The newspaper’s extensive reporting and analysis of the various threats to democracy from populism, oligarchy, dark money and online disinformation.
Record low turnout and skewed results fuel calls for reform as polling suggests a collapse in support for the current system
Donald Trump’s decision to freeze all foreign aid opens the door for Britain to re-exert it’s own position on the world stage, argues Francis Shin
The Met Police have promised arrests if the protesters, who are campaigning for protest rights, step out of line
Underinvestment has left Parliament, the Electoral Commission and the British Library open to attack from China, Russia and Iran
The world’s richest man is amplifying a series of often extreme Alt Right voices bent on radically reshaping our politics
Those who watched silently as reactionary tech bosses seized power in the US must now wake up and fight back, argues Johan Farkas and Aurelien Mondon
The threat was brought under renewed scrutiny following reports that billionaire Trump aide Elon Musk could bankroll British political parties
Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK, argues Neal Lawson
Green Party’s Deputy Leader Zack Polanski challenges the Home Secretary, as row deepens over police handling of Palestine solidarity march
The priority for the UK Government is not to seek justice for the innocent civilians murdered, but to protect the state from the consequences, argues Emma De Souza
The right to protest remains “curtailed and punished” despite a change in Government, the leading human rights group warned
The Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties
A transatlantic coalition of extreme misfits and weirdos is plotting regime change on both sides of the Atlantic, reports Tom Scott
The truth is Starmer made profound improvements to tackling crimes against women and girls while Director of Public Prosecutions, reveals a veteran barrister
A sinister far-right oligarch seeking to overthrow western governments from his seat in the White House is a story too strange for fiction
The next UK General Election could see the perfect storm for political lying, the head of factchecking organisation Full Fact tells Byline Times
They fear the country’s incoming anti-Western president will quickly push to declare a state of emergency
Pro-European protesters are raging against the Putin-aligned Georgian Government’s decision to scrap the country’s bid to join the EU
Here is a ten-point plan for exposing the Reform party leader and his followers
Transparency campaigners slam what they describe as the Prime Minister’s ‘lacklustre’ approach to cleaning up politics
The former MP, who was appointed as a Government adviser by Boris Johnson, faces calls to quit over his potential conflicts of interest
A rumoured $100 million donation from Musk to Nigel Farage’s Reform would be banned under the proposal
Keir Starmer is being urged to act now to prevent foreign billionaires from exploiting these gaps in our electoral system
Huge numbers of protesters are demonstrating their resistance to their disputed Government’s Putin-pleasing decision to suspend the country’s bid for EU membership
The former PM and his wife, whose combined wealth is estimated at £651 million, have set up an opaque new arrangement, preventing any scrutiny of their ongoing finances
Critics say the ruling Georgian Dream party has twice this week violated the country’s constitution following parliamentary elections now slammed by the EU as rigged
‘This is a truly appalling decision from a department which for decades has been notorious for its careless and wasteful attitude towards taxpayers’ money’
Journalist and campaigner Gavin Esler on why Britain’s entire political and democratic system is now failing and what we can all now do about it
There is growing evidence of links between senior Trump appointees, associates, and Kremlin-linked entities
The re-elected President’s backers believe democracy is finished – the fight to save it must transform it
The Conservative party leader and several leading members of her new Shadow Cabinet have ties to the opaquely-funded group campaigning against plans to reach Net Zero
A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans
Campaigners warn thousands of legitimate voters will still be at risk of being disenfranchised under the ‘discriminatory’ system
The re-election of a national populist US President would be a severe threat to the future of liberal democracy
Conservative leadership favourite Kemi Badenoch is running her campaign from the home of a wealthy Tufton Street donor
The Conservative leadership candidate received the money from a company controlled by billionaire Sir Len Blavatnik – who has been sanctioned by the Ukrainian government
Andy Burnham turns up the heat on Keir Starmer over political reform
Campaigners plan civil disobedience outside courts, demanding meeting with Attorney General over harsh sentencing of peaceful protesters
The Director of the Climate Media Coalition explained the role of media moguls in demanding a crack down on climate protesters
As the TUC passes a motion warning of the “existential crisis” in British journalism, Peter Jukes asks for your help to deal with the dual threats of legacy media monopolies and big tech
Exclusive: Cross-party MPs unite to campaign for ‘fair elections’
Three quarters of a million people didn’t vote because of the “continued failure of the voter ID regime”
Social media algorithms show violent content to boys but that’s just the start of the problem according to a leading investigative journalist