Steve Bannon’s arrest should raise questions for Boris Johnson
As Trump’s former aide is accused of fraud, Johnson should come clean about how well he knows Steve Bannon.
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World’s media ridicule Johnson for putting friends and family in the House of Lords
Most countries don’t allow you to make your friends legislators.
‘Tommy Robinson’ migrates to Spain using rights as an EU citizen
Thanks to the ‘transition period’, he still has freedom of movement.
Russia report: Putin’s cronies influence UK through political donations
Donating “positions them to assist Russian influence operations”
Government accused of funelling taxpayers cash away from safe seats to marginals
Labour accused the government of “gerrymandering” and leaving communities out.
Lord Wallace: This ‘Vote Leave’ government verges on authoritarian
They don’t care about bringing the country with them.
Unlike in New Zealand, people in the UK just don’t trust the government
New Zealand’s trust in government is twice as high as in the UK
Secretively-funded think tank takes credit for abolition of aid ministry
They said they’d “chalked up yet another” policy change.
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.
Parliament for the few: How the government rode roughshod over democracy
Pictured: Tory MP Karen Bradley, speaking out against the shut down of virtual Parliament procedures.