by Ben Shahrabi | Jun 1, 2023 | Home, Social Issues
In May last year, the BBC announced it planned to stop airing CBBC and BBC Four as traditional broadcast channels, due to cost-cutting measures and a seemingly admirable desire to “constantly innovate”. Going online-only might work for those lucky enough to have...
by Ben Shahrabi | May 24, 2023 | Healthcare and Welfare, Home
NHS workers have reported 22,143 alleged cases of sexual abuse over the last five years, a British Medical Journal investigation has found. In a joint investigation, The BMJ and the Guardian received Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from 212 NHS trusts, which...
by Ben Shahrabi | May 22, 2023 | Home, The Establishment
House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle takes a break from berating MPs to speak to Punching Up about his work, punishing badly-behaved politicians, and some of the wackiest traditions in Parliament. Sir Lindsay WHO? Perhaps best known as the man who shouts...