‘They’re demonising us to win cheap votes’ say rights activists, as openDemocracy research reveals ‘sickening’ rhetoric deployed by Conservatives across the country.
The Conservatives told openDemocracy they rely on "small-scale" funding. We explore the Tory donors' clubs and do the maths to find out if that’s plausible.
British officials dodged invitations to exclude the NHS from a US-UK trade deal. Not surprising, given how much public money already goes to the US healthcare industry.
New openDemocracy research reveals one in five elite Tory donors have got top honours, including knighthoods and peerages – prompting accusations of "cronyism" and "secret backroom deals"
We can now see the pressure the US is putting on the UK to put "everything" - including the NHS - on the table in trade talks. That this is now at the forefront of public awareness, is thanks to Labour having a leader who's also a lifelong campaigner.
