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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAs a former officer, I'm horrified by England and Wales’s Police BillThe bill could spell the end of policing by consent – and force police leaders to decide whether to use draconian...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionCulture wars aren't a distraction, they're a battle over everythingFor some, the ‘war on woke’ is just common sense. But they’ll find that the pillars holding up England’s traditional...
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsGo private for the treatment you need, NHS tells patientsPatients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals, openDemocracy’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Feature10,000 Airbnbs and nowhere to live: Cornwall’s housing crisisHow a summer of staycations hit the renters living in one of the UK’s most desirable destinations
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsMillions opt out of England’s health data-sharing planNHS data-sharing scheme put on hold ‘indefinitely’ after public backlash to privacy concerns raised by openDemocracy
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionFor England to be England, it needs to abandon British delusionsYou don’t need to be proud to be English to accept that you are. You can’t abolish a system you don’t recognise
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionGame on for the Premier League in the Balkans?How Telekom Srbija’s push to buy TV rights to major European tournaments could undermine media freedom in the region
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Published in: ourNHS: ExplainerYour top 12 questions on England’s GP data grab – answeredWe address openDemocracy readers’ biggest concerns about the upcoming data grab – including what opting out means,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionGrim fall in life expectancy exposes UK government’s ‘levelling up’ liesNew report reveals stark drop in life expectancy in some of England's poorest areas. So why isn’t the government...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBy not taking the knee at the Euros, Scotland exposes its national mythMany in Scotland believe racism is for the English and Americans. We, after all, are the underdogs. We’re the good...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureHalf of deaths among people with learning disabilities in England in 2020 were ‘avoidable’Father tells of son being denied ventilator as report reveals many of those with learning disabilities who died of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisBeavers in parks and cattle in city centres: England’s rewilding councilsA quarter of England’s councils – rural and urban alike – are rewilding, or plan to do so soon. What does this mean...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionEnglish people must fight for Scotland’s democratic rights – or sacrifice their ownIf we let Boris Johnson ignore the mandate for a second referendum, he’ll come for our civil liberties next
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Published in: Live discussionsIs Britain breaking up?With Scotland voting on Thursday in an election that could lead to a second independence referendum and increased...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionOnly bold democratic reform could stop Starmer’s Labour from being pole-axed by a war of Scottish and English nationalismsStarmer inherits a situation in which the entwined constitutional questions of Brexit and Scottish independence have...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionEnglish ‘exceptionalism’ despite Italy’s warningSeeing ourselves as others see us, Italian-style.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBoth Tory and Labour stories about Britain are broken. So what do we do in this election?Whatever happens in this election, it won’t in itself answer the looming questions ahead about the UK – and each of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGoverning England in the wake of BrexitEnglish Brexit voters may have voted not so much for the return of Empire, but for greater attention to England as...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA letter from young people to English civil societyYouth-led groups came together from across England to take part in the Civil Society Futures inquiry. This is what...
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Published in: HomeCivil society inquiry calls for radical reforms to stem social divisionsThe largest inquiry of its kind for two decades publishes report outlining changes needed to revitalise civil society.
Tell the police: Investigate the Downing Street parties
The Met Police should investigate now, before any further evidence can be destroyed.
