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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.

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Tracy Brabin MP: How the government is burying its head in the sand over support for freelancers

Tracy Brabin
2 March, 2021

In his Budget, Rishi Sunak has an opportunity to right a long-running injustice.

Budget: Is Rishi Sunak about to launch a wave of legalised tax-dodging?

Josiah Mortimer
2 March, 2021

A new report has poured cold water on the Chancellor’s plans for freeports. Pictured: A freeport in Malta.

UnionDues: On a tumultuous few years for entertainment workers

Simon Sapper
2 March, 2021

From #MeToo to mergers and a pandemic: Simon Sapper speaks to the head of BECTU.

Is Wales looked down on by Westminster? These comments would suggest so

Lucy Skoulding
1 March, 2021

The Welsh government was told to ‘stop fretting about their own little status in Cardiff’

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Rail fares rise by 2.6% as government set to freeze fuel duty for 10th year

Lucy Skoulding
1 March, 2021

Opponents argue hiking ticket prices up so much will put people off train travel and could lead to more cars clogging up the roads

Voting Ballot Box

Government reverses leafleting ban – but fears grow over ease of changing election rules

Lucy Skoulding
1 March, 2021

The Government recently issued “advice” saying that election campaign leaflets shouldn’t be delivered by volunteers

Carbon emissions

Public calls for a carbon tax that protects low-income households

Hannah Dillon
1 March, 2021

Let’s not patronise people: they can see the benefits of effective carbon pricing, says Hannah Dillon

Ignore the conspiracy theorists, the government’s reforms are not ‘the end of the NHS’

Steve Illife
26 February, 2021

Some in Labour would rather hark back to a mythical NHS than analyse its real problems.

Why do Tory tax rises get an easier ride than Labour ones?

Joe Lo
26 February, 2021

The same Tories who ripped into Corbyn’s tax rise plans are silent about Sunak’s.

Prof Prem Sikka: The FCA has failed to clean up financial corruption

Prem Sikka
26 February, 2021

It’s presided over all sorts of sleaze.

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