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.
Why a Tory-Reform pact suits the right-wing press more than either party – for now
Editors may relish the drama, but behind the scenes they must be tearing their hair out as the feud escalates. “Stop fighting each other and end the Labour nightmare,” pleaded the Daily Mail, like a weary parent begging quarrelling children to behave.
More Scots would back independence if Reform entered government, poll suggests
“Given support for independence remains tied, Brexit alone is clearly not a catalyst that can itself prompt a surge in support for separation — but, on the basis of this poll, the advent of Nigel Farage as Prime Minister may well be.”
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Right Wing Watch newsletter: Week 2 February 2022
Levelling Down in The Fens As promised last week, this time we’re taking a deeper look at Britain’s safest Tory seat, South Holland and the Deepings, whose MP is anti-woke culture warrior Sir John Hayes. Earlier in the week Itest
John Bercow launches scathing attack on Boris Johnson calling him a narcissist and ‘worst PM of my lifetime’
“It is time that he gave up office and beetled off into the distance, which would be an enormous relief”
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news….
Boris Johnson’s ‘ex-lover’ tells GB News viewers that the prime minister has been replaced with some sort of clone
“There is something that happens to you before you take office when you become a world leader”
Tory chair to deliver speech at radical right Heritage Foundation which denies climate change science and is linked to voter suppression group
The Heritage Foundation is also linked to the Heritage Action for America, which has bragged about supporting voter suppression across the country.
The government must invest in the early years if it wants to ‘level up’
‘Without the required investment in services for under-5s and their families, inequalities will continue to open up from the start’
Right-wing political commentator sows bitter NHS propaganda in an article in the Sun
A cantankerous column by Douglas Murray attempts to incite friction towards the NHS while pushing the blame of its problems onto the wrong hands.
Brexit opportunities minister petitions Sun readers for assistance in finding Brexit benefits
‘I implore you all to write to me with the regulations you want abolished’
Neil Coyle has Labour whip suspended following allegations of ‘disturbing’ and ‘racist’ remarks
A Labour Party spokesperson said, “The Labour Party expects the highest standards of behaviour from all our MPs and we take allegations of this sort very seriously. Accordingly the Chief Whip has now suspended the Labour whip from Neil Coyle pending an investigation.”
The UK is on the road to an elected dictatorship
Professor Prem Sikka looks at the government’s latest power grab