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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy is Johnson’s campaign manager’s firm bragging about links to British politicians?Lynton Crosby is running Boris Johnson's campaign for Tory leader... meanwhile, his American lobbying firm is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe UK’s arming of the Saudis is unlawful, but will a Brexiteering government care?What does today's court victory by human rights campaigners mean for the future of Britain’s arms exports to both...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOf Tory leadership bids and “suspect populations”From Theresa May to Sajid Javid, Johnson and his rivals – and from Shamima Begum, to Prevent, to the “hostile...
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Published in: HomeCitizens assembly: towards a politics of ‘considered judgement’Experts in deliberative democracy have been working across the world for around twenty years. Now, all of a sudden,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow we beat BorisWhen Boris Johnson announced he was standing as Edinburgh University rector in 2006, the media declared he was a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe tangled web of Tory leadership candidates and climate science denialThe UK’s next prime minister will probably be a no-dealer tied to transatlantic climate science denial network.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy May's "Net Zero" commitment won't survive her successor's trade policyThis week the Prime Minister committed the UK to "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050. But the "independent trade"...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow the Johnson campaign is bringing Trump's media tactics to BritainThe sound of journalists being booed at Johnson’s launch event should be enough to raise concerns of something...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEnding the ‘war on drugs’ requires justice for the impoverished communities who grow themThe drugs trade is often portrayed as populated by wealthy individuals. The reality is poor communities targeted for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFrom Peterborough to Peterloo: it's time for the Left to defend democracyThe Brexit Party’s project isn’t about real democracy. But their skewed narrative is gaining alarming traction,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBoris doesn't care who he alienates with his regressive tax proposalsMost working people, the young, the poor and middling including many Brexit voters, much of middle England and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK“Batshit jobs” - no-one should have to destroy the planet to make a livingAn in-depth look at workers’ participation in the climate and ecological breakdown, and how this might be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn open letter to Boris Johnson (or whomever)...Yesterday, the contest to succeed Theresa May as Conservative Party leader began. What should the winner do about...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLabour, the Left, Antisemitism, Israel and Palestine: a way forwardA call on the UK Labour Party, from within, to unequivocally expunge antisemitism from its ranks. To do so while...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAttacks on Grieve and Bercow stem from flawed, feudal ideas of ‘sovereignty’Parliament, human rights and judges – Brexiteers see all of these as impediments to their increasingly autocratic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEmpire 2.0? In the Chagos islands, Britain is still fighting to maintain Empire 1.0To refashion its place in the world, Britain must first do right by its former colonies, as a new feature-length...
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Published in: ourNHSThe NHS is already on the table. But here's exactly how Trump wants to sharpen the knivesSoundbites from Tory leadership hopefuls won’t save the NHS from the corporates and their trade lobbyists. Only...
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Published in: HomePreventing radical right extremism requires honesty, empathy and a whole society approach. Are we doomed to fail?We need to empathise with those we fundamentally disagree with. Is society ready for that?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKD-Day and the Constitution! Why Britain needs a written constitution by Lord ScarmanLord Scarman helped plan the D-Day landings – and in later years was a bold supporter of constitutional reform. We...
