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King of Chaos Boris Johnson Has Delivered for Hedge Fund Donors
As the media rightly focus on the PM’s alleged COVID rule-breaking, financial institutions quietly report pandemic profits, reports Tim Coles
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Boris Johnson’s Spell Over the Conservative Party has been Broken
Johnson’s authority over his party and the country is rapidly draining away – as was evident at another difficult Prime Minister’s Questions, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘A Life-Threatening Situation’: How Prison Fails Mothers and Children
Three years after a parliamentary committee recommended the Ministry of Justice records how many mothers are in prison, the National Audit Office criticises lack of progress on supporting female offenders, including lack of data collection on women with dependant children
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The Hostile Environment for Rough Sleepers is Costing Lives
In November 2020, Priti Patel made rough sleeping grounds for deportation. Samir Jeraj spent a year with the Museum of Homelessness as part of a project to push-back against the policy
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Boris Johnson has Exposed a Void at the Heart of Conservatism
There is a growing consensus that the Prime Minister’s days are numbered – but his party has few ideas about how to renew itself or the country, reports Adam Bienkov
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A Guide to the Radicalisation of the Conservative Party
Sam Bright digs into the recent history of Boris Johnson’s party, to explain why its centre of gravity has shifted markedly to the right
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Liz Truss: The Tufton Street Candidate
Sam Bright unravels the ties between Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss and Westminster’s network of opaque libertarian think tanks
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Arron Banks versus Carole Cadwalladr: the First Two Days
John Sweeney gives his first impressions of the landmark libel case taking place in Court 13 of the Royal Courts of Justice
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The Metropolitan Police is Complicit in Downing Street Law-Breaking
The Met has outsourced the decision on whether to investigate a crime into the hands of the institution accused of committing it, says Adam Bienkov
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Trafficking Victims Will Face ‘Trauma Deadline’ as a Result of Nationality and Borders Bill
Successive Home Secretaries have made ending modern slavery a priority – but new clauses in the Nationality and Borders Bill could make identifying victims harder, Sian Norris reports
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Back to School – But Will Johnson’s Omicron Gamble Pay Off?
Two weeks into the new school term, as omicron cases continue to spread, what’s the impact of the Government’s Coronavirus policy on teachers, pupils and school staff?
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US Law-Makers are Blacklisting Renewable Energy Efforts
Thomas Perrett reports on the efforts of corporate lobbyists to stymie US President Joe Biden’s climate ambitions
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English Rivers Suffering From a ‘Chemical Cocktail’ of Contamination
A new report exposes the deteriorating condition of England’s waterways, highlights Stephen Delahunty
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Law Firm Raises Concerns Over Head of Downing Street Parties Inquiry
Questions are being raised about the past record of Sue Gray, reports Sam Bright
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‘The Met’s Reputation is More Important than My Safety’: Can the Sarah Everard Murder Inquiry Rebuild Women’s Trust in Policing?
Women’s groups have raised concerns that the narrow confines of the Angiolini Inquiry – combined with a failure to grapple with women’s safety – means lessons won’t be learned
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: The Race War
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda delve into what happened on 6 January 2021 at the US Capitol and investigate how the white supremacist aims of the insurrectionists have led to a far-right capture of education policy
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Boris Johnson was Created by the Media Now Destroying Him
Prime Minister was swept into power, with little consideration for his suitability for the job, by the same forces now deserting him, reports Adam Bienkov
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Millions of Pro-Trump Americans Support Political Violence – But Not Who You Might Think
CJ Werleman unpicks the insights from a new report into who took part in the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 and what this tells us about the growing pro-Trump far-right movement in America
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Oil, Gas and War: Putin’s Choices in Kazakhstan and Ukraine
Nikola Mikovic looks at the Kremlin’s response to two crises on the borders of Russia, and sees strategic energy reserves as a key factor in its decision making
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Covering Their Tracks: The Flaws in the Downing Street Parties Inquiry
Sam Bright considers the potential conclusions of Sue Gray’s investigation into the Number 10 lockdown breaches
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Catch-22? Why the Nationality and Borders Bill Risks Failing on its Stated Aims
The Government’s New Plan for Immigration, as set out in the Nationality and Borders Bill, wants to deter people from making Channel crossings and support women and children – but will it do so?
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: How QAnon Went Mainstream
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda report on how the extremist QAnon conspiracy theory has captured the Republican Party and had devastating human consequences
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The Growing Regional Wealth Gap and Why it Matters
Sam Bright evaluates new data showing a growing divide between richer and poorer parts of the country
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The Taliban Protection Racket
As the Government launches a new Afghan Resettlement Scheme, desperate refugees expose the Taliban’s violence and their fears for families left behind
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The Colston Four: It is the Attorney General Who Seeks to Set a ‘Dangerous Precedent’
The four defendants were found not guilty of criminal damage for removing the statue of the slave trader in Bristol – the rule of law in Britain will be significantly eroded, says Gareth Roberts
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: How the Far-Right Won on Abortion
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda examine how far-right aims on abortion expressed by the ‘mob’ at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 have become the policy of the Republican elite
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A Portrait of Broken Britain
Sam Bright explores the social, political and economic crises that have been stoked by successive Conservative administrations
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: The Militarisation of Far-Right Resistance
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda delve into what happened on 6 January 2021, exposing both the militarisation of the insurrectionists and the failures of the security forces to respond to a war-like threat
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The Global Religious Right Network Behind the Gay Marriage Cake Battle
The long-running case featured interventions from an international network of ‘religious freedom’ giants in the US and Europe – showing the power of the global anti-rights movement
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‘Corruption Plain and Simple’: Hidden Texts Reveal How a Conservative Donor Bought Access to Downing Street
The Prime Minister agreed to push plans for a post-Brexit ‘Great Exhibition’ during exchanges with Lord Brownlow about the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat
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Conservative Succession: The Failures of Liz Truss
Sam Bright examines the record of the Foreign Secretary, as she eyes-up Boris Johnson’s throne
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Rhetoric and Reality on ‘Levelling Up’ Don’t Match, Finds New Research
Thomas Perrett reports on findings by the New Economics Foundation which expose a significant problem with the Prime Minister’s flagship, if vague, policy
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‘A Deeply Dangerous Power Grab by the Home Secretary’: Conservative Peer Calls for Plans to Strip Citizenship Without Warning to be Scrapped
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi told peers that immigrants’ fears that future generations would be treated like outsiders and second-class citizens are not unfounded
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: The Dark Money Funding Trump’s Coup
On 6 January 2021, far-right groups and Donald Trump supporters invaded the US Capitol in an attempted insurrection. One year on, Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda delve into what happened that day and expose how far-right aims expressed by the ‘mob’ have become the policy of the Republican elite
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‘A Total Waste of Police Time’: Labour Rows Over Drugs Policy as Cannabis Offences Surge
New data shows a mounting drugs problem in England and Wales, while Labour and the Conservatives remain committed to status quo solutions, reports John Lubbock
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Politics For All and the Changing Face of News Media
Sam Bright investigates the suspension of the controversial Twitter account and speaks to insiders about the evolution of the platform. With additional reporting by Katherine Denkinson
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The Sham of Press Self-Regulation Shattered – by the Self-Regulator
IPSO has backed down from investigating the systemic journalistic failures at the Jewish Chronicle, revealing it was never fit for purpose – says Brian Cathcart
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Will the World Stand Up and Recognise that Taiwan Does Not Belong to China?
CJ Werleman assesses the likelihood of President Xi Jinping launching a Chinese invasion of the island state based on a widely unchallenged falsehood of territorial claim
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A New Year of Repression in Hong Kong
Stuart Heaver reports on the arrests of Hong Kong journalists, academics, lawyers and opposition politicians under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law
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Otto English’s 2021 Round-Up: Part Three
Downing Street Christmas parties, Omicron, North Shropshire – the end of 2021 was a hellish one for Boris Johnson’s Government
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Otto English’s 2021 Round-Up: Part Two
Euro 2020, a manufactured ‘culture war’, anti-vaxxers, a rare resignation and the fall of Kabul – the summer of 2021 was an eventful one
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Otto English’s 2021 Round-Up: Part One
Brexit, Coronavirus, insurrection – the first five months of the year were packed with concerning developments on many fronts
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The Silent Struggle Behind the NHS Waiting List
James Reid reports on the human face of pressures on the health service – which was already struggling for the past decade under austerity, before inevitably being impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic
