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Articles predominantly based on historical research, official reports, court documents and open source intelligence.
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Recruitment Firm Defends £18 Million PPE Contract
Stephen Delahunty reports on the Government handing a contract for personal protective equipment to a company which appears to have just £322 net assets
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Raab’s Red Herring to Distract from Russia Report Release
There was little substance to Dominic Raab’s statement on Russian interference, explains Henry Dyer.
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How Johnson and Trump Transformed Their Countries From World Health Leaders into Coronavirus Disaster Cases
Paul Niland explores how a sudden, wilful populist destruction of institutions dragged the two top-rated countries for global health emergencies to the bottom of the pile
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Late Britannia: Five Times Boris Johnson Has Acted Too Slowly on Coronavirus
The UK Government’s response to COVID-19 has consistently been punctuated by fatal delays, writes Sam Bright.
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Right-Wing Propaganda Pair Paid £3 Million to Run Coronavirus Communications
Sam Bright reports on how two 20-something New Zealanders, allies of Lynton Crosby, were awarded a massive Government COVID-19 campaign contract
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SAGEGATE: Government Still Chasing ‘Long-Term Herd Immunity’ Through Recurrent Waves of COVID-19
Analysis of new documents from the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies shows that the quest for herd immunity, through several waves of the Coronavirus over a number of years, has not gone away
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UK Deal to Share DNA and Fingerprints Evades Parliamentary Scrutiny
David Hencke reports on how the Government has broken David Cameron’s promise to protect British databases by the backdoor route of another obscure legal mechanism
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Record of Disaster: England and Wales has Second Highest Coronavirus Health Worker Deaths in the World
New figures further expose the UK Government’s failure on health worker deaths as Boris Johnson tries to pin the blame on their profession
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The Government’s Ten Biggest Coronavirus Lies Unmasked
With mounting scandals and inconsistencies over the Government’s handling of COVID-19, Stephen Colegrave and Peter Jukes have compiled a list of its biggest falsehoods so far
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Consulate Cables Leak: Documents Show Chinese Communist Party Justifying Brutality Against Uyghurs
CJ Werleman reveals Beijing’s propaganda efforts to cover-up its repression of millions of Chinese Muslims
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Outsourcing Failure? Private Coronavirus Testing Falls Dramatically as Government Announces More Money for Commercial Services
Stephen Colegrave and Sam Bright explore new Government figures showing that ‘Pillar 2’ COVID-19 testing has fallen steeply in recent days as problems persist
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Conservatives’ New ‘Red Wall’ Constituencies Among Areas Worst Affected by COVID-19
Sam Bright highlights new data showing that industrial heartlands are suffering disproportionately from the Coronavirus pandemic
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SAGEGATE – Part Three: Cummings and Johnson Defied Scientific Advisors by Lifting Restrictions Without Robust Track and Trace
The third part of Nafeez Ahmed’s investigation shows how public health was sacrificed to ideology as the lockdown was eased
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SAGEGATE – Part Two: How Herd Immunity was Imposed on Government’s Science Advisory Group On Dominic Cummings’ Watch
Nafeez Ahmed investigates how the adoption of the outlandish policy, which would have led to half a million deaths, coincided with the presence of Boris Johnson’s controversial chief advisor
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SAGEGATE – Part One: Treasury and Downing Street Advisors Delayed COVID-19 Lockdown
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the outside pressure weighed on SAGE to prioritise ‘supply chains’, the ‘wider economy’, ‘workforce’ and ‘business’
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SAGEGATE: How Government Neutered Science to Save the Economy and Chase the Ghost of Herd Immunity
After a comprehensive investigation into five months of SAGE documents Nafeez Ahmed arrives at some shocking findings
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Lifestyle Company with No Employees or Trading History Handed £25 Million PPE Contract
Stephen Delahunty reports on another case of a private company with no expertise or experience providing personal protective equipment being engaged by the Government to do so
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Revealed: Boris Johnson’s Hidden History of Islamophobia
Iggy Ostanin unearths troubling new evidence of anti-Muslim racism in a rediscovered personal blog of Britain’s Prime Minister
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UK’s Rival to Galileo: A Brexit Farce
In space, as in so many policy areas, no one can hear you scream. Alex Andreou on another multi-million-pound fiasco driven by narrow nationalism
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‘A Hard Rain’: Johnson, Gove and Cummings Drive Britain Towards Elective Dictatorship
David Hencke reports on the radical moves to undermine parliamentary democracy by Boris Johnson’s chief advisor and the Cabinet Office Minister
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Trust in Government’s Coronavirus Communications Collapses
Ivor Gaber reveals how lack of trust in government and the prevalence of social media conspiracy theories is leading to harmful health outcomes in the UK
