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Auctioning Off Democracy
The Conservative Party’s cash-for-access culture is one of the neglected scandals of modern British politics, says Iain Overton

Boris Johnson's Real Brexit Betrayal Was to Abandon the Single Market
The Conservatives promised to keep the UK wedded to its biggest international market after Brexit, but have instead left us in ruinous isolation, reports Adam Bienkov

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

Just Imagine if the EU was Behaving as the UK Is
Chris Grey poses a thought experiment around the Government's plans to scrap part of the Northern Ireland Protocol

Werleman’s Worldview: How the Extremist Great Replacement Theory Went Mainstream
CJ Werleman says Fox News has become the media arm for white domestic terrorism and would-be right-wing terrorists around the world

Werleman’s Worldview: Xi Jinping’s Hold on Power has Never Looked So Uncertain
CJ Werleman explores how a zero COVID policy, economic problems and war in Ukraine has fundamentally destabilised China

Food Bank Britain
Rachel Morris considers the malaise of modern Britain as the Conservatives initiate Austerity 2.0

‘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
Putin at War: Claiming De-Nazification, Reviving Antisemitism
The Russian President’s Victory Day Speech and his Foreign Minister’s comments suggest of a fully-fledged antisemitic ideology is rearing its head in Russia
‘Beergate’: It’s Time for Labour to Embrace Press Reform
The papers will attack Starmer and Rayner more viciously than Corbyn, writes Brian Cathcart. So they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking them on
‘Let Them Eat Foie Gras’: Big Issues Avoided in Johnson's Culture War Queen's Speech
The Government's new agenda focuses on stoking culture wars, while doing nothing to tackle the number one issue facing people in the UK, reports Adam Bienkov
War in Ukraine: What Happens Next?
Kyiv-based Paul Niland considers how Vladimir Putin’s invasion will play out in the wake of significant losses by the Russians across Ukraine
Piers Morgan Unwatched: The Limits of Opportunism
Mic Wright looks at the meteoric fall in ratings of the former tabloid editor and CNN presenter in his new collaboration with Rupert Murdoch
Local Elections 2022: A False Dawn? Labour’s Success in London Masks its Deeper Problems
Labour’s local election performance spells danger for the party, argues Sam Bright
Local Elections 2022: Boris Johnson is Leading the Conservatives to Disaster
The Conservative Party is refusing to deal with the Prime Minister's failing leadership as he leads the UK into a recession which could expel him from office, reports Adam Bienkov
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