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Published in: Home: AnalysisMinisters’ attacks on judges threaten UK democracy, warns new report
Government attacks risk giving the impression that the courts are being pressured to rule in Boris Johnson's favour
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe next PM won't be any better – look at the MPs who want Boris Johnson out
While Johnson will probably survive this vote of no confidence, his eventual successor will be much the same
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Published in: Home: AnalysisCan the royal family cling on much longer?
As the Queen marks 70 years on the throne, the Caribbean isn’t the only place ready to ditch the royal family
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionBoris broke COVID rules. Why are Sarah’s mourners the ones in court?
COVID rules didn’t apply to powerful men. Those at Sarah Everard’s vigil should have been so lucky
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Published in: Home: NewsTold you so, says campaigner who warned about Sue Gray’s past
Jason Evans said he was ‘not surprised’ by claims information had been omitted from Gray’s partygate report
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Published in: Home: FeatureHow to get away with breaking the rules like Boris Johnson
A handy guide to wriggling out of accountability like the prime minister fending off a report by Sue Gray
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Published in: Home: OpinionNo surprise No.10 laughed at cleaners – it did nothing to stop them dying
Security guards and other low-paid staff were laughed at by a government that didn’t care about their lives
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy the UK government’s international development strategy is a big gamble
Marginalised groups will suffer most from a policy shift away from ‘bottom-up’ development to a more top-down approach
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Published in: Home: OpinionIt’s not the break-up of Britain… yet
Election results show that the ground is shifting in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But the future of the UK...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsCost of living crisis could be ‘catastrophic’ for domestic abuse survivors
Experts say surging costs may offer perpetrators an excuse to control the household’s finances – depriving survivors...
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Published in: Home: NewsCould US-funded lobby force climate U-turn from weakened PM?
Boris Johnson has already caved to pressure on fracking ban from Tory “parliamentary wing” of climate denial group
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Published in: Home: FeatureDispatches from Westminster Greggs: ‘who’s Lorraine?’, GMB and Starmer beers
An openDemocracy contact found the following memo under a decaf flat white in the Westminster Greggs. We cannot...
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Published in: Home: OpinionBritain’s cruel plans to ‘offshore’ the vulnerable won’t stop with refugees
Britain survived as a state by moving its tyranny and violence out of sight. Priti Patel’s plan to send refugees to...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy partygate could be good for Boris Johnson
The prime minister built his career by stoking distrust in politics. His fine from the police could end up benefiting him
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Published in: Home: ExplainerBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have been fined. Now what?
The prime minister and chancellor have been given fixed penalty notices for their attendance of lockdown-busting...
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Published in: Home: NewsTories attacking trans rights to court transphobic voters, says ex-adviser
Boris Johnson’s U-turn over protecting trans people in the conversion therapy ban is an attempt to appeal to Tory...
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Published in: Home: NewsUK anti-corruption laws aid kleptocrat regimes like Putin’s, report says
Government-funded experts claim legislation to seize UK property bought with dirty money may do more harm than good
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow the right-wing press used partygate to get rid of lockdown
Hundreds have died of COVID because the papers bullied Boris Johnson into lifting lockdown early
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionTory Party’s messages of ‘support’ for trans MP Jamie Wallis are hollow
Representation matters – but Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s claims to ‘support’ their trans colleague don’t match...
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Published in: Home: NewsNow Number 10 refuses to reveal whether ministers have been fined
The SNP has slammed the decision, saying the public deserve “answers and accountability”.