“Not in the public interest”: why the Electoral Commission didn’t investigate Vote Leave and DUP donation
The UK’s election watchdog doesn’t think it’s worth finding out if the Brexit campaign broke the law more than once. MPs have called on the regulator to look again.
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Published in: 50.50Revealed: dozens of European politicians linked to US ‘incubator for extremism’New openDemocracy research exposes increasing connections between a network of US, Russian and other ultra-conservatives and senior European politicians.
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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: Home‘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: openDemocracyUKRevealed: 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: openDemocracyUKRevealed: 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.
