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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  I’ll tell you what’s ramping up – my anger at the UK government’s disingenuous script

  Published on: 1 April 2020

  Written by: James Cusick All articles by James Cusick

  Ministers talk as if the COVID-19 outbreak is all going to plan. I love escapist fantasy too, but the facts suggest...

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  Labour must not abandon media reform

  Published on: 1 April 2020

  Written by: and others All articles by and others

  Written by: Nathan Sparkes All articles by Nathan Sparkes

  In an open letter to Labour leadership candidates, prominent figures in the party call for continued support for...

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  Stop blaming ordinary people for the UK’s pandemic failures

  Published on: 28 March 2020

  Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

  Boris Johnson has presided over a public policy disaster. Now, he wants you to blame your neighbours. Don't.

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  Published in: Can Europe Make It?

  #Clapforcarers: why grassroots solidarity against Coronavirus matters

  Published on: 27 March 2020

  Written by: Paolo Gerbaudo All articles by Paolo Gerbaudo

  As people see that we all depend for our safety on the state and its health system, they realise that contra...

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  We must undo a decade of disastrous NHS reforms

  Published on: 26 March 2020

  Written by: Ameen Kamlana All articles by Ameen Kamlana

  Covid-19 shows how our health service has been undermined

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  Published in: ourBeeb: Opinion

  Coronavirus has strengthened the case for the BBC

  Published on: 26 March 2020

  Written by: Jonathan Hardy All articles by Jonathan Hardy

  The right has been desperate to sell of the BBC for years. But Covid-19 shows why we need public service broadcasting.

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  Londoners in lockdown are missing this magnificent monument

  Published on: 25 March 2020

  Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

  The Tate Modern turbine hall is exhibiting a fountain of reconcilliation for imperial crimes

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  The British government has abandoned the Global South to coronavirus

  Published on: 25 March 2020

  Written by: Dan Carden All articles by Dan Carden

  The coronavirus pandemic could be a ticking time bomb for the world’s most vulnerable people. Yet just when global...

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  Published in: ourEconomy

  To win power, Labour needs to heal England’s geographic divide

  Published on: 25 March 2020

  Written by: Paddy Bettington All articles by Paddy Bettington

  Stemming the divergence of interests between cities and the rest of the country is vital for any progressive agenda.

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  We must catch everyone in the coronavirus safety net

  Published on: 24 March 2020

  Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

  I am lucky, but millions are not. The government must guarantee a liveable income for everyone – now. It will save lives.

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  Published in: Can Europe Make It?

  The UK Parliament’s legal role

  Published on: 23 March 2020

  Written by: Catherine Barnard All articles by Catherine Barnard

  Written by: Alison Young All articles by Alison Young

  Contesting Whitehall and Westminster visions of UK democracy clashed throughout the Brexit process, with the...

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  Published in: Can Europe Make It?

  Taking deliberation seriously: ‘considered judgment’ from the Brexit referendum to the pandemic

  Published on: 22 March 2020

  Written by: Stuart White All articles by Stuart White

  Written by: Rosemary Bechler All articles by Rosemary Bechler

  On the 2019 UK elections, popular sovereignty, and citizens’ assemblies. A conversation with Stuart White.

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  Published in: openJustice: Opinion

  Democracy to autocracy? COVID-19 is exposing a crisis in the UK constitution

  Published on: 20 March 2020

  Written by: Alex Goodman All articles by Alex Goodman

  The response to COVID-19 is showing how the UK’s unwritten constitution puts democracy at risk. Even in times of...

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  Two viruses

  Published on: 19 March 2020

  Written by: Julian Sayarer All articles by Julian Sayarer

  Covid-19 has exposed the flaws in our system

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  Published in: ourEconomy

  How to fix the UK's safety net: a four point plan

  Published on: 19 March 2020

  Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

  Offering more debt isn’t good enough. It’s time to guarantee incomes for all, look after renters and protect the...

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  "We are being treated as cannon fodder”

  Published on: 19 March 2020

  Written by: Guddi Singh All articles by Guddi Singh

  After a decade of austerity, NHS doctors feel they have been abandoned by the government in the face of Covid-19

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  There’s nothing so political as a pandemic

  Published on: 17 March 2020

  Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

  “Don’t politicise a crisis,” they say. But what’s more political than a global health emergency?

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  Published in: Can Europe Make It?

  Brexit: the ‘Australian option’?

  Published on: 16 March 2020

  Written by: Nick Dearden All articles by Nick Dearden

  If this is all a negotiating ploy, Boris Johnson has massively overplayed his hand.

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  Published in: Home

  After the pandemic: how will the right fight back?

  Published on: 16 March 2020

  Written by: Keith Kahn-Harris All articles by Keith Kahn-Harris

  Five ways in which they might rescue the wider political project from the jaws of defeat.

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  Will Johnson's coronavirus response violate human rights law?

  Published on: 16 March 2020

  Written by: Jonathan Cooper All articles by Jonathan Cooper

  Johnson is failing to consider the human rights of the vulnerable.