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Published in: Home: OpinionAs world leaders meet in Belfast, it’s clear the DUP is running out of roadOPINION: With the party isolated in a room full of peace negotiators, momentum is growing for Stormont’s reform
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: DUP dark money man in ‘very unusual’ investment scandalRichard Cook signed an oil deal with a firm run by a convicted Texan fraudster. The Scottish company involved has...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations“Not in the public interest”: why the Electoral Commission didn’t investigate Vote Leave and DUP donationThe UK’s election watchdog doesn’t think it’s worth finding out if the Brexit campaign broke the law more than once....
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsMP accuses former Tory official of being a ‘fraudster’ and ‘cowboy’ who exploited legal loophole to hide source of ‘dark money’The Scottish Tory vice chair Richard Cook, who helped channel £435,000 to the Democratic Unionist Party, was branded...
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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...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsDark money investigations: what we’ve found out, and why we’re lookingFor the past two years openDemocracy has been tracking down the secretive, wealthy donors trying to influence...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsHow the Electoral Commission turned blind eye to DUP's shady Brexit cashEmails reveal elections regulator was ‘concerned’ by revelations about mysterious £435,000 donation – but closed the...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsThe DUP’s Facebook ads for Brexit targeted voters outside Northern IrelandInformation released by Facebook shows the DUP said Brexit would be “better for our borders”.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsIs there a link between Cambridge Analytica and the DUP’s secret Brexit donors?Today we reveal the close relationship between a key Cambridge Analytica backer and a senior pro-Brexit Northern...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsNorthern Irish party donors finally published – but source of DUP Brexit money remains secretFirm that donated to DUP owned by Gibraltar-based businessman, prompting criticism of 'representation without taxation'.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsElectoral Commission demand end to ban on publishing Northern Irish Brexit campaign donor detailsMPs vote for campaign donor transparency for Northern Ireland – but exclude all major recent donations.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsMPs should reject the government’s attempt to cover up for the DUP’s Brexit dark money donationTheresa May is trying to cover-up for her scandal-prone Northern Irish allies. MPs must call her bluff.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDUP dark money cover-up: officials dismiss minister’s reassurances on Northern Ireland transparency“No one should read a great deal into what the minister was saying.”
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsWhat we've discovered in a year investigating the dark money that funded Brexit means we can't stop nowOn the first anniversary of our dark money investigation...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsNorthern Ireland Electoral Commission in new bid to honour transparency laws from 2014The government has been accused of trying to cover up for the DUP as it reverses a law which promised transparency...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGovernment confirms its “full transparency” changes to Northern Ireland electoral laws will not be backdatedDetails of the DUP’s “dark money” will remain secret.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsHiding the DUP dark money: The fraud of so-called transparencyTheresa May's government is cowering behind walls of secrecy.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsDid the DUP's controversial Brexit donors break the law – by refusing to reveal the secret source of their cash?It appears the secretive group that channelled Leave cash to Theresa May’s allies got hit with a record fine - for...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsBrexit dark money revelations trigger MP's question on 'foreign interference'openDemocracy's investigations into Leave donor Arron Banks and the DUP make global headlines, prompting calls for...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsUK government set to ignore Northern Ireland parties’ transparency callsBrokenshire loses his excuse for hiding DUP’s lavish Brexit donors, but still refuses to reveal their identity
