Author: Miles Donavan

Reducing keffiyeh wearers to “coffee shop socialists” sporting a “fashionable cause,” ignores the real and diverse communities that stand in solidarity with Palestine. “Trump’s Gaza deal is the ultimate humiliation for the West’s woke Left,” headlined the Telegraph. According to columnist Sherelle Jacobs, this is not only a diplomatic triumph for Donald Trump but also a damning indictment of progressive politics, particularly in Britain and Europe. Jacobs praises Trump’s “robustness” as a peacemaker, contrasting it with what she sees as the moral and strategic failures of Keir Starmer and other European leaders like Emmanuel Macron. “This Gaza ceasefire deal is a prodigious…

84 percent of regular GB News viewers believe net migration has increased when it’s really falling. “Migrant crisis to hit grisly milestone ‘by tomorrow’.” “Migrants will be forced to learn English to A Level standard if they want to move to Britain.” “’Don’t buy it for a second!’ Top Tory delivers blistering takedown of Labour’s immigration vow.” These are just three of the migrant-bashing headlines published on GB News this week alone. So here’s a headline that won’t surprise Right-Wing Media Watch readers. A new study has found that people who regularly watch GB News are more likely to hold misconceptions about immigration, specifically, the belief that net migration to…

A 12-year-old Jacob Rees-Mogg professed his undying love for money, Margaret Thatcher, and his own future political ambitions. October 13 marked what would have been Margaret Thatcher’s 100th birthday. Predictably, the occasion sparked a wave of commentary about the most divisive figure in modern British politics. Her legacy looms large, credited or blamed, depending on your view, for shaping everything from today’s crumbling school system and underfunded NHS to the housing crisis, fraying social safety net, and punitive criminal justice policies. Yet for many Conservatives, Thatcher is not just a historical figure, she’s a saintly idol. And nowhere is that…

What’s emerging isn’t a single youth movement but a fractured political landscape. Some are turning left, others veering hard right, but most are turning away from ‘traditional’ parties altogether. “Because youth’s a mask and it don’t last, live it long and live it fast,” sang Rod Stewart in The Killing of Georgie in 1976, a line that once captured the hopeful, rebellious energy of youth movements in the 1960s and ’70s. Back then, youthful defiance was powered by optimism, economic growth, and newfound freedoms. Today, that same defiance is back, but, this time, instead of prosperity fuelling rebellion, it’s stagnation.…

“Too busy enjoying those Brexshit benefits.” The latest consequence of Brexit took effect last weekend, as the European Union launched its new biometric border system. Under the European Entry/Exit System (EES), all non-EU nationals, including British travellers, will now have their photograph and fingerprints taken at biometric registration kiosks before entering the EU. The new process is expected to add two to three minutes to each passport check. The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) has warned of longer queues at border controls and the potential for travellers to be asked for additional documentation. Research by ABTA found that just…

This is how to secure sustained economic growth Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. On 26 November, the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will present her and Labour government’s second budget to chart the future economic course. The budget will be presented against the background of a bleak inheritance from the 2010-2024 Conservative government. Labour came to power with a promise of ‘change’ and people expected increase in prosperity and happiness. Both have been…

‘The court of appeal has rightly rejected Yvette Cooper’s attempt to block a legal review of her absurdly authoritarian ban’ The Court of Appeal has rejected the government’s attempt to stop a judicial review of the Palestine Action terror ban. The Home Office appealed the review, arguing that Palestine Action could challenge the ban through a lengthy internal “deproscription” process instead. Lawyers for co-founder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, argued that the High Court should review the ban. Today three judges, led by Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr, dismissed the Home Office’s appeal. They ruled that Ammori could bring her…

“Privatisation has been a failed experiment, it has cost this country dearly and it is an experiment that needs to end.” Novara Media’s Ash Sarkar has perfectly illustrated how privatisation is ripping off the British public. On the most recent episode of the BBC‘s flagship political debate programme Question Time, there was a discussion around whether British people paid enough tax for good public services. Sarkar used the debate to explain how privatisation is at the core of why public services are broken. Sarkar began by setting out what’s wrong with Britain’s public services at the moment and the impact…

“You know suddenly you’re going to be onto bringing the costs down.” In a bizarre interview, Boris Johnson talked effusively about Chat GPT helping him to write his books and said it should be used to make care cheaper for older people and those with disabilities. Johnson said he sees “great promise in this technology because we’re all simple, we’re human beings.” The Tory former prime minister said looking after older people, people with disabilities and the welfare system more broadly costs “an absolute fortune”. “If you have automated systems that can engage with people and say ‘ah Mrs Miggins,…

Farage’s party has had to give back almost £200,000 in donations Reform had to give back £193,100 in unlawful donations from 18 donors in the past year – while other major political parties did not register any impermissible donations.  According to the Financial Times, eleven of the donations Reform returned were made by people living overseas, in Monaco, Jersey and Germany.  Others were rejected because the donor had not given required information such as their addresses. Some came from a company that had shown insufficient evidence of trading activity. The largest impermissible donation, £100,000, was made in May by Bellcave…