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Inside Farage’s Montenegro back-office
Inside Farage’s Montenegro back-office
openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 11 July 2026
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July 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Utter disgrace.
For those who missed it, these anti-protest laws were actually written by an oil industry funded lobby group.

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Sunak admits think tank helped write anti-protest laws
The PM confirmed Policy Exchange helped draft laws targeting climate activists, as first revealed by openDemocracy
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March 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
December 1, 2024 at 12:22 PM
EU ‘strips’ anti-abortion charity of funding after openDemocracy exposé
EU ‘strips’ anti-abortion charity of funding after openDemocracy exposé
NGO said it could lose EU cash after we revealed it won reproductive health grant despite abortion disinformation
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November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
An investigation by OpenDemocracy found that Palantir has paid very little UK tax, despite receiving over £670m in UK public contracts.

How? By booking profits overseas, and using tax loopholes for paying staff with stocks to reduce their corporation tax bill.
June 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Stamp tried suing opendemocracy for libel. This ended exceptionally badly for him, with a "civil restraint order" that stops Stamp filing lawsuits without court permission:
December 1, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Finally!

Nearly a quarter of new UK homes now have heat pumps—big progress since we highlighted the fossil fuel problem with Ben Webster at openDemocracy in 2022.

Next step: fully implement the Future Homes Standard and end fossil fuels in new builds.
June 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
openDemocracy uncovers missed evidence in British Army child sex abuse case
openDemocracy uncovers missed evidence in British Army child sex abuse case
Victims accuse military of ‘cover-up’ after it closed investigation without checking archives or interviewing suspect
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July 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Am kinda blown away to win this tbh. The last time (actually the only time) I won anything at BJA was with openDemocracy and I couldn’t attend as was sick with long covid. Really nice to be here this evening
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You can read my investigation into conditions in migrant hotels here

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Home Office recorded 1500 asylum hotel complaints in 2023 | openDemocracy
Home Office recorded 1500 asylum hotel complaints in 2023
Asylum hotel providers receive billions in government contracts while residents report harassment and abuse
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July 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The brilliant openDemocracy report on Stamp and his "Matrix Freedom" con is here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/unauthorised-wealth-scheme-matrix-freedom-advertising-facebook-instagram-meta-action-fraud/
December 13, 2024 at 5:58 PM
4. Thanks to brilliant work by @ethanshone.bsky.social‬ at @opendemocracy.net‬, we've learnt that Labour held hundreds of meetings with lobbyists behind closed doors. But the UK’s opaque, undemocratic rules ensure we cannot know what was said in them: www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became party of business
An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies
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July 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"The 25‑point swing away from Labour shows voters want people‑centred solutions rather than cautious managerialism"

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March 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
In recent weeks, Farage has struggled to maintain poise under pressure: snapping at journalists, avoiding the limelight, losing control of the narrative.

His mask is starting to crack.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-reform-survive-its-summer-of-scandal/
Can Reform survive its summer of scandal?
In July, openDemocracy went to Montenegro to report on Reform backer “Posh George”. Here’s what happened next
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August 31, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Why are some of Britain’s most controversial Reform-linked figures all operating out of a grubby office in Montenegro?

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July 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
In a leak of 1,431 pages written in Russian, @openDemocracy found a covert propaganda network deployed in Argentina
April 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
No longer a Labour Party…

I give you “The Corporate Party”!!

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Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became party of business
An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies
www.opendemocracy.net
October 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM