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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

Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak grilled about his family allegedly ‘benefiting from Putin’s regime’

Basit Mahmood
24 March, 2022

Sunak was challenged by Jayne Secker over claims his family is profiting from Kremlin operations while he is urging businesses to cut ties with Russia.

Rishi Sunak

1.3 million people will be pushed into absolute poverty next year after Chancellor’s lack of support

Basit Mahmood
24 March, 2022

1.3 million, including 500,000 children, will fall into poverty, after Rishi Sunak’s failure to deliver on his promise to support people through the cost of living crisis.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

How Rishi Sunak failed to help millions struggling with the cost of living crisis in his Spring statement

Basit Mahmood
23 March, 2022

‘For this was a budget where Sunak chose to prioritise his own Thatcherite ideology rather than the cost of living crisis.’

Oliver Dowden’s nostalgia for 1940s Britain and the privet hedges of suburbia

John Lubbock
23 March, 2022

The Tory party Chairman waxed lyrical about the privet hedges of suburbia and their inherently conservative vibe

Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box of the House of Commons on the sacking of P&O Ferries workers at PMQs

PMQs: Starmer slams Johnson over P&O ‘fire and rehire’ scandal

Chris Jarvis
23 March, 2022

Starmer said, ” Whilst he sits on his hands, more and more workers are having their lives thrown upside down by this appalling practice.”

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, March 2022

Basit Mahmood
23 March, 2022

The news you didn’t seek this week…

Boris Johnson

Humiliation for Boris Johnson: Former Ukrainian president slams PM for comparing the war in his country to Brexit

Basit Mahmood
23 March, 2022

“How many Britons died because of Brexit? Zero”

Sunak Budget

Rishi Sunak needs a war chest budget to tackle the energy crisis

Luke Murphy
22 March, 2022

‘As war continues to rage in Ukraine, sending already surging gas prices even higher, the Chancellor investing in net zero isn’t just good economic policy, it’s also in the interests of our national security.’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

5 things Rishi Sunak could do to help people with the cost of living crisis

Basit Mahmood
22 March, 2022

Millions of families up and down the country are struggling with the cost of living crisis, which according to the Bank of England has seen the cost of living hit a fresh 30-year high.

Nifel Farage's event bolsters little support

More humiliation for Nigel Farage as second venue pulls out of his Net Zero campaign launch

Basit Mahmood
22 March, 2022

The former UKIP leader forced to cancel the launch of his new campaign against net zero after yet another venue pulled out of hosting it.

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