Senior Tory revealed as Huawei cheerleader in Brussels
As leaks scandal rocks Theresa May’s government, emails show high-ranking Conservative urged colleagues to back the controversial Chinese telecoms firm.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsKey members of Jacob-Rees Mogg’s pro-Brexit MP lobby group finally revealedGovernment forced to release list of ‘senior’ members of influential European Research Group, after long-running openDemocracy investigation
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsDon’t ask, don’t tell: how a conspiracy of silence will corrupt Britain’s next electionBrexit chaos could trigger a general election at any moment. Whenever it happens, there will be dozens of MPs who get elected illegally. Here’s how.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations‘They were planning on stealing the election’: Explosive new tapes reveal Cambridge Analytica CEO’s boasts of voter suppression, manipulation and briberyPreviously unknown recording reveals extraordinary ‘black ops’ on three continents – exploiting weaknesses in democracies left wide open by governments and Silicon Valley.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: the dirty secrets of the DUP’s ‘dark money’ Brexit donorMPs call on Richard Cook to “emerge from the shadows” after we uncover his trail of illegal waste, unpaid bills and court documents stretching from India to California.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: How dark money is winning ‘the Brexit influencing game’As Tory MPs resign in protest at the malign influence of hardline Brexiters, documents show the “unfettered” access to ministers and senior politicians enjoyed by secretive think tanks such as the IEA that are “marching the country” to a no-deal Brexit.
