 April, 2022

Thousands of people are coming together today, demanding the redistribution of wealth and power, decent wages for all, and justice for the sacked P&O workers.

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Winning UK City of Culture can bring real benefits – we must ensure more communities can participate in its success

Ben Cooper
1 April, 2022

Reform is needed so that more communities can participate in its success.  

What has happened to Steve Baker’s relaunch of Thatcherite pressure group Conservative Way Forward?

John Lubbock
1 April, 2022

Steve Baker MP announced the relaunch of the Conservative Way Forward campaign group in December, so what happened to it?

The UK’s tax system is regressive, rewards the wealthy and is in urgent need of reform

Prem Sikka
1 April, 2022

‘The UK tax system is regressive. It penalises workers, pensioners and their families. It rewards speculators and rentiers. It favours financial speculation over the hard graft of work’

energy bills

Energy crisis: A 5-point plan to meet the UK’s energy needs

Basit Mahmood
1 April, 2022

5 steps the country could take to ensure a cleaner and more affordable future.

A photo of coins on top of an article explaining that Energy companies are raising prices

2.5 million households with children in fuel poverty after new energy price cap comes into effect

Basit Mahmood
1 April, 2022

Over half (55.7%) of lone-parent households (855,938) will be in fuel poverty from today

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

What the UK could learn from New Zealand’s planned labour laws

Tony Burke
1 April, 2022

Jacinda Ardern’s Government has introduced legislation to enable industry-wide collective bargaining

Margaret Thatcher

Tory minister shows support for the creation of a national ‘Margaret Thatcher day’

Basit Mahmood
31 March, 2022

‘Celebrations to include ritual milk stealing and the annual rendering of 3.6 million people unemployed’

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Global banks provided $742bn in fossil fuel financing despite their climate pledges

Basit Mahmood
31 March, 2022

In the six years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the world’s 60 largest private sector banks financed fossil fuels with $4.6 trillion.

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