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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.

Latest Posts

Sana'a residential area destroyed in Yemen after an airstrike

Yemen: Seven years of the forgotten war

Benali Hamdache
26 March, 2022

Benali Hamdache writes on how the complexity of the war has allowed the UK government to get away with not using its power to bring peace, and to continue profiting from arm sales.

Rishi Sunak

Whinging Rishi Sunak ‘annoyed at the BBC’s coverage of his economic measures’

Basit Mahmood
25 March, 2022

He’s not happy at the way the BBC have focused on Universal Credit claimants

Net Zero

Wera Hobhouse MP: Local Government should be at the heart of the transition to Net Zero

Wera Hobhouse MP
25 March, 2022

‘More than half of the emissions cuts needed rely on people and businesses taking up low-carbon solutions – solutions around buildings, energy and transport – decisions that are made at a local and individual level.’

Protesters outside Oxford City Council campaigning against the sell off of the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC)

‘Downright dangerous’ – the latest healthcare sell-off

Liz Peretz
25 March, 2022

Plans are underway to sell-off the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre. But people are fighting back.

p &o

P&O chief exec admits firm broke the law yet insists he would make same decision again

Basit Mahmood
25 March, 2022

The P&O Ferries boss went on to reveal to MPs he is paid a basic salary of £325,000 a year.

Right-Wing Watch

Right Wing Watch newsletter: Feeling very safe and online

John Lubbock
24 March, 2022

This week the government brought back its Online Safety Bill, but does Nadine Dorries know what an algorithm is?

Tufton Street think tank Migration Watch uses Ukraine crisis to attack other refugees

John Lubbock
24 March, 2022

Migration Watch has suggested that while Ukrainian refugees are worthy of protection, those arriving on boats are ‘scammers’.

Sunak

Sunak mocked for filling ‘Sainsbury’s worker’s’ Kia in staged photoshoot and struggling with contactless card

Basit Mahmood
24 March, 2022

“Say what you like about Rishi, he does a cracking impression of a billionaire who has never been in a shop before.”

Rishi Sunak

How trade unions reacted to Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement

Basit Mahmood
24 March, 2022

Sunak’s spring statement is unravelling pretty fast

Sunak budget climate change

Rishi Sunak did nothing to help those struggling with the cost of living crisis

Prem Sikka
24 March, 2022

‘Despite the hype, the government has done little to help people navigate the immediate cost of living crisis. No attention has been paid to the causes of poverty.’

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