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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIf Tory whips are blackmailing MPs, that’s corruption. We should call it thatSenior Conservative William Wragg accused whips of threatening to withdraw funds from the constituencies of MPs who...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsUK government refuses to say if Sue Gray’s interviews will be publishedExclusive: Fears of partygate ‘whitewash’ as government won’t commit to recording or publishing interviews – or even...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBe careful what you wish for – the Tories won’t change if Johnson goesThe UK prime minister’s departure will give even more power to the far Right of the party – the zealots who brought...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionElite private members’ clubs are at the heart of Boris Johnson’s governmentThe Conservatives’ use of exclusive clubs – like the Carlton Club – is a throwback to an earlier Toryism
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsUK government slammed for ‘sleazy’ plan that could see DUP leader out-earn PMNorthern Irish politicians accused the government of giving key allies the DUP an ‘overt benefit’ by scrapping...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureDispatches from Westminster Greggs: BYOB, wine time and Big Dog’s dank beatsAn oD contact ‘found’ this dossier under a pile of napkins. Investigations as to its authenticity have been hampered...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: ExplainerPolicing Bill and Elections Bill: What’s next in fight to save UK democracy?Lords’ defeat of last-minute additions to England and Wales’s Policing Bill hailed as a victory by campaigners, but...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionScottish Tories’ only hope of election success is to form a whole new partyThere is a way forward for the Scottish Conservatives. But it’s not Boris Johnson’s resignation
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionDavid Davis: MPs have last chance to save the UK’s freedom to voteThe government claims the Elections Bill is designed to protect our democracy. As a former Tory minister, I know...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAfter two years of COVID, Johnson’s priority is still wealth over healthThis week marks two years since the first mention of COVID in UK media. Looking back, the government's path was...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationPartygate investigator helped shield No.10 from scrutiny over Grenfell
Revealed: Emails show how Sue Gray was consulted over decision to withhold information about fatal fire
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Analysis18 times Boris Johnson was accused of breaking rules – and got away with itFrom illegal lockdown parties to secret financial interests, the prime minister has a long history of sailing close...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionArron Banks vs Carole Cadwalladr shows how badly UK is failing press freedomWhy can journalists be violently abused online, yet ‘free speech’ doesn’t protect their reporting?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAs a former officer, I'm horrified by England and Wales’s Police BillThe bill could spell the end of policing by consent – and force police leaders to decide whether to use draconian...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: News18,000 people have been fined for doing what Boris Johnson didPolice in England and Wales disproportionately fined Black and Asian people, but have so far refused to investigate...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsUK broke law with COVID deals for ‘VIP’ firms run by government contacts
High Court rules ministers acted unlawfully by giving multi-million-pound PPE supply deals to a pest control company...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionI survived abuse by a serving police officer, and I know where impunity leadsMy stepfather used the closed-ranks culture of the Metropolitan Police as cover to terrorise our family. If that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsSue Gray: How ‘partygate’ investigator stonewalled transparency campaign‘No confidence’ in civil servant after her involvement with Cabinet Office’s ‘Orwellian’ Clearing House, campaigner says
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy is support for nuclear power noisiest just as its failures become most clear?The UK government and mainstream media agree we need nuclear to avoid the worst climate change. They’re wrong – so...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat is UK government hiding on WhatsApp? We have no idea – that’s the problemWe know Boris Johnson asked Lord Brownlow for money for his flat refurb because the latter kept the messages. But...