Ethan Shone - openDemocracy (Page 2)

How Labour is reducing consumer protections | With Ethan Shone

What can we learn about the future of consumer rights from the merger between Microsoft and Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard?

By James Battershill, Ethan Shone and In Solidarity Podcast

/ 24 Oct 2025

How Labour is reducing consumer protections | With Ethan Shone

Inside Labour’s pro-business push to ‘defang’ competitions watchdog

How Keir Starmer’s government prioritised tech firms and the finance industry over British consumers

By Ethan Shone

/ 24 Oct 2025

Inside Labour’s pro-business push to ‘defang’ competitions watchdog

Exclusive: Watchdog probing Starmer aide’s secret lobbying of Tory ministers

openDemocracy findings on Varun Chandra’s activities at Hakluyt prompted official watchdog to launch investigation

By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone

/ 17 Jul 2025

Exclusive: Watchdog probing Starmer aide’s secret lobbying of Tory ministers

openDemocracy findings on Varun Chandra’s activities at Hakluyt prompted official watchdog to launch investigation

By Ethan Shone

/ 17 Jul 2025

The City’s big investment in Starmer’s Labour is about to pay dividends

Reeves’ Mansion House speech shows the corporate takeover of Labour is complete

By Ethan Shone

/ 16 Jul 2025

The City’s big investment in Starmer’s Labour is about to pay dividends

Who funds Nigel Farage's Reform UK - and why?

Reform claims to represent the working man, so why are its coffers being filled by 'the elite' it rallies against?

By James Battershill, Ethan Shone and In Solidarity Podcast

/ 1 Jul 2025

Who funds Nigel Farage's Reform UK - and why?

Weak UK lobbying laws let fossil fuel giants influence climate policies

Oil and gas firms were able to water down or change Conservative policies without scrutiny, new report finds

By Ethan Shone

/ 26 Jun 2025

Weak UK lobbying laws let fossil fuel giants influence climate policies

Revealed: What goes on in No 10’s mass lobbying calls?

Not much at all, it turns out. But the growing stench of desperation is palpable, even over Microsoft Teams

By Ethan Shone

/ 17 Jun 2025

Revealed: What goes on in No 10’s mass lobbying calls?

Who’s funding Reform – and why?

Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors

By Ethan Shone

/ 12 Jun 2025

Revealed: Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax increase

JP Morgan Chase wrote to Rachel Reeves to lobby against rumoured banking surcharge rise ahead of autumn budget

By Ethan Shone

/ 22 May 2025

Revealed: Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax increase

JP Morgan Chase wrote to Rachel Reeves to lobby against rumoured banking surcharge rise ahead of autumn budget

By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone

/ 22 May 2025

“We don’t have time for ‘briefcase politics’” - Zack Polanski’s pitch to lead the left

From ‘Rehearsing the Revolution’ to building it for real, Zack Polanski talks to oD about his bid to lead not just the Greens, but the wider progressive movement

By Ethan Shone

/ 16 May 2025

“We don’t have time for ‘briefcase politics’” - Zack Polanski’s pitch to lead the left