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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureDouglas Ross and the war on Scotland’s Travellers
How the Scottish Tory leader has prised open one of the country’s oldest and deepest racist fault lines
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsDavid Cameron then and now: How the ex-PM changed his tune on lobbying
In an impassioned 2010 speech, Cameron condemned lobbying by ex-ministers. Eleven years on, he is apologising for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionUnion’s discontents catch fire in volatile Northern Ireland
This is not a return to the Troubles. But peace cannot truly be achieved until lives improve
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOn Prince Philip’s death, the government misunderstands the national mood
The establishment wants to see off summer revolts with a new ‘Diana moment’, but it won’t succeed
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Feature‘I feared I would die’: Life inside the Napier Barracks asylum-seeker housing
As the Home Office moves more migrants to Kent’s abandoned army barracks, first-hand reports from ex-residents...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionPrince Philip was the godfather of Anglo-British nationalism
He pulled together TV, tabloids and monarchy. But that won’t work for younger generations – as Harry and Meghan know
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUK report denying racism criticised as ‘culture war posturing’
During a new openDemocracy live discussion, experts called the British government report ‘spectacularly bad’ propaganda
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNorthern Ireland's riots are the death spasms of a broken Britain
The English ruling class has spent decades neglecting Northern Ireland. This week’s violence in Belfast was the...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTory billionaire bankrolled ‘herd immunity’ scientist who advised PM against lockdown
Exclusive: Johnson ruled out lockdown 24 hours after meeting with Sunetra Gupta – resulting in ‘1.3m extra COVID infections’
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Published in: 50.5010 alternatives to the UK government’s racism report
Here’s a reading list of alternatives to the controversial Sewell report. Hint: they do reveal institutional racism...
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Published in: ourEconomy: ReviewHow the story of modern Scotland is the story of Scottish coal
In compelling new book ‘Coal Country’, Ewan Gibbs explores how Scotland’s lost coalfields transformed the nation’s...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: News‘Revolving door’ watchdog has met only once since Johnson’s election win
Exclusive: UK government accused of transparency failings amid growing concerns over ties between business and...
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Published in: ourEconomy: ExplainerIn 2008, we bailed out the banks. In 2021, we need to bail out the planet
The COVID-19 pandemic is not a random event. It is a symptom of a global economic system that is destroying the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisAnti-East Asian racism rose under COVID – but it has a long, grim history
Growing up in south-east London, one of my earliest memories was being assaulted – hit in the jaw and with racist...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionMuted and invisible: Why justice online is justice denied
Virtual hearings are inherently unfair, yet the government wants them to be the new normal post-pandemic
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Published in: HomeWhat is misogyny? An update
'What is really remarkable about this horrible death is the outpouring of sympathetic grief across the nation in response.'
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisThe EU and UK are releasing the money of deposed dictators
Why is the EU lifting sanctions on politicians accused of corruption in Egypt, Tunisia and Ukraine, when so little...
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Published in: HomeJust the beginning of a dynamic healthcare experience
" The Trust’s board... had not anticipated mobilisation in defence of non-marketable democracy at a level that would...
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureThe UK’s democratic deficit is escalating the climate crisis
In this long read, the direct cause of the current economic and environmental threats is shown to have been laid...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe UK needs to build a memorial for the people we enslaved
The revamp of Trafalgar Square, which is home to a statue of one of the slave trade’s founding fathers, offers the...