Right-Wing Media Watch: Right-wing media in a tizzy about Steve Coogan’s ‘anti-British’ comments
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
The appeal has sparked both support and criticism among Mumsnet users, with critics saying the discussion forum should remain apolitical.
GB News blames Reform’s Derbyshire defeat on tactical voting rather than local failures
The right-wing network’s coverage cast the defeat not as a judgement on Reform’s local performance, but as evidence of an emerging ‘Stop Reform’ plot.
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UK pledge to take Ukrainian refugees doesn’t go far enough and is branded shameful by Labour
‘It has emerged that the rules exclude siblings, adult children and parents’
Why grade-dependent student loans are a recipe for social exclusion
‘It is reasonable to conclude that the government’s proposals for grade-conditional loans are deliberately discriminatory towards students from poor backgrounds.’
Tory MP Sir Roger Gale slammed after calling for all Russians in Britain to be ‘sent home’
‘Complete insanity’
Student finance overhaul extensively condemned for punishing poorer and marginalised students
‘This government parrots the language of levelling up, but these proposals are classist, ableist and racist: they target those from marginalised communities, and seek to gatekeep education.’
‘This isn’t solidarity, it’s immoral’: Home Office under fire for providing no legal route for Ukraine refugees to travel directly to UK
By failing to accept visa applications from Ukrainians, the government offers no safe and legal direct entry to Britain for those fleeing danger in the war-torn country, unless they have British relatives.
Russia Today row highlights why we can’t ignore media bias any longer
Calls to ban RT should act as a wake-up call for recognition of wider press bias.
Momentum builds to stop the Health and Care Bill with national day of action
Today – February 26 – marks an NHS day of action, with unions, health organisations and campaigners uniting to highlight the impact the contentious Health and Care Bill will have on the health service.
Russian police arrest more than 1,700 anti-war protesters and warn they could face ‘treason’ charges
Russians are also said to have been warned by authorities that any ‘negative comments’ about Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine would be treated as ‘treason’.
Wera Hobhouse MP: Looking back to the last International Women’s Day – has anything changed?
The Government can’t cut corners when it comes to equalities. There must be a dedicated Minister and clear action to tackle violence against women and girls.
Labour Party seizes control of youth wing’s Twitter account
The move has been branded “deeply disappointing”, “designed to silence critics of Labour’s direction under Starmer”, and “a complete affront to the most basic principles of democracy”