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Boris Johnson’s Cabinet of No Talents is Doing the Job it was Hired To Do
With Gavin Williamson facing no repercussions over the exams algorithm shambles, Alex Andreou argues that the more incompetent a minister is, the more likely they are to do well under this administration
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SWEENEY INVESTIGATES: What Changed to Make Evgeny Lebedev No Longer a Security Risk?
John Sweeney investigates the Russian newspaper proprietor who parties with the Prime Minister and the change in security clearance that enabled his ennoblement
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Carrie on Camping
Otto English has procured a letter from the Prime Minister’s partner about their summer sojourn in Scotland – read on, campers!
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IN GOD WE TRUST. ALL OTHERS WE MONITOR: The Mystery of Dominic Cummings’ Lanyard
Sam Bright and Greg Miskiw dig into dystopian lanyard flaunted by Boris Johnson’s chief advisor
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Conservatives Slammed for Not Taking Anti-Semitism Investigations Seriously
While the Labour Party are mired in allegations of anti-Semitism, Henry Dyer reports on how Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party seems to be faring no better
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The Cummings Scandal: A Benchmark for Political Impunity
Three months after his breach of lockdown rules came to light, Hardeep Matharu explores the precedent set by the No 10 chief advisor’s callous hoodwinking of the public – a fundamental degrading of democracy that was missed by the Labour Party at a dangerous cost
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Salesmen of Misfortune: Farage and Johnson’s Anti-Asylum Plan Relies on EU Membership
Populist Brexiteers are once again engaging in fact-free foreign loathing, reports Sam Bright
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Johnson’s Crackdown on ‘Criminal Gangs’ Masks the UK’s Shameful Lack of Civilisation and Humanity
The UK Government is deploying legal dupery to criminalise vulnerable asylum seekers while taking the moral high ground, argues Amina Shareef
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Young People have been Hung Out to Dry by this Government
18-year-old Kimi Chaddah sets out the pain and distress of people her age that has been callously ignored by those in power
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Exams Algorithm Scandal Brutally Exposes the Sham of Conservative ‘Meritocracy’
With disadvantaged students disproportionately affected by the downgrading of ‘A’ Level results, Sam Bright explores the real algorithm which has been sorting pupils on the basis of background all along
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Outsourcing Giant G4S Claims £10 Million Government Coronavirus Support – Despite £187 Million Profit
The billion-pound security firm took Government Coronavirus relief despite exceeding profit estimates
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Paradox of Victimhood: No Form of Brexit Will Ever Satisfy Brexit Ultras
Chris Grey explores the political psychology behind the increasingly extreme demands made around Brexit that satisfy one primary desire: not for sovereignty but of the constant need to feel robbed
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By Failing on COVID-19 and Trashing the Economy, Boris Johnson has shown Britain Can’t be ‘Superman’
With the UK officially now in recession, and carrying the worst COVID-19 death rate per million, Mike Buckley argues that the rot set into the British state years ago
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Data Danger: Cabinet Office Admits Holes in its Cyber Security
Amid its attempts to centralise Government data, Michael Gove’s department is exposed to cyber security incidents, Sam Bright reports
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Companies Linked to ‘Exclusive Brethren’ Evangelical Sect Awarded Hundreds of Millions of PPE Government Contracts
Byline Times has discovered a litany of Coronavirus contracts handed to an evangelical movement with supporters in the Conservative Party
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Smoke & Mirrors: The Government is Bashing Migrants to Distract from a Coronavirus Fiasco
Boris Johnson’s administration is using the oldest trick in the book: scapegoating migrants to conceal its mistakes, argues David Barker Flores
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Poachers to Gamekeepers? Vote Leave Data Firm Now Promoted by Government as Anti-Disinformation Expert
Faculty AI, an artificial intelligence company employed by Dominic Cummings during the Brexit campaign, is being marketed to foreign countries as an antidote to fake news
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Muslims Are Being Treated Like a Virus
Coronavirus has presented the latest opportunity to blame Muslims for a national catastrophe, argues Amina Shareef
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Deadly Consumption: Anti-Lockdown Propaganda Papers Need a Health Warning
A poor diet of news, like a poor diet of food, puts people at greater risk of suffering from COVID-19, argues Sam Bright
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In its War Against Coronavirus, the Government has No Idea what Victory Looks Like
Leighton Andrews explores the consequences of the Prime Minister’s empty rhetoric on how to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
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Actions Speak Louder: The Facts that Prove Boris Johnson Doesn’t Care about the NHS
Beyond the rhetoric, Stephen Colegrave produces nine examples of the UK Prime Minister’s lack of care for the NHS in its time of greatest need
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Fatal Vagueness: These Three-Word Slogans Will Be the Death Of Us
