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The price of free speech (or why we can’t always shut the fuck up)

06/10/202307/10/2023 - 1 Comment

Sometimes the profane, inarticulate and wrong have to be heard. We don’t, however,  have to take them seriously or at any cost. Frances Coppola explains. GB News has sacked the …

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Revealed: Major US banks are funding anti-LGBTIQ groups

14/07/2023 - Leave a Comment

The Bank of America and Goldman Sachs have both been lauded for their LGBTIQ-friendly workplaces. But tax filings uncovered by openDemocracy show nonprofit foundations linked to the banks have also …

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Levelling up – will it turn Britain into a more equal country?

04/03/202215/03/2022 - Leave a Comment

‘Levelling up’ is the nearest the Conservative Party has to a big idea and now it has just become a White Paper, which opens with the following words:   “Levelling …

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18,000 people have been fined for doing what Boris Johnson did

14/01/2022 - Leave a Comment

Police in England and Wales have fined more than 18,000 people for meeting outside during the pandemic – a crime for which Boris Johnson has repeatedly escaped punishment. Black, Asian …

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Lord Bethell and Matt Hancock to hand over private messages

23/09/2021 - Leave a Comment

For months, Government has been refusing to hand over evidence in our challenge concerning Abingdon Health, the testing company awarded £85 million worth of contracts without competition. Yesterday we took …

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Johnson gambles on tax hike to pay for elder care

10/09/2021 - Leave a Comment

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday how he plans to keep a key election promise to grapple with the rocketing cost of long-term care for Britain’s …

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40 Lords reported to authorities over financial interests

12/08/2021 - Leave a Comment

 Forty members of the House of Lords have been reported to parliamentary authorities, in what is believed to be one of the most wide-scale breaches of transparency rules ever reported …

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The UK government is using ‘levelling up’ to hide a crackdown on political dissent

12/05/202113/05/2021 - Leave a Comment

Every British prime minister has a set of flagship policies that defines their legacy in office. For Margaret Thatcher, it was privatisation and deregulation. For Tony Blair, it was investment …

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