It’s time to stop kidding ourselves: we don’t live in a democracy
New allegations of ‘cash for favours’ are just the tip of the iceberg. Millionaires and corporations exert enormous sway over our politics.
New allegations of ‘cash for favours’ are just the tip of the iceberg. Millionaires and corporations exert enormous sway over our politics.
Pictured: Tory MP Karen Bradley, speaking out against the shut down of virtual Parliament procedures.
As a government sweetheart deal for big newspapers hits headlines, Jamie Beauvais asks if the concept of free and independent media has been lost.
“The question is whether the Prime Minister deliberately misled the select committee or did so out of ignorance and incompetence.”
It’s not the first time.
Prof John MacIntyre looks at how PMQs has fared since the switch to ‘hybrid’ proceedings.
The moratorium on wind and solar energy will hopefully be reversed
The Mayor is pretending he doesn’t understand the voting system that got him elected, argues Green peer Jenny Jones.
Labour say we need to plant billions not millions
Twitter may have banned political advertising. But there are still other problems with the platform.