SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
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Government Has Not Assessed Impact of COVID on HS2 Demand
Despite a dramatic reduction in rail travel due to the pandemic, no review has been conducted into the rationale for the £100 billion project, reports Sam Bright
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England v Germany: A Short History of Losing It
As the two countries meet in the knockout stages of Euro 2020, Otto English explains why – when it comes to jingoism and disgrace – one side is always the loser
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From George Orwell to Priti Patel: How Britain Brought its Colonial Policing Home
As the Metropolitan Police is judged to be institutionally corrupt, Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes explore how some of the biggest problems still plaguing British policing are embedded in the soil of British colonialism
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The Batley Battleground: A Microcosm of England’s Fractured Political Climate
The divisive, hostile forces that have plagued politics in recent years are now running wild in the West Yorkshire constituency, says Sam Bright
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Homophobic and Transphobic Dog-Whistles in Batley Echo the Religious Right’s Anti-LGBTIQ Agenda
Populist left candidate George Galloway’s campaign pitch against LGBTIQ-inclusive education shares disinformation and conspiracy straight from the religious right. Sian Norris reports from Batley
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Rise in Use of Physical and Chemical Restraint on Vulnerable People during COVID Pandemic ‘A Public Health Emergency’
Katharine Quarmby reports how ‘out of sight, out of mind’ sedation and seclusion seems to be replacing what little care there was before for those with learning disabilities, older people, and individuals with mental health problems
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Hancock Plans to Hide his Health Data Grab From Parliamentary Scrutiny
The collection of medical information proposed by the Health and Social Care Secretary could have vast consequences, despite limited oversight, reports David Hencke
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Options for an English National Anthem: from Jerusalem to Blackadder
Composer Howard Goodall explores why England does not have an anthem distinct from that of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at sporting events and assesses the leading candidates
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Selective Sleaze: The Crescendo of the Cronyism Crisis
With a tabloid feeding frenzy over a minister’s alleged affair, Sam Bright, Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu explore the wider public issues concealed by personal scandal
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Brexit Vote Five Years On
Five years after the EU Referendum, the country is stuck because no one will lead an honest conversation about the future, says Mike Buckley
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Campaign Launched to Give Domestic Abuse Survivors More Time to Report Common Assault
A coalition of women’s organisations hope to use the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to improve survivors’ access to justice
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‘Test and Trace’ Breaks Promise Over Private Consultants as Extra £170 Million Granted to Corporate Giants
Baroness Dido Harding’s testing and contract-tracing operation has increased its reliance on outsourcing – breaking its commitment to MPs, reports Sam Bright
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The Ghost of ‘Herd Immunity’ Still Haunts Boris Johnson’s ‘Roadmap’ Out of Lockdown
While other countries are focused on the vaccine, Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the UK’s Cabinet Office asked SAGE to model ‘herd immunity’ through a ‘resurgence’ of infection in young people
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Conservative Councillor Turned Anti-Lockdown Advocate at Centre of Nick Watt Abuse Incident
Sam Bright and Sian Norris explore the growing threat to journalists and press freedom from conspiracy theorists with large online followings
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Boris Johnson Seeks Euros Glory in Latest Ego Campaign
The Prime Minister is once again using politics to furnish his own vanity, says Gary Gowers
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The Brexit Project’s Appropriation of the ‘Left Behind’
Five years after the EU Referendum, Sam Bright considers how perceptions of Brexit-voting areas have been warped by radical right-wing forces
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Education Committee Consulted Experts who have Dismissed White Privilege and Condemned ‘Feminist Zealots’ for New Report
MPs’ report on the disadvantages faced by white working-class pupils received submissions from people who call discussions of privilege ‘woke dogma’ and believe diversity drives are ‘racist’
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Can Philanthropy Save Public Interest Journalism?
