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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
Today

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
Today

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
Today

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

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Boris Johnson

Unions slam Boris Johnson’s latest National Shipbuilding Strategy

Tony Burke
11 March, 2022

Johnson has re-announced previous cash promised two years ago and failed  to set out details for how vessels would be delivered.

Priti Patel

Home secretary’s ‘U-turn’ on visa applications for Ukrainian refugees falls a long way short of visa-free travel

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 March, 2022

Under mounting pressure to loosen visa restrictions, Patel has confirmed that fleeing refugees who hold passports will be able to complete a visa application to the UK’s Ukraine Family Scheme digitally.

Zero-hour contracts

BME women twice as likely to be on zero-hour contacts as white men

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 March, 2022

‘Structural racism in action’ has been a key discussion point at the Trade Union Congress Women’s Conference 2022, which is now underway.

Rental housing

Our private rented sector is broken and needs comprehensive reform

Ben Cooper
10 March, 2022

The private rented sector is fundamentally broken, trapping people in insecurity. It is one of the biggest challenges we face.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Calls for chancellor to make “huge judgement call” ahead of Spring Statement

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 March, 2022

With the conflict in Ukraine intensifying already eye-watering cost of living rises, Rishi Sunak is under pressure to produce more than a new set of economic and fiscal forecasts.

A photo of a pile of newspapers with the text 'Radical Roundup' overlaid

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, March 2022

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 March, 2022

The news you didn’t seek this week…

Fracking site

Right-wing press stirs speculation UK fracking is ‘back on the agenda’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 March, 2022

The Tory media have been quick to jump on claims that fracking could return to Britain as Johnson blocks imports of Russian oil.

Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons at Prime Ministers Questions on Ukrainian refugees

PMQs: Johnson and Patel slammed for failure on Ukrainian refugees

Chris Jarvis
9 March, 2022

“These numbers don’t lie – they tell a devastating truth. Does the Prime Minister find it acceptable that his Home Secretary has overseen one of the slowest, most bureaucratic and incompetent refugee responses in the whole of Europe?”

London

Economic Crime Bill censured for leaving ‘oligarch loopholes’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 March, 2022

The government’s apparent crackdown on wealthy Russians using London for money laundering and concealing ill-gotten gains has been criticised for being rushed through and laden with loopholes.

Lorries stuck at Dover

‘The red tape was horrendous’: Brexit bureaucracy impedes aid being transported to Ukraine

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 March, 2022

Implications of Brexit have reared their head once more – at the worst possible time.

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