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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionPeter Oborne shortlisted for Orwell prize – after other papers rejected him
His forensic attacks on Brexit and Boris Johnson were turned down by bigger UK media outlets. So openDemocracy stepped up.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNumber 10 are acting like nightclub doormen in their battle with journalists
Team Johnson's exclusion of journalists means we must all – including the Labour Party – step up to defend a free press.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBoris Johnson is not going to ‘win’: Jeremy Corbyn is going to lose
There is nothing in the prime minister’s record to suggest voters trust him with the keys to Number 10. Luckily for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAs a lifelong Conservative, here’s why I can’t vote for Boris Johnson
This government is an explicit repudiation of everything it means to be a Conservative. History will judge us accordingly.
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill person-to-person politics put wind in Corbyn’s sails?
Social media and public meetings are filling in what the mainstream ignores, to Labour’s advantage, while an...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsJohnson and Cummings under fire as police hand criminal evidence on Vote Leave to prosecution agency
Exclusive: After 16-month investigation, Met Police refer Vote Leave to the CPS for possible criminal charges. But...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson’s Brexit is inspired by Blair, Eden and Chamberlain - not Churchill
Surrounded by yes-men, cronies and dubious advisors, Johnson is trashing standards in public life and traditional...
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Published in: ourEconomyDude! Where’s my democracy?
People turn to authoritarian leaders not because they distrust democracy but because our system is fundamentally...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: Election pact between Johnson and Farage edges closer
Channels opened between Downing Street and the Brexit Party. Arron Banks prepared to donate substantial funds to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBoris who? Didn’t he use to be famous?
Johnson’s coup has ignited the possibility of a united opposition from below. Now we need to keep our eyes on the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThis is an anti-parliamentary coup – and an internationally-organised one
For Trump, No Deal is imperative; a key step towards a vassal Britain, subject to his rules on everything from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson aims to blindside Remainers – there’s only one way to stop him
He needs a Brexit that will keep him in office whoever is US president in 2021 – can Caroline Lucas prevent this?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson’s strength is his divided opposition – is Labour brave enough to respond?
With Boris Johnson vocally setting up 'the people vs parliamentary elites' and promising a public spending splurge,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWelcome to Boris Johnson’s government of all the lobbyists
The prime minister’s new team has strong links to leading corporate lobbyists – they are representing the ultra-rich...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow to respond to Boris Johnson – and how not to
We keep losing – because we keep reacting in the same way. No more!
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InterviewRevealed: Boris, the Russian oligarch and the Page 3 model
Exclusive: Parties at Italian villa where ‘nothing is off the menu’ raise fresh concerns about PM hopeful being a...
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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: openDemocracyUKHow we beat Boris
When Boris Johnson announced he was standing as Edinburgh University rector in 2006, the media declared he was a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBoris doesn't care who he alienates with his regressive tax proposals
Most working people, the young, the poor and middling including many Brexit voters, much of middle England and...