Rodney Benson assesses the pros and cons of the funding model of American non-profit news organisations and considers whether it could help stop the relentless redundancies happening in UK journalism
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Ending the Corruption of the Great British State
Anthony Barnett traces the cause of the Brexit vote, how it led to our elected dictatorship being replaced with even darker forces, and considers a possible path ahead
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Turning a Deadly Blind Eye: Government Forced to Court Again Over Its Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
UK ministers continue to licence arms for sale to Saudi Arabia when there is a clear risk that they will be used to kill innocent Yemeni civilians, report Bonyan Jamal and Molly Mulready
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Only 12 Vulnerable Children Resettled Under Asylum Scheme in 11 Months
Only a dozen child refugees have been resettled in the UK while conflicts rage across the globe, reports Sam Bright
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The Pursuit of Truth – Or Not: Boris Johnson, COVID and the Media
Broadcast journalists’ refusal to call-out the lies of the Prime Minister, his Cabinet members and the Government as a whole during the Coronavirus pandemic reveals the extent of the crisis engulfing the very fabric of truth in our society, observes Dorothy Byrne
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Free Speech: A Beginner’s Guide for Oliver Dowden
The Culture Secretary says he won’t allow Stop Funding Hate to undermine freedom of expression but sadly he just does not understand the concept, says Brian Cathcart
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How Much Did We Pay For PPE? Data the Government Doesn’t Want to Reveal
John Lubbock inspects data that has been leaked and accidentally released about the amount the UK actually paid for PPE during the Coronavirus crisis
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Red Wall or Blue Wall?
If the Conservatives are now losing liberal moderate voters, the surprise is that it has taken this long, not that it is happening at all, says Mike Buckley
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Untold Stories: The Daniel Morgan Murder
Journalism is not about the fictions people want to hear, but the inconvenient facts that they may want to ignore or may be hard to tell
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The Weaponisation of the Metropolitan Bogeyman
The ‘urban metropolitan elite’ narrative suits a political agenda but it does not reflect the reality of the UK today, argues Maheen Behrana
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The Transparency Gap: Government Publishes £4.2 Billion in PPE Contracts a Year Late
The Prime Minister previously claimed that ‘all the details are on the record’, reports Sam Bright
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The Need for a ‘Moderate Flank’ in Climate Activism
Rupert Read and Joseph Eastoe consider the limits of Extinction Rebellion’s radical growth and outline why organisations with greater public appeal, capable of putting significant pressure on politicians, are now needed to capitalise on its success
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Peter Oborne’s Diary May 2021: Holding Sleazy Politics to Account, but ‘No Surrender’ from Jacob Rees-Mogg
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. For the latest diary subscribe to the June Digital Edition
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£60,000 Contract Between MP and Firm Begins Weeks After Constituency Meeting
A Conservative MP and her husband own a firm that has signed a deal with a company in her constituency
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Boris Johnson and the Rise of Make-Believe
It is no good offering people a ‘story to believe in’ if it ends in harm – but the Prime Minister does not know any other way, observes Jonathan Lis
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Europeans are Here to Stay in Brexit Britain
The impact of EU migration on the UK has barely begun, explains Jonathan Portes
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‘Wholesale Review’ of £14 Million Grenfell Bereaved and Survivor Budget Pledged
Concerns have been mounting about the local council’s use of recovery funds following the 2017 fire, reports Sam Bright
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Government’s False Housing Policy is Sent to Coventry
Julian Mercer investigates more flaws in the Government’s housing policy, which seeks to build new homes for 80,000 ‘ghosts’ and ignores the impact of Brexit
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Colston Reconfigured: A Fulcrum for Future Understanding
Hannah Charlton explores what the journey of the statue of a Bristol slavetrader is revealing about the wider historical moment the country finds itself in
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The Daniel Morgan Report: Press Criminality? Nothing to See Here…
Brian Cathcart explains why the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel report confirms law-breaking and wrongdoing by the press – and how, once again, this will be ignored by the mainstream media
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The Daniel Morgan Report: From ‘Institutional Racism’ to ‘Institutional Corruption’: No ‘Hierarchy of Sickness’ in Met Police Failures, says Morgan Family
Institutional corruption is wide-ranging, says Alastair Morgan, after the independent panel report into his brother’s 1987 murder is finally published
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The UK’s Misrule-Based International Disorder
The G7 summit further wrenched Britain away from our liberal democratic allies, says Mike Buckley
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UK Has Highest Health Worker COVID Deaths in Europe and Third Highest Worldwide
Stephen Colegrave investigates why Medscape indicates the UK has had so many more health worker deaths that elsewhere
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Unaccountable Chaos: Scathing Lords Report Criticises Government COVID Response
Downing Street dodged Parliament and sowed confusion, a new House of Lords review has concluded
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The Daniel Morgan Murder: The Silencing of David Cook
James Doleman interviews the man once described by the family of Daniel Morgan as the only Metropolitan Police detective they ever trusted
