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Ten years after the Brexit vote, fresh calls made to support UK’s struggling creative industries

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

Rebuilding cultural ties may have begun, but meaningful change for touring artists has yet to follow.

Far-right assault on public broadcasting backfires in Switzerland – lessons for the BBC-haters, perhaps?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

Just imagine if Nigel Farage or his allies held meaningful influence over the BBC. A broadcaster historically associated with rigorous editorial standards could be transformed into something closer to a partisan outlet, something resembling GB News, but with vastly greater reach and influence.

Right-Wing Watch

Calls for British Museum to stop ‘erasing Palestine and supporting genocide’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

“The British Museum (must) avoid complicity in genocide, either through its representation of Palestinians and their history or by providing direct support to those that perpetrate or profit from that genocide.”

A photo of Palestinian flags on poles

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Right-wing media watch: In branding Zack Polanski a ‘creep,’ Sarah Vine scrapes the barrel and merits the red pen

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 March, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

This isn’t political critique, it’s dehumanisation.

News

Gibraltar regains post-Brexit freedom of movement – to the ire of the usual Eurosceptic suspects

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 March, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

For pro-Europeans, the deal is long overdue for a community that voted overwhelmingly to remain.

News

Tim Martin mocked for minimum wage ‘is making people worse off’ comments

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
28 February, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

“This guy is excellent at convincing me never to enter one of his pubs.”

Right-Wing Watch

Flags, football shirts and foreign friends: the fake patriotism of Reform UK

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
28 February, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Flags can lift spirits. They can also obscure motives.

News

Good Law Project offers Girlguiding ‘lifeline’ to help remain trans-inclusive

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
28 February, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

“Simply being transgender does not make someone more of a safeguarding risk than any other person.”

Keir Starmer at PMQs

Read Keir Starmer’s letter to Labour MPs in full after Gorton and Denton by-election defeat

Basit Mahmood
27 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

The Greens may have won here, but they simply do not have the resources, the activist base or the local knowledge to replicate this victory across the country

Campaigners holding signs reading "No health selloff" and "Stop privatising our NHS"
Opinion

This is why you need to be worried about healthcare privatisation

Mark E Thomas
27 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

‘We need our MPs to act now.’

Tommy Robinson in the US
News

MPs condemn Trump administration for hosting Tommy Robinson

Olivia Barber
27 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

A senior official in Trump’s government has been criticised for hailing Robinson as “a free speech warrior”

David Bull

Reform chair humiliated after saying he’s thrilled at Gorton and Denton result despite defeat

Basit Mahmood
27 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

“How on earth can you chair a party and you’re thrilled when you lose Dr Bull?”

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at Your Party Conference
News

Jeremy Corbyn pledges to ‘work constructively with the Greens’ following Gorton and Denton by-election

Chris Jarvis
27 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

He also congratulated Hannah Spencer on her victory

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