Democracy in Danger

The Prime Minister's behaviour is increasingly coming under public scrutiny and he is struggling to answer questions about his conduct, reports Adam Bienkov

Johnson is sold to voters as a libertarian full of bonhomie – but his Government is suppressing freedom of speech and movement

A website that aimed to raise money for Kyle Rittenhouse's defence was hosted in the UK and suggests an increasing transatlantic trade in right wing activism

Are partnerships between the UK’s leading higher education institutions and Chinese companies suggestive of a new intellectual 'Belt and Road' strategy from Beijing? Max Colbert and The Citizens report

As British troops fly out to aid their Polish allies, the thousands of hungry, cold and frightened people amassed on the Polish-Belarusian border are increasingly pawns in a populist political game

A series of seemingly grassroots, parents group turned the USA's school boards election into a vicious row over race – but who are the radical right interests behind the 'concerned moms'?

CJ Werleman responds to the criminal charges against him and other journalists under India’s draconian British colonial-era laws

Former Labour MP Ian Lucas – author of the forthcoming book Digital Gangsters – says Downing Street knows that British politics is broken but has a stake in preserving this

Sam Bright explores the role of John Penrose MP, and his unwillingness to call out systemic corruption in the UK

Conservative MPs say the Prime Minister's disastrous attempt to save Owen Paterson from corruption allegations has badly backfired, reports Adam Bienkov

David Hencke, who broke the story of MPs tabling parliamentary questions on behalf of private interests in 1994, reflects on why Boris Johnson’s actions are a threat of a different kind to Britain’s political system

The Prime Minister is right at the centre of the Owen Paterson scandal which appears to be turning the tide like other misdemeanours have not, reports Adam Bienkov

Sam Bright explores the ways in which party donors and corporate interests are warping British democracy

A lack of understanding of the Hindutva movement in the West is empowering the persecution of Muslim and Sikh minorities in India and South Asia

Exclusive polling for Byline Times suggests that people are concerned about the corruption of politics by private-sector interests

Increasingly, right-wing and authoritarian governments are taking action to stop the spread of disinformation – while using fake news themselves to sow distrust and entrench power

The Government’s U-turn is reassuring but should be viewed within the wider context of consistent attempts to dodge scrutiny by Boris Johnson’s administration, says Adam Bienkov

Former House of Commons clerk Eliot Wilson looks at what the Owen Paterson affair means for probity in public life

With his probing eye for conflicts of interest in the British press, Mic Wright turns his scrutiny to tech journalists and their coverage of Facebook

Sian Norris speaks to Professor Lea Ypi and reflects on the threats to freedom and democracy hanging over Europe – and their historical roots