SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
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Alt-Right Ecosystem: Steve Bannon Tried to Buy Guido Fawkes
Sam Bright reports on how the former Trump campaign chief made a bid for the controversial pro-Brexit blog
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‘Health Secretary Lying About Doctors’ Lived Experience is Horrifying’
The Government’s justification for its actions around shortages of personal protective equipment and procurement is a world away from the realities faced by those on the frontline
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Collective Action to Personal Responsibility: The Big COVID Leap of Faith the Government Wants Us All to Make
Adam Hamdy considers how the public is to realistically assess its own risk from the Coronavirus and ‘live with it’
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‘Benefiting NHS Patients or Big Tech?’: Matt Hancock Faces New Legal Challenge Over NHS Palantir Contract
David Hencke reports on a judicial review of the US tech giant’s controversial deal involving personal medical data
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In his Upside-Down World, the Only Free Speech Johnson Cares About is his Own
The Government’s ‘free speech’ proposals aim not to invite conversation but to shut it down – an Orwellian allegory of epic proportions, says Jonathan Lis
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Government’s Planned Election Spending Limit Hike to Benefit Conservatives
The move, along with other changes such as a constituency boundary review for the 2024 General Election, is set to provide an advantage to the ruling party
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Government Pays Firm £4.3 Million One Month Before Appointing its Founder to Education Role
Gavin Williamson’s department is paying millions to a company founded by the chair of a Government social care review
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Who Is the Government’s ‘Free Speech in Education’ Strategy Actually For?
The Department for Education’s decision to cite ADF International in a report on the issue raises concerning questions, says Sian Norris
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The Dangers of Disaster Apathy: Why Matt Hancock Should Resign
From crony contracts to Test and Trace turmoil, the Health and Social Care Secretary has been at the epicentre of Government incompetence during the Coronavirus pandemic, says Sam Bright
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‘Discarded As Freaks’: LGBTIQ Veterans Dismissed for Sexuality Can Now Reclaim their Medals
Duncan Lustig-Prean helped lift the ban on LGBTIQ people serving in the military – he tells Molly Greeves why he welcomes the move to return the medals of those who were made to leave the Armed Forces
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Could Scottish Independence Now Be Derailed by the Man who Championed the Movement?
James Doleman provides the background to an inquiry into the Scottish Government’s investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Alex Salmond – and its implications for Nicola Sturgeon
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Reaganite Rockers to Brexit Punks: ‘The Kids are Alt-Right’
Nathan O’Hagan catalogues the surprising conservatism of many radical musicians
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Brexit has Revived the Power of the Unelected Aristocracy
David Frost’s latest promotion shows how the ‘democratic’ Brexit project has in fact emboldened unaccountable, hereditary power, contends Sam Bright
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Women Journalists Under Attack: A Global Problem and the UK is Not Immune
From the jailing of two women journalists in Belarus to the targeting of local reporters in Britain, women are on the frontline facing threats and repression
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Anti-Abortion Protestors Return to UK Streets for Lent
40 Days For Life will spend Lent protesting at abortion clinics, adding urgency to legal changes to protect women’s reproductive rights, reports Sian Norris
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Brexit, COVID and the Rhyme of History
Reverend Joe Haward explores the current parallels around power, propaganda and patriotism with the First World War
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From Folklore to Wokelore: How Myths of Britishness are Turning Totalitarian
Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu argue that Britain cannot ignore the Conservative kulturkampf, and that one way to combat the mythologising of politics is to expose the politics of the myths
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Minister Accepts Donation from Chair of ‘UK’s Principal Climate Science Denial Campaign Group’
The coffers of a senior Conservative MP have been boosted by a company owned by a man who has questioned climate change, Sam Bright reveals
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The Pork Barrel Rolls On: New Splurge on Tory Target Seats Expected Before Local Elections
David Hencke and Isabelle Stanley report on Robert Jenrick’s latest attempt to throw money at marginal seats during an election period
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Cummings’ Claims About Media Spin Contradicted by Official Records
The Prime Minister’s former chief aide has been attempting to defend his role in COVID contracts, yet at least one of his claims doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, reports Sam Bright
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Alternative Education Provision: An Exclusive English Myth
Chris Bagley, an educational psychologist specialising in youth justice, explains how children are being failed by school exclusions
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The ‘War on Woke’ and the Great Free Speech Czar Paradox
