During an election dominated by Brexit and the NHS, Anthony Barnett has been reflecting on what his open heart surgery has taught him about Britain's best loved institution.
‘They’re demonising us to win cheap votes’ say rights activists, as openDemocracy research reveals ‘sickening’ rhetoric deployed by Conservatives across the country.
The Conservatives told openDemocracy they rely on "small-scale" funding. We explore the Tory donors' clubs and do the maths to find out if that’s plausible.
British officials dodged invitations to exclude the NHS from a US-UK trade deal. Not surprising, given how much public money already goes to the US healthcare industry.
What these regimes have in common is the “man-made” nature of the Zeitgeist. Democracies are not dying in the world today; they are being killed by premeditated, deliberate acts on the part of the incumbent leaders.
