Join the conversation: Compulsory voting and standing up to Trump: openDemocracy readers debate whether making voting mandatory would improve politics https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-compulsory-voting-reader-thoughts-standing-up-to-trump/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Delivery riders caught between algorithms and immigration raids: Migrants denied right to work turn to exploitative delivery apps to earn cash, but the government is cracking down https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/delivery-riders-caught-between-algorithms-and-immigration-raids/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Yes, the UK needs compulsory voting. But that alone won’t fix our politics: Simply insisting people vote in elections run by a system they rightly distrust will not improve British politics https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/compulsory-voting-wont-fix-uk-politics-need-system-change-improve-trust/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Only nationalisation can save England and Wales’ failing water sector: Privatisation means the public faces higher bills and pollution as shareholders cash in. Why won’t Labour admit that? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nationalise-water-england-wales-labour-pollution-privatisation-higher-bills/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Israel’s atrocities have destroyed its reputation and its security: Starving children to death won’t win Binyamin Netanyahu the war. It will ensure it lasts for decades https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-gaza-starving-children-to-death-destroy-reputation-security-hamas-us/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

⚠️ Early access to our weekly poll, exclusively for our Mastodon community! Can Corbyn/Sultana's party make the same impact as Reform?

Join the conversation: Will voters turn to Corbyn and socialism over Starmer’s Big Finance love-in?: openDemocracy readers discuss whether voters would back a socialist government, and Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-thoughts-corbyn-socialism-new-party-starmer-finance-labour/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Identifying ‘modern slavery’ can damage asylum claims: The UK’s modern slavery identification system slows down asylum claims. It can even undermine them https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/identifying-modern-slavery-can-damage-asylum-claims/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

How a new Corbyn/Sultana-led party can win voters as Labour flounders: With inequality rife in the UK, there are three main policy areas that a new left-wing party should focus on https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/jeremy-corbyn-new-policy-zarah-sultana-left-key-policy-areas-labour-keir-starmer/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Exclusive: Watchdog probing Starmer aide’s secret lobbying of Tory ministers: openDemocracy findings on Varun Chandra’s activities at Hakluyt prompted official watchdog to launch investigation https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/varun-chandra-hakluyt-investigation-lobbying-keir-starmer-kwasi-kwarteng/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS