Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Seth Thévoz is a political, cultural and social historian, whose specialisms include the history of British political finance. He has been shortlisted for the Whitfield Prize for the best book on British or Irish history by a first-time author, and (alongside his openDemocracy colleagues) for a British Journalism Award for Best Investigation. His website is www.sethalexanderthevoz.com
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisJohnson continues his war on Whitehall with new nomination for powerful jobWilliam Shawcross is just the British government’s latest replacement for an inconveniently independent public servant
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsBoris Johnson charged taxpayers £28,000 for fancy-floorboards refurbCabinet Office admits taking Tory donations to fund refurb, before bills were finally paid by the prime minister
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTories have accepted £2.6m from ‘shadowy’ donors since Boris Johnson became PMExclusive: Secretive groups that can keep donors anonymous have given £800,000 to ‘Red Wall’ Tory MPs since 2019
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUrgent changes needed to tackle dirty money in British politics, says new reportSecretive groups can be used as ‘route for foreign money to influence UK elections’, parliamentary committee warns
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisBatley and Spen shows that Johnson is mortalDirty tricks and George Galloway made headlines, but the core story is that Johnson’s march is slowing
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisVoter suppression Lib Dem style in the Chesham and Amersham by-electionTactical voting played its part in the victory too – but can the Lib Dems rely on these tricks in future?