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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionFarewell George Osborne – no loss to journalism at allHis legacy as editor of London’s Evening Standard? Nothing but the ‘For Sale’ sign he put across his newspaper
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionChurchill must fallAnd he can take his British nationalism with him.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat monuments does Britain need?What goes up matters more than what comes down. Here’s where I’d start.
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Published in: openMovementsCreating a hyperlocal infrastructure of care: COVID-19 Mutual Aid GroupsCOVID-19 mutual aid groups revolve around caring for neighbours as a hyperlocal infrastructure. This can have a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationRevealed: Trump backer’s spy firm used by Met Police and Cabinet OfficePalantir's software was trialled by the Met Police and the Cabinet Office. The CIA-backed tech firm lobbied Gove,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEdinburgh to add new plaque to prominent Dundas statue after Black Lives Matter protestsAs statues of prominent racists topple around the world a huge, controversial monument in Edinburgh is to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionDundas should be left with his face in the dirtScotland likes to blame empire and slavery on the English and keep quiet about what the Scots immortalised in its...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe statue of Colston must be left in the waterThe toppling is a work of art, which celebrates a global movement.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKColston has fallen. Who’s next?The UK has honoured many slavers, plunderers and perpetrators of massacres. Here’s a list of some more candidates...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe should treat slavers like we treated Jimmy Savile
We forgot Saville's charitable works when we found out about his child rape. We should do the same with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionGeorge Floyd was lynchedBlack Americans have seen their civil rights regress for thirty years
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Published in: HomeUnder pressure, UK government releases NHS COVID data deals with big techHours before openDemocracy was due to sue, government releases massive data-sharing contracts with Amazon,...
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Published in: openJustice: Opinion“We’re like sitting ducks”: how the Home Office is placing life and liberty at riskNew research reveals that the Home Office’s approach to immigration detention during the pandemic is unlawful and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must be told what Cummings and Palantir are doing with NHS dataWhy is a firm backed by the CIA, and founded by a Trump-supporting billionaire, getting access to a massive store of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationRevealed: Coronavirus self employment grant could cost you months of universal creditA flaw in the Universal Credit system could "clobber" people receiving the government's coronavirus self-employment...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDemocracyWatch: The militarised crackdown on protests has haunted a world under lockdownAcross the world, Black people are first in line for pandemic human rights abuses.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe Trumpification of the Conservative partyJohnson and Cummings are waging information war on the UK.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNumber 10 must lift briefing ban on openDemocracy, says European press freedom watchdogGovernment accused of attempting to “isolate and punish critical coverage” by boycotting media outlets.
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe Cummings-Johnson sagaIs there an unhealthy emotional dependency inside Downing Street that threatens our democracy?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK“The government gives me £35 a week to buy food… During the lockdown, my kids do not receive free school meals”As a refugee and single mother, lockdown in the UK is hard. #HumansofCOVID19
