Basit Mahmood
Anti-corruption experts say Tory move to scrap sleaze watchdog is ‘behaviour consistent with state capture’
'In a case where evidence that the rules have been breached is so clear, this attempt to undermine the process is another example of those in power acting like the rules don’t apply to them.'
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, November 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
Another Boris Johnson lie at PMQs: Labour did not want to take the UK out of NATO
During Prime Minister’s Questions today, Boris Johnson told another lie. He claimed that the Labour Party would have wanted to pull the UK out of NATO and tried to abolish the army.
Why the Tory amendment to let Owen Paterson off the hook kills standards in public life
It undermines the independence of the very body that was set up to scrutiny the practices of elected officials.'
Tory sleaze: Outrage as Conservative MPs change sleaze rules to protect one of their own
The unprecedented action to protect Owen Paterson MP, has also received the backing of prime minister Boris Johnson who is supporting the efforts to overthrow an independent inquiry
Boris Johnson called a ‘disgrace’ after being pictured ‘asleep’ at COP26
“Time to wake up @borisjohnson the world is burning."