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Indra @indrawarnes.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Breaking 🚨 An official investigation has been launched into whether Keir Starmer's top aide Varun Chandra secretly lobbied Tory ministers as a result of @ethanshone.bsky.social’s reporting for @opendemocracy.net
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Exclusive: Watchdog probes Starmer aide’s lobbying of Tories
openDemocracy findings on Varun Chandra’s activities at Hakluyt prompted official watchdog to launch investigation
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Absolutely over the moon to be longlisted for the Paul Foot awards for my investigation into military sexual abuse for @opendemocracy.net and a huge thank you to the survivors who told their stories. www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
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The Paul Foot Award | Private Eye
The Paul Foot Award is an award given for investigative or campaigning journalism, set up in memory of revered journalist Paul Foot, who died in 2004.
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 12/03/2025
Keir Starmer doesn’t understand the benefits system
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Keir Starmer doesn’t understand the benefits system
Another PM is trying to make cuts equate to growth. Disabled people will again pay the price of this cruelty
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 03/03/2025
Labour MPs demand answers over Clearsprings’ mystery offshore payments
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Labour MPs demand answers over Clearsprings’ mystery offshore payments
UAE firm that was allegedly paid for consultancy work says it has never heard of the asylum accommodation provider
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 06/03/2025
Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’
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Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’
Revealed: Head of world’s biggest asset manager lobbied chancellor on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
For over a year, I’ve been looking at sexual abuse in the military - sadly the inquest into Beck’s suicide was shocking but not surprising. With @ethanshone.bsky.social for @opendemocracy.net edited by @indrawarnes.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/en/jaysley-b...
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Jaysley Beck’s death confirms our findings on abuse in army
For over a year, openDemocracy has worked to reveal how military enables abuse then closes ranks around perpetrators
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Laurie Macfarlane @lmacfarlane.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This isn’t the same Trump that won in 2016: it’s an altogether different beast From territory takeovers to far-right alliances — his return threatens peace, prosperity and the planet My long-read for @opendemocracy.net:
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Trump 2.0 could herald a new age of authoritarian capitalism
Trump’s weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet. It must be strongly resisted
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Articles and investigations don’t happen on their own and I’m super grateful to @indrawarnes.bsky.social for being such an excellent news editor www.opendemocracy.net/en/far-right...
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What Musk’s grooming gangs posts tell us about the far right
Why has the American billionaire become fixated on historic child sex abuse in English towns?
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🔴NEW🔴 I did a deep dive into Musk's disinformation campaign about grooming gangs for @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/en/far-right... Please read it, I have had to look at a LOT of far right content so make it worth it 🤪
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What Musk’s grooming gangs posts tell us about the far right
Why has the American billionaire become fixated on historic child sex abuse in English towns?
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Indra @indrawarnes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Growing up on a British army base, Jessica was repeatedly told the military was family. That all changed when she reported sexual abuse. Read @sianushka.bsky.social's important investigation into how the army denied justice + failed Jessica @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/en/child-sex...
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British Army denied child abuse victim justice for 22 years
Growing up on an army base, Jessica was told the military was family. That changed when she reported sexual abuse
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