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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionOligarchs stash dirty money in Britain because of its colonialist laws
Ministers patronise those who call for decolonisation. But UK financial loopholes are a product of the imperialist...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionRunning through ancient landscapes has allowed me to understand the British Empire
From Ireland to Australia, running across the land brings back memories Britain has long forgotten.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe statue defenders are the real enemies of free speech
Why is the anxious right afraid to debate whether imperial figures are still national heroes?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKColston has fallen. Who’s next?
The UK has honoured many slavers, plunderers and perpetrators of massacres. Here’s a list of some more candidates...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEmpire 2.0? In the Chagos islands, Britain is still fighting to maintain Empire 1.0
To 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: openDemocracyUKFive things you should know about foreign policy this election
Half a century ago, the US Secretary of State Dean Acheson said that Britain “has lost its empire, but has yet to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRighting a wrong: how to restore decency to the British Indian Ocean Territory
Past injustices inflicted on the last outpost of empire need to be acknowledged – and redressed.
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job