Tech start-up aiming to ‘end rape’ at UK universities spoke at far-right rally: Ambassador of anti-rape company Enough took to stage after Tommy Robinson ally who called for ‘re-migration’ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-end-rape-bristol-far-right-rally-tommy-robinson-democratic-football-lads-alliance/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

The City’s big investment in Starmer’s Labour is about to pay dividends: Reeves’ Mansion House speech shows the corporate takeover of Labour is complete https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/rachel-reeves-keir-starmer-labour-finance-private-equity-takeover/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Trump’s support of Israel’s war aims will scupper his hope of a Nobel prize: The US president is desperate for a peace prize. That doesn’t align with Netanyahu’s plans for ethnic cleansing in Gaza https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trump-israel-gaza-iran-ethnic-cleansing-nobel-peace-prize-netanyahu/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

‘One in, one out’ Channel deal is just another cruel gimmick: Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/one-in-one-out-channel-deal-is-just-another-cruel-gimmick-uk-france-migration/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Are grooming gangs the far right’s golden goose?: The far right cynically uses child sexual exploitation to push an anti-migrant and islamophobia agenda https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/are-grooming-gangs-the-far-rights-golden-goose/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

To fight ban on Palestine Action, we must learn from university protesters: Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/palestine-action-ban-proscription-labour-governmnet-learn-university-protests-campus/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Who funds Nigel Farage's Reform UK - and why?: Reform claims to represent the working man, so why are its coffers being filled by 'the elite' it rallies against? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/who-funds-reform-uk-nigel-farage-george-cotrell-podcast/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

If the political party you feel most aligned with took a donation from a source you're morally opposed to, would you change your voting behaviour? _ We just released the newest episode of our podcast In Solidarity where we took a look at who is funding Reform UK and why.

Who is funding Nigel Farage’s Reform party - and why? | In Solidarity - by openDemocracy

With Ethan Shone

County lines and cuckooing: an ‘appalling failure of child protection’: Children across the UK are used to sell drugs, and the state appears more interested in arresting them than helping https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/county-lines-and-cuckooing-an-appalling-failure-of-child-protection/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Weak UK lobbying laws let fossil fuel giants influence climate policies: Oil and gas firms were able to water down or change Conservative policies without scrutiny, new report finds https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/weak-uk-lobbying-laws-let-fossil-fuel-giants-influence-climate-policies/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS