Woke-bashing of the week – Daily Mail claims ‘tens of thousands’ quit National Trust for ‘anti-woke’ rival
The right’s ongoing fixation on the National Trust reared its head again this week.
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Right-wing media fumes over ‘pay gap reversal’ while conveniently ignoring wider gender pay inequality
The gender pay gap between men and women remains at 13%
Right-Wing Media Watch – Mail on Sunday’s incredulous frontpage assault on the ‘thought police’
“It isn’t the thought police if she expressed those thoughts in writing and published that writing on social media.”
Smear of the week – Telegraph’s tizzy over Sadiq Khan dropping pronouns on X profile
So much for a juicy scandal.
Right-Wing Media Watch – Murdoch media goes all out attacking environmentalists
The return of Trump – a notorious climate change sceptic – seems to have emboldened the Murdoch media’s climate attack dogs.
Right-Wing Media Watch – Tory press panics over Labour’s positive signals on closer EU ties
Despite Brexit’s clear, ongoing failures, some Brexiteers and their cheerleading press are still clinging to the myth of its success, accusing the so-called ‘Rejoiner elite’ of plotting a return to Brussels.
Woke-bashing of the week: ‘Woke’ addicts and Christian name controversies – Toby Young’s latest culture war rants
Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union (FSU) and perennial culture-warrior, is once again stirring the pot.
Right-wing press spins more Brexit hypocrisy over Spain’s proposed 100% tax on non-EU property purchases
‘The Spanish holiday villa dream is over, thanks to Brexit.’
Daily Mail runs with questionable headline claiming Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year
The Mail appears to have conveniently ignored that 56% of survey respondents think Starmer will remain as PM for more than a year
MAGA mania – will Britain follow Trump’s immigration rift?
Unless Britain truly distances itself from the racially charged nationalism emerging from MAGA mania across the Atlantic, the true victims will be immigrants, who will face an increasingly normalised wave of vilification.
