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Published in: Dark Money Investigations‘A corruption of Conservatism’: how a cartel of Tory MPs broke British politics
In an extract from his new book, Peter Geoghegan shows how the European Research Group became a tightly organised...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionUndermining public law is no way to protect public health
Safeguards on everything from procurement to notifiable diseases, health inspections to freedom of information, are...
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Published in: ourEconomyCreating the digital commons after COVID-19
The pandemic has accelerated the growth of the data economy and the digital giants who dominate it. It's time to...
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Published in: 50.50The people locked down and locked out in the cold during the pandemic
Millions are unable to survive the pandemic or the rules to contain it. Their stories make a compelling case for a...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRegulators must crack down on big tech’s anti-repair practices
Tech giants are using their dominant positions to shorten the lives of electronic goods. This is bad for consumers...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe mustn’t let Silicon Valley thinking infect our NHS
Secretive COVID contracts show how big data firms are taking over our healthcare. What are they – and the British...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit – a perspective from the Global South
“Brexit means ‘opportunity’ for many in the Global South – particularly, African polities – and I shall explain why.”
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Published in: HomeWhy would Russia want to interfere in British politics?
Russia’s foreign policy seems based on nihilism, said Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee. But Vladimir...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionWho’s afraid of judicial review?
The government has pledged to ‘reform’ the way in which citizens can challenge the lawfulness of its own decisions....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Whatever happened to Dunkirk spirit?
What is it? Can we learn from it, and could it "see us through coronavirus"?
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Tory-linked PR firm given £3m COVID-19 contract without tender
Topham Guerin was behind controversial Conservative stunts in the 2019 general election. Now the firm is negotiating...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIntellectual property must be transformed to put the public good before private profits
Patent enclosure by pharmaceutical giants results in many being denied life-saving treatments. It’s time for a new approach.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHenry Dundas, empire and genocide
Suggesting that ‘the uncrowned King of Scotland’ worked to end slavery, rather to entrench it, is irresponsible...
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Published in: HomePeter Geoghegan on dark money and returning home to Ireland
openDemocracy's investigations editor talks about how Ireland has changed since he left as a young man, and why we...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationPeople left without COVID-19 tests due to ID verification gaps
TransUnion was commissioned to verify people’s identity so they can receive a home testing kit after developing...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionNo secret COVID-19 deals with big pharma, demands trial volunteer
Details of crucial vaccine trials should be made public, and guarantee no profiteering in future. Current...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationDid we abandon our most vulnerable old people to COVID-19?
Special report on the ‘silent tragedy’ of coronavirus deaths in care homes.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe statue defenders are the real enemies of free speech
Why is the anxious right afraid to debate whether imperial figures are still national heroes?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow can local democracy itself ‘build back better’? An interview with Nick Pearce
The pandemic has shown the pitfalls of centralised power, and also the willingness of local people to participate...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTo build a new world, we need less ‘machine mind’ and more ‘garden mind’
To address the complex threats and opportunities of the 21st century needs a change of mindset and daily political...