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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationOil firm linked to DUP dark money man collapses owing investors £4.5m
Richard Cook signed an oil deal with a Texan company run by a convicted fraudster. The Scottish company involved has...
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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 InvestigationsA second Brexit referendum is getting more likely. Here are 3 things that must happen first
We can prevent a rerun of the abuses that dogged the 2016 vote. Here’s how.
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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...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsCommons report on “fake news” says failing electoral laws are putting UK democracy at risk
Report from MPs builds on openDemocracy’s work exposing unaccountable ‘dark money’ and influence on our elections
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: The dark-money Brexit ads flooding social media
Facebook has new transparency rules on political ads. But in the last week pro-Brexit groups have spent tens of...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsStop calling ‘no-deal’ Brexiteers idiots. They know exactly what they’re doing
This is not bungling, or delusion. It’s part of the Great British Asset striptease. And we need to know who’s bankrolling it.
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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 bribery
Previously unknown recording reveals extraordinary ‘black ops’ on three continents – exploiting weaknesses in...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: the dirty secrets of the DUP’s ‘dark money’ Brexit donor
MPs 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 InvestigationsFresh concerns raised over DUP’s secret Brexit donation
Caroline Lucas MP calls on UK watchdog to ‘re-open investigation’, after new evidence suggests ‘deeply...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: Arron Banks Brexit campaign's 'secret' meetings with Cambridge Analytica
Leaked emails show Leave.EU misled parliament and UK regulator about meetings with controversial Trump-linked firm –...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsDark money investigations: what we’ve found out, and why we’re looking
For the past two years openDemocracy has been tracking down the secretive, wealthy donors trying to influence...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRight-wing think tank accused of promoting tobacco and oil industry “propaganda” in schools
The Institute of Economic Affairs’ magazine distributed to tens of thousands of British schoolchildren promotes...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsTheresa May accused of "major cover-up" over Brexit donor Arron Banks
Home Office refuses openDemocracy’s request for information about investigation into Banks – saying this “would...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsBrexit bankroller Arron Banks, Cambridge Analytica and Steve Bannon – explosive emails reveal fresh links
Brexit donor asked controversial Trump-linked data firm to 'come up with strategy' for fundraising in the US – and...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: How Arron Banks’s campaign ‘ambassador’ made his millions in Russia
Jim Mellon introduced Brexit ‘bad boys’ Nigel Farage and Arron Banks, and was a Leave.EU ambassador. He claims he...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: Arron Banks’s staff crunched millions of voters’ data after Brexit vote
Whistleblower says Banks’s staff were told to ‘urgently’ process personal information on millions of voters after...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsWhistleblowers say Arron Banks ‘misled’ viewers on BBC Andrew Marr show
Brexit funder said staff working for his controversial Leave campaign were put on different contracts, and declared...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsArron Banks lied to Parliament about his Brexit campaign, say whistleblowers
Major Brexit bankroller, now under investigation by the National Crime Agency, “deliberately misled” Parliament...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: Met Police ignored Brexit campaign evidence for months
Scotland Yard claimed it didn’t receive key evidence about Leave campaigns until September. But the evidence was...