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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Right-wing authoritarianism in Britain: lessons from Hungary and PolandBritain is hardly living in splendid isolation. It has much to learn from several other European countries.
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Published in: HomeWhat does Brexit mean? ‘Majority judgment’ can solve the puzzleSomething is going badly wrong in elections and referenda across the world. The culprit is an age-old voting system...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe government must restore funding for free TV licences for the over-75s, urge campaigners and expertsThe government has off-loaded responsibility for funding – or withdrawing – free TV licenses, onto the BBC. Media...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe BBC should stand up to the government’s hypocrisy over free licence fees for over-75sPerhaps there is a very British compromise to be found?
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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: Can Europe Make It?Does Europe end in Derry? Peace is at stake“The UK seemingly leaving the Union, leaves neither Europe, nor History. It is time also for a new sensibility and a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy a focus on "fake news" and Facebook misses the internet's real problems - and solutionsMP's new 'fake news' report largely ignores other platforms like Google and YouTube, and surveillance capitalism...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsCommons report on “fake news” says failing electoral laws are putting UK democracy at riskReport from MPs builds on openDemocracy’s work exposing unaccountable ‘dark money’ and influence on our elections
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson & Davis claim chemicals industry will be Brexit winners – so where are the firms clamouring to leave?Part one of a three-part-series: Will Brexit mean a toxic chemicals BREACH?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK human rights defenders escape jail for stopping deportation flightDefendants slam ‘vicious immigration system’ as disputed charter flight deportation continues to Jamaica.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTha Brexit, Tha Owns ItIf North of England Labour MPs end up voting through a Tory Brexit, then the resulting decline and despair of the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Labour and the trade unions can unite people against a no-deal and push for a radically reformed, social EuropeThe holding of the first referendum was the real boon to the far-right, and any outcome of the Article 50 process is...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsStop calling ‘no-deal’ Brexiteers idiots. They know exactly what they’re doingThis 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: openDemocracyUKRethinking divorce: the rights of UK nationals are at riskThe PM alone made the decision to leave the EU on the basis of the referendum result: Article 50 was invoked before...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Let’s not crash out of or back into the EU: we need more time – a response to Yanis VaroufakisPushing away this fake deadline, which is effectively pointing a gun at the heads of the people of Britain, is...
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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 briberyPreviously unknown recording reveals extraordinary ‘black ops’ on three continents – exploiting weaknesses in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA Local Constituency Pact: grassroots manifesto for strong local democracyWe must define the rules and principles by which power is exercised. With the constitutional crisis brought about by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNational dialogue: post-Brexit, we need a UK-wide coming togetherNational dialogues operate outside the permanent institutions of government; moving beyond the Westminster bubble to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDon't be fooled: Britain's social ills can definitely be blamed on rising inequalityWhy the FT's economics editor is wrong to dismiss concerns about inequality.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCorbynism – where has the mass movement gone?Despite the fighting talk, Corbynism has wasted the opportunity to transform Labour – and democracy – in a way that...
