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Published in: Home: OpinionThis morning on a Kent beach
Farage wants us to fear migrants arriving on our shores. But his footage of them is accidentally beautiful, and...
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Published in: Home: OpinionI saw from the inside how Labour staff worked to prevent a Labour government
The work of senior Labour staffers to stop Labour winning is only just starting to come out.
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationNeglected key workers - why is the NHS so slow at tackling racism?
Key workers have emerged as national heroes out of the Covid-19 pandemic, but these often low-paid workers from...
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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.