Otto English explores why the Brexit battle’s successor should be pushed back against now – if Britain is to be stopped from continuing down a much darker path still
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‘Free speech’ Czar Role linked to Toby Young’s Free Speech Union and US Right-Wing Funding Network
Nafeez Ahmed’s investigation reveals that the Government’s new proposal is inspired by attempts to suppress free speech about racism
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At Greater Risk of Dying But Not A Vaccine Priority: COVID’s Mental Health Impact on the Learning Disabled
Saba Salman reports on the absence of official recognition by the Government that people with learning disabilities have been disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus pandemic in a number of ways
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The Route Out of Lockdown Must Involve Making Schools Safe
Mike Buckley calls on the Government to end its blissful ignorance over COVID-19 transmission in schools
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Peter Oborne’s January Diary 2021: The BBC, the Lobby, Wine and Assange
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. Here is his January column
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Firm Chaired by Government Procurement Advisor Awarded £38 Million Contract
A Department of Health and Social Care insider has seen a company he chairs awarded a large public sector contract, reports Sam Bright
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GB News Funder Legatum Linked to Koch Climate Denial Network & US ‘Race-Baiting’
Nafeez Ahmed reports on some of the background to the new TV channel aiming to the challenge the ‘woke’ liberal consensus
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‘Wasted Opportunity’: Gavin Williamson Receives Complaint From Experts Over Children’s Social Care Appointment
The Education Secretary is facing a backlash, with more accusations of cronyism, reports Sam Bright
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As the Economy Adapts to COVID-19, So Should Democracy
Oliver Hypolite-Bishop calls for the rigid strictures of the London Mayoral election in May to be reformed – to allow for democracy to be properly served
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The Brexit Revolution Begins to Consume Itself
Jonathan Lis explores how once careful balances of identity and political power have been upended and Englishness has taken their place
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Vote Leave Data Firm Scores £2.4 Million Government Contract to Research ‘Online Harms’
Formerly known as ASI Data Science, the company once responsible for spreading Vote Leave’s propaganda is now being paid for research into harmful digital content reports Sam Bright A controversial data firm that worked on the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 EU Referendum has won a £2.4 million Government contract to research “online harms”.…
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Ur-Fascism? The Parliamentary Language that Defines the UK
Iain Overton’s analysis of the Hansard reveals a worrying shift of political rhetoric in Britain in the last decade
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Refugees from Hong Kong Could be Exactly what Post-Brexit, Post-COVID Britain Needs
Jonathan Portes explores how the Government’s offer of a home to those being politically repressed in the former British colony could mark a shift in the UK’s economy and immigration debate
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Anti-Woke Crusade Igniting Threats to Safety and Careers: ‘There’s So Much Hatred Projected at Women in Public Life’, Warns Historian
Hardeep Matharu reports on how the history of the English countryside has turned into a dangerous battleground as various forces try to provoke an uncivil culture war
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Records Confirm Johnson Met with Lockdown-Sceptics at Key COVID Turning Point
Sam Bright reports on one of the most decisive days of the pandemic, when the Prime Minister defied his advisors and rejected a circuit-breaker lockdown
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SAGE Warned Government Against Re-Opening Schools and ‘Explosive’ Christmas COVID Outbreaks Last July
Sian Norris reports on newly-released scientific warnings from last summer about a second winter wave of Coronavirus infections which the Government appear to have ignored
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The Brexit Dividend: Gove Complacency as Trade Nightmares Strike the UK
David Hencke reports on the growing problems experienced by firms trading with the EU and the lack of help from the Vote Leave Government
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GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion
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Conservatives Want to Build More Houses – But Not in their Backyard
Julian Mercer reports on the Government’s latest botched attempts to solve the UK’s housing crisis
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Finland’s Vaccine Success Stems From One of its Greatest Failures
Richard Robinson explains how Finland’s social contract, and the humility of its health agencies, has staved off anti-vax sentiments – despite ripe conditions
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Friend of Matt Hancock Wins £14.4 Million PPE Contract
The firm is owned by the wife of a horse breeder who has donated thousands to the Health and Social Care Secretary, reports Sam Bright
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Campaigners Call for Key Reforms to Landmark Domestic Abuse Bill
The proposed legislation could be a step-change in protecting women and girls from gender-based violence – but there are worrying gaps, reports Sian Norris
