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Woke bashing of the week: Who gets to be a “national treasure”? Brigitte Bardot and the Telegraph’s selective war on ‘wokeness’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

It is apparently acceptable for Brigitte Bardot to spend decades whipping up racial hatred and still be celebrated as a national icon, perhaps helped by glamour, distance, and nostalgia. But it is unacceptable for Gary Lineker to voice contemporary moral objections to cruelty and injustice.

Right-Wing Media Watch: Newspapers in meltdown over ‘Sadiq Khan’s’ New Year fireworks

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

As ever, responsibility for this alleged civic misery was pinned on a single figure – Sadiq Khan.

Trump’s assault on LGBTQ+ programmes ‘undoubtedly’ hitting UK charities, warns Stonewall

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.

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Kemi Badenoch admits Tories have hit ‘rock bottom’ in leaked recording

Basit Mahmood
28 July, 2025

It comes at a time when the Tories continue to trail Reform in the polls, with figures released earlier this month showing that the Tory party had lost 8,000 members since Badenoch became leader.

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The influence of money over our democratic system is a crisis

Manuela Perteghella
28 July, 2025

‘I didn’t come into politics to watch our democracy auctioned off to the highest bidder.’

Kemi Badenoch being interviewed by the BBC's Chris Mason

Kemi Badenoch slammed for saying she would ban NHS doctors strikes if elected

Basit Mahmood
28 July, 2025

“She’s obviously a fan of North Korea and China.”

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Woke bashing of the week – Trump targets ‘woke’ AI

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 July, 2025

The move is being framed by Trump allies as a crackdown on what they see as left-leaning bias in artificial intelligence systems.

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana

Right-wing media watch – media’s double standards on full display as Corbyn and Sultana launch new party

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 July, 2025

Despite all the mockery, polling has suggested a new party led by Corbyn could command up to 15% of the vote.

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Nigel Farage mocked for celebrating Lionesses’ decision to stop taking the knee

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 July, 2025

“It’s concerning to hear that some individuals might celebrate a move away from anti-racism gestures in football.”

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Running scared? The business response to the hard right’s anti-diversity agenda

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 July, 2025

Perhaps the most troubling aspect isn’t just having to watch Clacton’s elusive MP reel off his contempt for anything he deems ‘woke,’ it’s that businesses are doing exactly what these right-wing populists want.

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Green Party beats Reform for second place in underreported Staffordshire by-election

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 July, 2025

A low-profile by-election in rural Staffordshire may signal a shift that’s gone largely unnoticed.

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Negative media narrative fuelling anti-Muslim sentiment, new poll suggests

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 July, 2025

“The truth is Muslims are quietly serving this country day in, day out – whether it be in schools, in offices or in the streets – contributing and giving back and helping to build a better society. Yet, these everyday stories rarely make the headlines.”

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Wes Streeting accuses the British Medical Association of ‘harming patients’ amid strikes

Basit Mahmood
25 July, 2025

What they are fundamentally doing today is forgetting the three words that should be at the forefront of every doctor’s minds every day which is ‘do no harm’.

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