Revealed: Tory MP was ‘fed’ propaganda by Azerbaijani embassy for parliamentary debates
Bob Blackman boasted: ‘On a regular basis I put down positions on behalf of our good friends in Azerbaijan’
Latest picks
Follow openDemocracy
-
Published in:openDemocracyUK: NewsUK Big Six energy firms made more than £1bn in profit ahead of price hikeExclusive: Analysis of most recent accounts shows huge profits as customers face soaring energy bills
-
Published in:openDemocracyUK: OpinionDiane Abbott: The cost of living crisis was caused by privatisationLast year it was claimed that Boris Johnson had ended the age of austerity. Those claims now look ridiculously ill-judged
-
Published in:oDR: ExplainerEveryone is talking about Minsk but what does it mean for Ukraine?If Ukraine accepts Russia’s interpretation of the Minsk Agreements it could face indefinite Russian influence in its...
-
Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionTo dismantle white privilege, we must tackle private property rightsCreating a more equitable economy requires scrutinizing the tenets of modern-day capitalism
-
Published in:50.50: OpinionWhy the National Prayer Breakfast must goI hope I live to see the day when a president will break the pattern by refusing to participate in this annual...
-
Published in:50.50: OpinionFootball needs to stop condoning violence against womenRaith Rovers reversed its decision to hire David Goodwillie after protests, but the game as a whole needs to change...
Russia-Ukraine latest
-
Published in: oDRUkraine needs UN peacekeepers. Here’s why
-
Published in: oDRWhat you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine crisis
-
Published in: oDRWhy is Putin’s Russia threatening Ukraine?
Join our Book Club
The openDemocracy Book Club is a free monthly event for supporters and anyone interested in human rights, transparency and freedom of expression.
It is a great chance to meet your favourite authors, chat with like-minded people and speak to our journalists.
Latest
-
Published in: 50.50: NewsUK Nationality and Borders Bill risks ‘sending people to their deaths’MPs warn against disproportionate and ‘devastating consequences’ for LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers
-
Published in: 50.50: Feature‘My thoughts will kill me one day’: mental health crisis for Kashmiri womenThree decades of conflict in the Himalayan valley have resulted in a drastic surge in mental health issues,...
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionGiulio Regeni’s murder speaks the truth about Egypt – and Europe tooFrance and Italy promote democracy and human rights while selling more and more arms to Egypt, where the student was...
-
Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionFighting the wildfires that threaten Chile’s peatlands is vital for us allWe must protect South America’s southernmost tip – a large carbon store – not just for the Indigenous people who...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsTesting firms ‘lost’ thousands who entered England with COVIDExclusive: Labour accused UK government of failing to regulate the ‘Wild West’ travel testing market that is failing...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe UK’s post-Brexit review of ‘retained EU law’ risks undermining democracyThe government is seeking to disentangle domestic law from EU law – handing more power to unaccountable ministers
-
Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisTúmin: the alternative currency rebuilding community in MexicoPeople across Mexico are increasingly using Túmin to support local businesses and challenge monopoly capitalists
-
Published in: Technology and Democracy: OpinionBeyond privacy: there are wider issues at stake over Big Tech in medicineA focus on privacy can obscure broader questions about how Big Tech will reshape health and medicine – and...
-
Published in: Home: OpinionNuclear power is clean, safe and cheap. We need it to stop global heatingI’m a climate activist. The arguments made against nuclear power today are the same arguments I was making a decade...
-
Published in: ourEconomy: Analysis7 ways policymakers should respond to the cost of living crisisTo win an economy that works for people and planet, we need a new approach to inflation
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionJohnson’s behaviour has UK minority communities fearing sinister repercussionsThose at the top have already shown disdain for us. Now we know they can lie and have their transgressions covered up
-
Published in: 50.50: FeatureWhy this Italian MP launched a book-long protest against patriarchyLaura Boldrini has been fighting for women’s rights and against sexism for years. Her new book demands both outrage...
-
Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionRule of law is being dismantled in Central America and Europe must actA culture of impunity in Central American countries like Guatemala is turning the region into a hotbed of crime....
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: Analysis11 things missing from Sue Gray’s reportThe civil servant’s report on Downing Street’s alleged lockdown parties has finally been released – all nine pages of it
-
Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisNeoliberalism was born in Chile. Now it will die thereA new constitutional convention is imagining a country radically different from the one forged by murderous dictator...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionGlobal free movement would improve everyone’s livesMigrants’, workers’ and human rights activists have been forced onto the back foot. Here's how we fight back
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureWhile displaced Afghans starve, international help is nowhere to be foundWithdrawal of funding, logistical problems and fear of the Taliban mean that thousands of Afghans are enduring a...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisDeciding Britain’s Future: Tom Nairn, Gordon Brown, Marxism and NationalismAn account of the origins and influence of the most important book on British politics for 50 years
-
Published in: Home: OpinionWho would benefit from Russia going to war with Ukraine?One of the less-discussed aspects of the current crisis in Eastern Europe is its huge sales potential
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: ExplainerRishi Sunak could become PM. Here’s what he doesn’t want you to knowFrom offshore dealings to right-wing think tanks, here’s the openDemocracy guide to the man who could become the...
New in our projects
-
Published in: Live discussionsWhat will be left of the BBC in 2028?
Recent comments
» Have you heard of the Crown exemption rule?Partygate is a false trail and we already know that Sue Gray will find no criminality other than, of course, criminal stupidity. The...
– by scubie on: Partygate investigator helped shield No.10 from scrutiny over Grenfell
5 February 2022
» I’m not totally convinced that the issues of nuclear waste are fully sortedNow-a-days, in deliberate uranium mining*, we mine 101 units of nuclear energy, tap one unit, and the...
– by GRLCowan on: Nuclear power is clean, safe and cheap. We need it to stop global heating
5 February 2022
» This whole article seems to ride along on a current of an implied nefarious plot to improve nuclear power's public image.Really though we're just seeing a reversion to the...
– by JonWharf on: Why is support for nuclear power noisiest just as its failures become most clear?
3 February 2022
» I was with the author up to to reshape capitalism (particularly its approach to property) to be more just, equitable and sustainableafter which I read no prescription for how...
– by ThisWreckage on: To dismantle white privilege, we must tackle private property rights
4 February 2022
» On one hand I think corporations are being operated by people who would be happier if their corporation could contribute to improve the world. So alignment of corporate...
– by philiph on: Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great Reset
15 January 2022