Am off to Trinidad for a couple of weeks R and R. See you all on the other side 😊

It's been four years since I was asked for three or four changes in political journalism that might begin to right this ship. (Emphasis on 'begin to...') Here is what I came up with.

🚨DID GOVERNMENT MISLEAD US OVER LIZ TRUSS FOI?

🔴 A few weeks ago, I reported FOI revealing Truss's £15k in flight food and booze bills was sent to a media outlet before requester Emily Thornberry
🔴 Cabinet Office said no, request handled in usual way
🔴 Now Simon Case admits…

Playing Thatcher in front of a derelict church.
You couldn’t ask for a better summary of the modern Conservative Party

'As a spokesperson for Emily Thornberry told this newsletter: “It would be easier to believe that this was an innocent mistake if it hadn't come after two years of concerted efforts by the Cabinet Office to stop this information being released.”'

'The odds of so many major Tory donors in the UK population all ending up in the House of Lords is equivalent to entering the National Lottery 12 times in a row – and winning the jackpot every time.'

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🔴 Rishi Sunak's knighthood for Mohamed Mansour shows one thing: British democracy is for sale

New by me on how Britain's political system is rotten - and how we can change it

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Am back on the Shereen show on BBC Radio Scotland now talking about everything from digital decay to Ukraine to assisted dying with mona siddiqui and Rachel McCormack

Will be on #Shereen BBC Radio Scotland this morning with Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack and @r_McCormack - we will be discussing #Beyoncé . ..

'The odds of so many major Tory donors in the UK population all ending up in the House of Lords is equivalent to entering the National Lottery 12 times in a row – and winning the jackpot every time.'

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There are few parts of the British political system that are unambiguously corrupt. This is one of them.

This is ‘Chris Morris pretending to be the BNP’ level xenophobic cruelty

The political story is Unionism’s biggest fish, apparently ascendant, has resigned without warning in personal disgrace facing frankly staggering allegations. There must be questions of who knew? for how long? and why Good Friday? And there will be lots of questions of what now?

1976-1981 Britain's Asian community stood tall against Far-Right violence & a rising tide of racist murders. #Defiance lifts the lid on Southall protests, the killing of Blair Peach, the Battle for Brick Lane, & how ‘self-defence is no offence’ became Bradford's rallying call.

British democracy is for sale