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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat are Jo Swinson’s Liberal Democrats so desperate to hide?
I’ve had some bizarre lawyers’ letters in my time. But this one involved a forgery by the Lib Dem press office. Why?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy this election is suffering from amnesia about austerity
The Tory narrative about its economic record defies reality.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationLib Dems accused of "imitating local newspaper" in UK’s closest marginal
The Liberal Democrats have been criticised for dressing up their campaign literature as trusted local newspapers in...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationOnline falsehoods and dark money targeting Bristol voters
In the key marginal of Filton and Bradley Stoke, voters' Facebook feeds are being filled with lies... but is it...
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow to force the Tories’ hand on climate action
Most opposition parties recognise how serious climate breakdown is. The Tories’ record shows they don’t. The others...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionThe Tories aren’t the party of business – just the London financial elite
The Conservative Party used to look after big, nationwide businesses. Now it serves a finance industry based in a...
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Published in: TransformationThis election, let’s bring peace home
As the UK General Election gets down and dirty, we all need to get serious about civil peace.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Former Vote Leave data chief accused of pro-Tory 'disinformation'
Thomas Borwick, former Cambridge Analytica consultant, boasted he could use proxy groups on Facebook to 'split...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: The elite dining club behind £130m+ donations to the Tories
Private dinners, access to ministers, honours – openDemocracy lifts the lid on the exclusive group bankrolling the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionShould Twitter, Google and Facebook be allowed to alter the rules of campaigning overnight?
Platform companies are acting under pressure to tackle political advertising – but their actions may have...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionCare homes need the industry leaks to be plugged, not just more money
Private care home giants currently funnel large sums away from front line care and towards profits, directors fees,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy I can’t wait to cast my first ever vote – and how to help others do the same
Young people who've grown up in an age of austerity need something to hope for. A first time voter explains why...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationViolence-glorifying page runs under-the-radar anti-Corbyn Facebook ad
Facebook ad library has no record of anti-Corbyn ad paid for by a page that declares itself ‘comfortable with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationLiberal Democrats lagging far behind other parties in digital campaigning
Despite outspending opposition, Swinson’s party has been mocked for ‘nonsense’ Facebook adverts.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRentier Capitalism is breeding neo-fascism
Faced with a crisis of awesome proportions, we must develop a strategy for re-embedding the economy in society.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHelp us keep this election honest
We at openDemocracy need your help to monitor the general election campaign in key constituencies.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe anti-Labour plot to polarise Hindus over Kashmir
A campaign for the hearts and minds of British Hindus is pushing them to the Tories – and it’s dividing British...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationNumber 10 abused its power by demanding cover-up of donors and friends of Boris in report on Russian influence
Sources close to the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee say that only a threat to national security...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Tories are exploiting Jewish fears over antisemitism
“To get away with dog-whistle antisemitism and at the same time in the chase for votes shamelessly exploit Jewish...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill person-to-person politics put wind in Corbyn’s sails?
Social media and public meetings are filling in what the mainstream ignores, to Labour’s advantage, while an...
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