Firm that donated to DUP owned by Gibraltar-based businessman, prompting criticism of 'representation without taxation'.
Despite much heated criticism of 'lexiteers', new data shows Labour's leave vote taking a patient and measured approach to what Brexit means to them. Are they the key?
A devastating assessment of the government’s Brexit trade strategy of “rejecting a three-course meal for a packet of crisps”. Full text of Martin Donnelly’s speech to Kings College last week, exclusively on openDemocracy.
Brexit can be reclaimed as an entrance into a new political understanding, process and polity – but only if unions and Labour avoid elite-mediated solutions. An excerpt from For the Many: Preparing Labour for Power, published by OR Books.
Whilst other businesses worry about Brexit, well-placed mining companies and politicians with ideas of 'Empire 2.0' seem to be gearing up to exploit it - with worrying repercussions for communities.
MPs vote for campaign donor transparency for Northern Ireland – but exclude all major recent donations.
Theresa May is trying to cover-up for her scandal-prone Northern Irish allies. MPs must call her bluff.
“No one should read a great deal into what the minister was saying.”
Taking part in public life is a deeply affective process, at once personal and collective, and social media might just help us bridge the gap between the two.
“The EU is literally following in the steps of the Soviet Union. I’ve been thinking about it since everything started with Greece… Britain will be the first country.” Part two.
The first of three essays contemplating the “complete reimagination of politics” which is the drama of Brexit.
Taking this opportunity to rethink a part of government crucial to a fair and dynamic society would be good politics. Whitehall is no more capable of doing this than Brussels.