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Another Great British World-Beating Fiasco
David Hencke reports on how much money has been wasted on the Government’s NHSX tracing app, which it has now ditched to follow one being used by other countries for some time
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Ruling by Decree: Boris Johnson and his Henry VIII Powers
David Hencke reports on new analysis from the House of Lords that reveals an extensive power grab by the Prime Minister and his Government
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Whitehall Analytica: Dominic Cummings’ Shake-Up of the British State Gathers Pace
David Hencke reports on how, having survived the scandal of breaking the COVID-19 lockdown, Boris Johnson’s chief advisor is not letting the Coronavirus crisis go to waste
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Corruption, Negligence and Harassment in Brazil
Monica Piccinini considers how the Brazilian Government is trying to turn the Coronavirus pandemic to its advantage
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Coronavirus Crisis: As Ireland Reopens, the UK Faces a Summer of Discontent
James Melville reports on how foresight helped Ireland fight COVID-19, while Boris Johnson’s Government wallow in hindsight and blame
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12 Facts that Prove Black Lives Don’t Matter in Britain
From childbirth to deaths in custody, homelessness and mental health, Stephen Colegrave shows how the UK is not “one of the best countries in the world to be a black person” – as the Government claims
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How ‘Go Hard, Go Early’ Helped New Zealand Defeat the Coronavirus
Brandon Clarke explains how Jacinda Ardern’s stringent lockdown strategy means that New Zealand is now COVID-19 free and open for business
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‘I Drove this Exact Truck’: How the War on Terror Came Back to Haunt America
Iain Overton reports on how US counter-terrorism equipment is being deployed at home with an inevitable rise in militarisation, mortality and force over-reach
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The Hard Facts of COVID-19 Demolish the UK Government’s Deadly ‘Herd Immunity’ Strategy
Rupert Read and Tara Greaves on recent ONS figures that prove the much-hyped Oxford Model based on Coronavirus immunity was based on false premises
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BAME COVID-19 DEATHS: The Coronavirus Might Not Discriminate – But Societies Do
Public Health England’s report into risk factors associated with COVID-19 deaths has revealed the structural inequality and poverty endangering lives.
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PROPAGANDA BACKFIRE: The Kremlin’s Conspiracy Theories Undermine its Own Authority
By supporting theories aimed at destabilising the US during the Coronavirus pandemic, Kseniya Kirillova reports on how Putin has opened up a Pandora’s Box at home
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The Lost March: How the UK Government’s COVID-19 Strategy Fell Apart
Alex Andreou’s forensic analysis shows how Boris Johnson’s administration underestimated the speed of the Coronavirus pandemic and have been flying blind ever since
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What is Missing in the Debate about Police Violence in the US
Iain Overton explains how there are countless non-fatal shootings at the hands of law enforcement in America that need to be discussed, too.
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Dominic Cummings’ Whitehall Revolution is Underway
David Hencke reports on how the scandal-hit No. 10 chief advisor has already begun his long-term promise to use Big Tech models to disrupt the British state.
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14,000 Brits Could Now Appeal Lockdown Fines Thanks to Dominic Cummings
Gareth Roberts explores the unexpected legal consequences of the Government’s defence of the Prime Minister’s chief advisor
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Another Conservative Donor Involved in COVID-19 Contracts
Stephen Delahunty reports on the work of Europa Worldwide Group in providing PPE – the managing director of which is a personal donor to Boris Johnson.
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SWEDEN: The Other ‘Herd Immunity’ Country Vying for the Highest Coronavirus Per Capita Death Rate in the World
As Britain and Sweden compete in COVID-19 fatalities, James Melville considers the catastrophic failures of the Scandinavian country compared to its neighbours
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Dominic Cummings’ Billion-Dollar Brainchild
David Hencke reveals up to £940 million in funding towards the No. 10 chief advisor’s pet project of a US-style research agency — ARPA.
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Businesses and Lobbyists Tied to Trump Secure Millions in Aid from US Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
Stephen Delahunty reports on how the US Government’s $669 billion Paycheck Protection Programme to deal with COVID-19 is benefitting those with links to the President.
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UPDATED FIGURES: The UK Now has the Highest Health Worker Deaths in Europe
Stephen Colegrave investigates the huge gulf between Britain and many other countries in the number of health worker COVID-19 fatalities.
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No Checks Please, We’re British – Indefensible UK Border Policy
Otto English investigates multiple shocking reports of a complete lack of COVID-19 checks for those arriving in the UK from abroad.
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Populism and the Pandemic: Argentina Responded to COVID-19 while Brazil Ignored
James Melville continues his international analysis of Coronavirus responses with the stark contrast between two South American neighbours