Alex Andreou dissects how the Vote Leave Government’s latest hollow message around the Coronavirus is devoid of any real meaning and betrays the contempt it holds the British public in
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Lording It Over Us – Johnson Rewards His Brexit & Russian Peers
Otto English smells something in the air tonight…
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The Government’s Shambolic Re-Lockdown Shows How Little it Cares About the North
The slapdash reimposition of lockdown measures by Boris Johnson’s administration exposes its real attitude towards its new ‘Red Wall’ voters, argues Sam Bright
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Government Snubs Windrush Group’s Concerns Over Lack of Caribbean History Teaching
The Government’s inaugural Windrush summit led to a dispute over an absence of Caribbean history on the curriculum, reports Sam Bright
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Johnson & Cummings Are Waging War on the British State
James Wallbank explores how Systems Thinking can help the public to understand the methods of the Prime Minister and his chief advisor –and why they must not be mistaken for buffoons
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Brexit Beckons a New Era of Turmoil in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has been marginalised and maligned throughout the Brexit process, and will soon see the consequences
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Gove’s Data Control Coup Emerges from the Shadows
David Hencke explores the implications of one of the most extraordinary Government power grabs he has seen as a political reporter
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Nicola Sturgeon Teaches Boris Johnson the Art of Good Leadership in a Crisis
The contrast between Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon is driving Scotland towards independence, argues James Melville and Kat Cary
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SWEENEY INVESTIGATES: From Russia With Leave – The Curious Case of John Whittingdale
With the Labour Opposition calling for RT’s license to be revoked, John Sweeney investigates whether the Government minister responsible has a conflict of interest
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Boris Johnson’s Great Spaffometer
Stephen Colegrave tries to estimate how many billions the Prime Minister and his Government have wasted in their first year in power
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Hell of a Year: Britain Under Johnson’s Rule
Otto English compiles the epic accomplishments of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, during his first year as Prime Minister
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Britain is Back on the Road to the Brexit Cliff-Edge: Is Anyone Even in the Driving Seat?
As the EU’s chief negotiator warns of a ‘no-deal’ crash-out, Jonathan Lis assesses whether the chaos is a villainous plot or pure incompetence
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How Two Right-Wing Meme Merchants Scored a £3 Million Government Coronavirus Contract
Sam Bright tracks the rise of Topham Guerin, the New Zealand ‘propaganda pair’ in charge of the UK Government’s online Coronavirus communications
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Mystery Move Sees Security Vetting Shift from Ministry of Defence to Gove’s Cabinet Office
David Hencke reports on what appears to be another centralising power grab as part of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings’ plans to fundamentally change Whitehall
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REFLEXIVE CONTROL: Boris Johnson is Doing Putin’s Job for Him
Hardeep Matharu explores how the Government’s entire approach to the notion of foreign interference and the Russia Report reveals how far it is willing to go to erode the British political system itself
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THE RUSSIA REPORT Puts Johnson on the Spot
With its calls for an inquiry into Russian interference in Brexit, Peter Jukes reports on why the Prime Minister wanted to suppress the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report and what it reveals about Putin’s ongoing war on the West
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THE RUSSIA REPORT: Pro-Brexit Spin Operation Goes Into Overdrive
Sam Bright explains how Brexiters are desperately trying to warp the findings of the Intelligence and Security Committee’s long-awaited report into Russian influence in British political and public life
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A Blindspot in History: The Truth About Churchill
Churchill Fellow Nishtha Chugh argues that Britain will only truly understand its imperial history with a fuller appreciation of its wartime leader’s legacy
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I Wouldn’t Want to Press the Nuclear Button for Boris Johnson
As Dominic Cummings sets his eyes on reconfiguring Britain’s military defence, a former Trident submarine commander explains why he has lost trust in the British Government
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Recruitment Firm Defends £18 Million PPE Contract
Stephen Delahunty reports on the Government handing a contract for personal protective equipment to a company which appears to have just £322 net assets
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How Johnson and Trump Transformed Their Countries From World Health Leaders into Coronavirus Disaster Cases
Paul Niland explores how a sudden, wilful populist destruction of institutions dragged the two top-rated countries for global health emergencies to the bottom of the pile
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The Odeon of Death Film of the Month: Buffoon
The Odeon of Death on the month’s events through the medium of cinema. This time a remake of the Ron Howard Classic about a rotund Covidian
