Author: Miles Donavan

Maybe they should’ve printed the cost of exiting the EU on the side of the red bus too. The right-wing press is having a meltdown as the sheer scale and cost of Brexit becomes ever clearer, with post-Brexit payments to the EU set to surpass £50billion. Data from the ONS shows that the UK gave £3.25billion to Brussels last year. That means that the total paid to the European Union since Britain officially left in 2020 to approximately £44billion, with an additional commitment to providing at least £8billion more as part of the exit deal. The eye watering sums of…

“I think it’s interesting that he concentrated on but didn’t give any detail on how they would cut back on public finances.” Unison general secretary Christina McAnea has slammed Reform UK’s claims it will get the economy “under control”. On Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Zia Yusuf said the Tories and Labour had “wrecked” the public finances. He claimed Reform would restore them. When asked how, Yusuf said Reform would cut foreign aid, which would save just £7-8 billion per year. He also said Reform would make savings by cutting “insane net zero policies” and Personal Independence Payments for people with…

The dangers of stamp duty are numerous and far reaching ‘Build, Baby, Build’ has become the core mantra of Labour’s growth agenda – an admirable and achievable one given the previous 14 years of failure to get Britain building again. But red hats, glossy comms, and repeated slogans can only go so far when one child in every classroom is in temporary accommodation, and new starts in cities are at an all-time low. Legislation, such as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, will go some way to increase the viability of sites which are currently blocking the government’s 1.5 million homes…

The shadow home secretary struggled to explain how stop and search would have been used in the train knife attack Chris Philp has been grilled over his call for greater use of stop and search powers following Saturday’s knife attack on a train from Doncaster to London, which left 11 people injured. One, the driver of the LNER train, remains in a “critical but stable condition”. Writing in The Telegraph, Philp partly blamed the Left’s for limiting stop and search powers, and said that following the attack, the use of stop and search must “dramatically increase”. Philp said: “It’s particularly…

That will mean more cuts to spending on public services and welfare, which will only serve to increase levels of poverty and inequality. So much for being the party of working people, Nigel Farage’s Reform intend to bring back austerity in what will mean yet another decimation of public services and rising levels of inequality, should the party win the next general election. Farage and his populist party had previously pledged to slash taxes and increase public spending by £141 billion a year while at the same time cutting taxes by £70 billion. However, in a speech on Monday, where…

While the right may intend it as a slur, many would see the label ‘Dublin’s Corbyn’ as praise, a recognition of Catherine Connolly’s courage, compassion, and conviction. Ireland has chosen a new president.Catherine Connolly, the independent, pro-labour, pro-environment, pro-Palestine, pro-choice, pro-LGBT, left-wing politician from Galway, has been elected President of Ireland in a historic landslide.A former barrister and lifelong campaigner for peace and social justice, Connolly won 63 percent of first preferences, trouncing former cabinet minister Heather Humphreys in the race to succeed Michael Higgins as head of state.A self-described socialist and pacifist, Connolly has long championed equality, environmental justice, and…

Half of Britain’s commentariat attended private school. Ever wondered why so many newspaper columnists sound like they’ve never stepped inside an Aldi, been camping, or taken a bus? The answer’s simple – most of them probably haven’t. Half of Britain’s commentariat attended private school. And, as Right-Wing Media Watch readers know all too well – it shows.New research by the Sutton Trust confirms 50 percent of columnists were privately educated, a six-point increase since 2019. To put that in perspective, just 6 percent of UK children attend private schools. Yet those who shape public opinion through newspaper columns and broadcast commentary…

So much for Reform’s promise of “common-sense politics.” Editors across the right-wing press must be rubbing their hands with glee. Another chance to sink their claws into Jeremy Corbyn, this time not over alleged anti-Semitism, but over his new project, Your Party. ‘Your Party hit by fresh chaos after losing access to member data,’ the Telegraph splashed this week, adding the ‘hard-left bloc founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana hamstrung by rift that overshadowed launch.’ It follows the ruckus around the party’s summer launch. “Two left feet,” jeered the Sun, declaring, ‘Jeremy Corbyn’s planned hard-left party of two in…

The WTTC joins a growing list of businesses that have shifted operations from the UK to the EU since the 2016 referendum. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced plans to close its London headquarters and relocate to mainland Europe. It is the latest major organisation to cite Brexit as a factor in abandoning Britain. The WTTC is made up of members from the global business community and works with governments to raise awareness about the travel and tourism industry.  It has been located in the British capital since it was founded in 1990. The Council is reportedly…

When Piers Morgan insists that ‘woke is dead,’ he proves only that he’s part of a new kind of woke, one that preaches freedom while policing it and transforming freedom into coercion. This week, Piers Morgan launched his new book, ‘Woke Is Dead: How Common Sense Prevailed.’ True to form, he takes aim at familiar targets – the gender divide, the perceived erosion of free speech, and, naturally, anyone who prefers not to eat meat. The veteran broadcaster even claims he can pinpoint the exact day ‘woke died,’ during last year’s US presidential election, when one Trump campaign ad, in his…