Outside the system
Author: Sam Bright
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Government Advisor Told Followers to ‘Buy Shares’ in Parler – Three Days Before Platform Dropped Offline
A former Conservative and Brexit Party MEP, now giving business advice to the Government, told his followers to invest in a now-inaccessible social media platform accused of harbouring the alt-right
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Government Says It Will Hand-Pick Public Questions for COVID Press Conferences – Then U-Turns?
An independent polling company will no longer select the public questions asked at the controversial Downing Street briefings, Sam Bright reveals
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‘Bumps to Overcome’: UK-EU Exports Fell By £39.8 Billion in Months Before Brexit
Brexit is stoking an international trade crisis while exports are being pummelled by the pandemic, reports Sam Bright
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Former ‘Test and Trace’ Boss Given Green Light to Lobby Government After Just Four Months in New Corporate Role
A senior member of Baroness Dido Harding’s team has joined a company previously awarded £140 million in COVID-19 contracts – and will be able to begin lobbying her former colleagues sooner than the rules usually allow
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Government Snubs Russian ‘Sputnik’ Vaccine Despite Oxford Trials
Sam Bright and Steve Shaw report on the Government’s decision not to purchase doses of Russia’s vaccine despite the possibility it could be combined with the vaccine from Oxford University
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£100 Million Deals for School Laptops Awarded to Conservative Donor’s Firm
As a shortage of laptops ostracises children from education, Sam Bright reports on new contracts awarded to a company with Tory ties
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American Werewolf in London: Spurred by Brexit, the Right Fuelled a Petty Dictator
Donald Trump has defiled American democracy for the last four years, and Britain has been part of the mob, says Sam Bright
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New BBC Chairman has Donated Over £400,000 to the Conservative Party
The public service broadcaster’s new figurehead is a prolific Conservative Party donor, reports Sam Bright
