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Published in: Home: OpinionNigel Lawson’s economic ‘success’ was an oil-fuelled illusionOPINION: Lawson’s legacy is of a climate sceptic indebted to Big Oil. Refusal to accept that is making the UK poorer
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: MPs claim £1m on expenses for private spin doctorsPR firms are raking in taxpayer cash, as Westminster regulator admits it doesn’t check if rules are followed
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationNHS chair urged exec to meet US health firm he had business links toExclusive: Emails reveal Lord Prior told officials to meet the boss of Teladoc, which was ‘keen to expand’ into UK
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Conservatives took more than £800,000 from private health firmsPrivate health tycoons have wined and dined senior ministers while cashing in on NHS contracts
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Published in: Home: NewsSuella Braverman is far from the only senior Tory to echo the far-RightThe home secretary has been accused of mainstreaming far-Right rhetoric – it’s not the first time ministers have...
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Published in: Home: OpinionHere’s how Liz Truss’s successor will try to win back Conservative votersOpinion: Truss leaves behind a divided party trailing in the polls. But there’s one policy area it could seize on
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Published in: Home: NewsCrispin Odey: How Kwarteng’s ex-boss is cashing in on cost-of-living crisisThe hedge fund manager has described his lucrative bets against the government as ‘the gifts that keep on giving’
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow Boris Johnson rigged British politics for the ToriesJohnson’s brief premiership has been a relentless assault on our freedoms – to organise, to protest, to vote
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill the Emily Maitlis BBC controversy finally wake up moderates?The journalist’s impartiality claims only touch on what academics have been trying to warn about for years
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Published in: Home: OpinionLiz Truss’s U-turn on Brexit is bad news for Northern IrelandAn ex-Remainer with a point to prove, Truss will continue Johnson’s hardball tactics with the EU – at NI’s expense
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Published in: 50.50: NewsTory leadership candidates are weaponising trans rights – againRishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Suella Braverman have already signalled their intention to oppose trans equality
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsUK government refuses to say if Sue Gray’s interviews will be publishedExclusive: Fears of partygate ‘whitewash’ as government won’t commit to recording or publishing interviews – or even...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionElite private members’ clubs are at the heart of Boris Johnson’s governmentThe Conservatives’ use of exclusive clubs – like the Carlton Club – is a throwback to an earlier Toryism
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: ExplainerPolicing Bill and Elections Bill: What’s next in fight to save UK democracy?Lords’ defeat of last-minute additions to England and Wales’s Policing Bill hailed as a victory by campaigners, but...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionScottish Tories’ only hope of election success is to form a whole new partyThere is a way forward for the Scottish Conservatives. But it’s not Boris Johnson’s resignation
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionDavid Davis: MPs have last chance to save the UK’s freedom to voteThe government claims the Elections Bill is designed to protect our democracy. As a former Tory minister, I know...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Analysis18 times Boris Johnson was accused of breaking rules – and got away with itFrom illegal lockdown parties to secret financial interests, the prime minister has a long history of sailing close...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisAfter North Shropshire, Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer should be worriedYesterday’s by-election saw the Tories implode and Labour fail to make ground. The Lib Dems will be hoping this...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIf Tory MPs want to protect freedom, why are they supporting the Elections Bill?Let’s not suffer from selective liberalism. Civil liberties are for life, not just for Christmas rebellions
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTory COVID rebels proclaim ‘attacks on liberty’ while voting for authoritarian policiesWhere were all these Conservative ‘freedom fighters’ when Parliament passed the Police Bill?
