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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsSilence from police over claim No.10 ‘may have perverted course of justice’Met chief Cressida Dick says only that probe will examine illegal parties, but lawyers say allegation of destroying...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureUK Traveller communities fear ‘cultural annihilation’ over upcoming trespass lawsGypsy, Roma and Traveller people face imprisonment or hefty fines under new England and Wales Police Bill that...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAshling Murphy’s murder must bring change to IrelandIreland has embraced social change in marriage equality and abortion rights. Now it’s time to end this culture of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIt’s no surprise that the first Brown prime minister will be a ToryThat’s how the colonial system of ‘divide and rule’ has always worked – it uses Brown faces in high places to serve...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionUK activists keep being acquitted by juries. What does that mean for protest?Much to the anger of the government and the right-wing media, juries simply aren't buying that any disruptions must...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationKazakh leader’s grandson under McMafia order was mystery client at collapsed London ‘golden visa’ firmUK accused of allowing ‘oligarchs to come and go with impunity and stash their cash here’
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIf Tory whips are blackmailing MPs, that’s corruption. We should call it thatSenior Conservative William Wragg accused whips of threatening to withdraw funds from the constituencies of MPs who...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsClearing House: Government admits it’s done nothing about ‘Orwellian’ unitCabinet Office pledged to review a unit that blocked Freedom of Information requests. Five months on, it hasn’t even...
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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: OpinionBe careful what you wish for – the Tories won’t change if Johnson goesThe UK prime minister’s departure will give even more power to the far Right of the party – the zealots who brought...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisIf we are to ‘live with’ COVID-19, we must decide what we really valueIt is wishful thinking to pretend we can return to pre-pandemic norms. The time has come to decide what kind of...
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Published in: Live discussionsWhat will be left of the BBC in 2028?The UK’s culture secretary wants to appease right-wingers by abolishing the licence fee. Will the market now rule...
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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: NewsUK government slammed for ‘sleazy’ plan that could see DUP leader out-earn PMNorthern Irish politicians accused the government of giving key allies the DUP an ‘overt benefit’ by scrapping...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsGoogle, Facebook and Amazon turn blind eye to anti-gay disinformationRevealed: Tech companies are doing little to stop propaganda about ‘conversion therapy’, especially in non-English languages
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureDispatches from Westminster Greggs: BYOB, wine time and Big Dog’s dank beatsAn oD contact ‘found’ this dossier under a pile of napkins. Investigations as to its authenticity have been hampered...
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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: 50.50: FeatureSurvivors of online sexual abuse are fighting for justiceA new UK bill to tackle digital abuse won’t protect women or sex workers from harm, say both survivors and rights activists
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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: Live discussionsWhat will be left of the BBC in 2028?
