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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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Refugees

EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters support waiving visa requirements for Ukrainian refugees, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
8 March, 2022

The poll, carried out by Savanta ComRes, found that 60% of voters would support the UK not requiring a visa for Ukrainian refugees to resettle in the UK, whereas just 15% would oppose such a move.

Nigel Farage’s first anti-Net Zero campaign event cancelled by venue

John Lubbock
8 March, 2022

Bolton Wanderers FC said the event “is not something the club or business want to be associated with”. 

John Bercow

Labour suspends John Bercow after report finds him guilty of bullying

Basit Mahmood
8 March, 2022

The 89-page report said that Bercow’s conduct was “so serious that he should never be allowed a pass to the Parliamentary estate; and that if he were still a MP it would have recommended expelling him from the House”.

Covid

How Tower Hamlets council stepped up to support residents and businesses during the pandemic

Motin Uz-Zaman
8 March, 2022

‘During this crisis local government has stepped up as we know headline GDP figures don’t always reflect the reality on our high streets’

Islamophobia Awareness Month

Government continues to bury its head in the sand over Islamophobia

Basit Mahmood
8 March, 2022

Kemi Badenoch refused to even use the word Islamophobia in her answers

Ukraine

International Women’s Day: Why we must stand in solidarity with the women of Ukraine

Amelia Womack
8 March, 2022

Rape in war is an act of violence that can be as destructive as bullets and bombs, yet goes unreported, is under prosecuted, and where the root causes remain unchallenged. 

house of lords

Tory MPs suggest Priti Patel changes law so Russia’s “enablers” in House of Lords can be stripped of their peerages

Basit Mahmood
8 March, 2022

Questions continue to be raised over Johnson’s role in pushing for a peerage for Evgeny Lebedev.

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
7 March, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

Tory minister defends UK offering just 50 visas to Ukrainian refugees during car crash interview

Basit Mahmood
7 March, 2022

The UK’s response has been slammed as ‘inhumane’

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An enduring mental health crisis needn’t be a legacy of this pandemic

Victoria Poku Amanfo
7 March, 2022

‘An enduring legacy from this pandemic should instead be putting mental health on par with physical health’

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