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Former chief scientist blasts government coronavirus response
In part one of a two-part series, Hilary Wainwright talks to Sir David King, former government chief scientific adviser (2000-2007) and founder and chair of Independent SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies). Formed in May, the group aims to improve public understanding about how to handle Covid-19, as the official SAGE works in secrecy and… Continue reading
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Police to finally stop calling us Domestic Extremists
Twelve months after Netpol revealed the decision of the Home Office and other government departments to finally stop using the “domestic extremists” label – and after almost a decade of our campaigning for an end to this highly subjective categorisation of campaigners – we can now confirm another important milestone. Continue reading
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Watch: UKC News: ‘Case-demic’ Exposed and Why Gov’t COVID Narrative is Collapsing
As people return for their ‘Stay-cation’ summer holidays, many schools and businesses are now wanting to open up, which poses a dilemma for politicians and government health officials – who risk losing much of the power they’ve managed to accumulate over the last 6 months by fostering an air of “pandemic” hysteria, and by promulgating… Continue reading
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Waiting for the Old Bailey: Julian Assange and Britain’s Judicial Establishment
On September 7, Julian Assange will be facing another round of gruelling extradition proceedings, in the Old Bailey, part of a process that has become a form of gradual state-sanctioned torture. The US Department of Justice hungers for their man. The UK prison authorities are doing little to protect his health. The end result, should… Continue reading
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The coronavirus crisis: revealing an ugly truth about the UK and human rights
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed to many what was already obvious to plenty: that after forty years of privatisation and deregulation and after 10 years of austerity, the United Kingdom is a country in which financial interests too often override those of our most vulnerable citizens. Continue reading
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Deloitte gets another huge COVID contract – for ‘crazy’ plan to test millions each day
Operation Moonshot could be the biggest NHS privatisation in history, and civil servants are shaking their heads in disbelief. The British government had plans to test everyone in the country for coronavirus every week by October – and it’s handed most of the work to the global accountancy firm Deloitte, openDemocracy can reveal. Labour MP… Continue reading
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Ahead Of Major Assange Hearing, UK Court Urged To Ensure Press Access
A major three-week hearing in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition case is scheduled in London on September 7. However, the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic will likely prevent dozens of journalists from around the world from reporting on proceedings if the Westminster Magistrates Court does not take action. Continue reading
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This is the bogus anti-Semitism report that sank Jeremy Corbyn
The road to Jeremy Corbyn’s political downfall began at Oxford University Labour Club in February 2016. A rogue inquiry by a Labour staffer with close ties to the Israeli embassy included fabricated allegations of anti-Semitism. It destroyed the lives of several pro-Corbyn students sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Continue reading
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Another lucrative contract for friends of Gove and Cummings
How is it that Public First, long-time associates of Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings, have been awarded yet another contract, without any advertising or competitive tendering process? Continue reading
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The Scene and the Crime: The Salisbury Poisonings
Nine months after Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned in March 2018, the BBC’s ‘Panorama’ screened a documentary about it, Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack: the Inside Story. The show backed the Tory government’s conviction that Russian GRU officers attacked the former Russian double agent and his daughter. But British experts pointed to its factual errors,… Continue reading
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PPE: Why are they refusing to publish the contracts?
We know from Treasury documents that Government has approved a staggering and unprecedented £15 billion for PPE procurement to protect frontline staff. But what we see is implausible counterparties, staggering sums of money, political connections, vast waste on duff product – and most of all a lack of transparency. Continue reading
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How the UK Government Provides Cover for Israel’s Crimes
MP Alister Jack has finally replied to my question asking where he and the UK government stand on the threat by Israel to annex more Palestinian territory known as the West Bank. It seems the Government has urged them not to do it. Continue reading
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As courts re-open, Britain’s renters must confront the power of landlords
There was a moment, just after the declaration of lockdown, with the immediate loss of jobs and hours, when it seemed that a rent strike might be inevitable. Many members of London Renters Union thought there might finally be a moment of unity between renters affected by the pandemic that could be leveraged into much… Continue reading
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Scottish “friend of Israel” faked anti-Semitism for years
A pro-Israel lobbyist in Scotland may lose his teaching job over a series of anti-Semitic posts he has admitted making. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Court Case Delayed Again in Bizarre Circumstances
There were bizarre scenes at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London today, as the extradition process of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange (present via videophone from Belmarsh prison) was again delayed. Continue reading
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Your invite to the Trade Secrets book launch
We’re very excited to be publishing our director Nick Dearden’s new book, Trade Secrets: The truth about the US trade deal and how we can stop it, in under a week’s time. We’d like to invite you to our book launch on Tuesday 1 September, where Nick will be in conversation with Zoe Williams, journalist at The Guardian and co-host of the Another Europe Is Possible podcast. Continue reading
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Who’s pulling Boris Johnson’s strings on GMOs?
Were you surprised when one of the very first things Boris Johnson did on becoming Prime Minister was to declare his desire to “liberate” the UK “from anti-genetic modification rules”? If it left you wondering, “Where did that come from?”, then you should pay careful attention to the wave of revulsion that has just greeted… Continue reading
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COUP 53: New Documentary on Overthrow of Iran’s Mosaddeq
Washington, D.C., August 17, 2020 – Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service – MI6 – took part in the 1953 kidnapping of the chief of police of Tehran, Iran, according to a recently recovered interview of an ex-MI6 operative that is featured in a new documentary film, COUP 53. The full interview transcript is posted today for the first… Continue reading
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The Virus strikes again: The A-Level results fiasco
This education disaster has not been visited on rich and poor alike. The data shows – and clearly – that it is hitting poorer kids above richer, and state school kids more than private. But then, somehow, it always seems to be like that, doesn’t it? Continue reading
The New Dark Age 