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The newspaper’s extensive reporting and analysis of the various threats to democracy from populism, oligarchy, dark money and online disinformation.
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British Politics is Now Awash with Money and Social Media – Do We Care?
Former Labour MP Ian Lucas explores how digital campaigning and Big Tech has driven a coach and horses through the UK’s historically robust electoral rules
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What Man Has Made of Man: Confessions of an Optimist
Alexandra Hall Hall considers the mistakes she has made in believing that the arc of history was travelling in a more progressive direction
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‘They’re all the Same’: How Political Cynicism Breeds Extremism
A lack of faith in politics is dangerous for democracy, argues Sian Norris, as it paves the way for ‘strongmen’ to take authoritarian control
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Werleman’s Worldview: The Groups Promoting Hindutva and Human Slavery in the US
CJ Werleman explores another aspect of the extreme Hindu-nationalist project persecuting religious minorities in India
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Priti Patel and the Government’s Cult of Lawlessness
Rachel Morris reviews the Government’s repeated unlawful behaviour, concentrated in the Home Office
