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Johnny Mercer Sought to Whitewash this Country’s Human Rights Abuses – his Departure as a Minister is Only a Good Thing
21 April 2021
, Iain Overton dissects what the Veterans Minister’s farewell reveals about the man himself and a wider right-wing shift in British politics favouring the military

Calling Out Press Racism: Has Anything Changed?
21 April 2021
, Six weeks after the bust-up at the Society of Editors, we are still waiting for evidence that racism in the media will be confronted, says Brian Cathcart – the onus is on the editors of the Guardian and Financial Times to stand up and show leadership

The Johnson Government’s Ties to Israeli Lobbying Groups Stains the UK’s Global Reputation
19 April 2021
, CJ Werleman explores the implications of the Government’s stance on an investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories by the International Criminal Court

I Exposed the Dark Arts of Lobbying – A Decade On Nothing’s Changed
19 April 2021
, Iain Overton recalls his undercover investigation into a notorious PR firm and explains why the scandal around lobbying and the ‘revolving door’ has worsened under Boris Johnson’s Government

All Money and No Morals: Cash Threatens to Corrupt English Football – Again
19 April 2021
, The recent history of the beautiful game has been defined by destructive greed, and the proposed European Super League is yet another example, says Adrian Goldberg

Words Pop Out of his Mouth: The Corrupt Nature of David Cameron
16 April 2021
, In light of the former Prime Minister’s involvement in the Greensill affair, here is chapter eight of Anthony Barnett’s 2017 book ‘The Lure of Greatness: England’s Brexit and America’s Trump’

Timeline of the Plague Year: An Extract
15 April 2021
, Rupert Read and Ian Sinclair dissect the Government’s woeful response to the country’s worst public health crisis in a century

Northern Ireland: Today’s Violence Is Not Just Due to Brexit but the Continued Contempt of the British Establishment
14 April 2021
, The trouble with borders is that once you’ve taken back control of them they come into existence, writes Jonathan Lis

David Cameron: Johnson’s Convenient Scapegoat
13 April 2021
, With his dual tactics of projection and deflection, the current Prime Minister has pulled off a masterstroke by launching an inquiry into the former Prime Minister’s conflicts of interest, says Hardeep Matharu

Project Fear – The Writing Was Always on the Wall
9 April 2021
, By dismissing all the warnings about the threat to peace in Northern Ireland posed by Brexit, Boris Johnson has put lives in danger in the name of power and ideology, says Otto English

Race Report: Sewell Commission Couldn’t Find Something It Wasn’t Looking For
9 April 2021
, The methodology used by the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities excluded the possibility of finding that differences in outcomes are the result of race, says Jonathan Portes

Race Report: Recommendations will ‘Insulate Government from any Potential Criticism on Future Policy’
9 April 2021
, While many agree with a recommendation to disaggregate the term ‘BAME’, the director of the Institute of Race Relations warns that this aims to create a new set of norms about how race and racism are conceptualised – and to divert attention away from structural racism

Potential Blood Clot Risk of COVID Vaccine Shines a Spotlight on Inequality Around Women’s Health
8 April 2021
, The news that under-30s will be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab has sparked a debate about women’s reproductive and contraceptive healthcare, reports Sian Norris

America’s White Evangelical Vaccine Problem
8 April 2021
, A high proportion of evangelical Christians are sceptical about the COVID-19 jab – which is creating a major headache for the United States, says CJ Werleman

We Don’t Just Need a COVID Inquiry – We Need a Proper, Independent COVID Inquiry
7 April 2021
, The Johnson Government will go to extreme lengths to avoid scrutiny of its record, says Brian Cathcart. We must not settle for a sham

‘Tous Pourris’: Why is France So Sceptical of Vaccines?
7 April 2021
, Natasha Livingstone explores the prevalence of anti-vaxxer sentiments among the French population and its potential link to high-profile corruption charges faced by the country’s political figures

The Right Must Not Be Allowed to Monopolise the Debate Over China
6 April 2021
, The left must learn how to oppose China’s military expansionism and human rights abuses, says CJ Werleman

Greed is Good: The Conservatives’ Trope of the Pandemic
1 April 2021
, Jonathan Lis explores how the Government has hijacked the success of the vaccine roll-out by the NHS and ideologically repackaged it to selectively suit its agenda

Beware Scientifically Suspect COVID Grief Grifting
1 April 2021
, David Oliver scrutinises a new campaign that ostensibly seeks to investigate whether COVID-19 deaths have been misattributed

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