Sophia Dourou
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United Kingdom
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Past articles by Sophia:
Tory ‘chumocracy’ could extend to Covid-testing contracts, campaigners reveal
Several government-approved firms providing Covid tests have links to the Conservative party. → Read More
Tories must not abandon Afghan refugees to ‘barbaric’ regime, opposition MPs demand
The UK must live up to its obligations to those who assisted it over the two-decade war. → Read More
Comments by Labour councillor calling for volunteer group to deal with migrant channel crossing spark outrage
In a deleted series of tweets he called for a voluntary 'Home Guard' → Read More
Revealed: A majority of Tory voters think the government’s travel rules are unclear
A new survey shows that the public believe that covid travel rules lack clarity → Read More
The climate catastrophe is not a 'metropolitan elite' concern as leaked Tory comments suggest
The climate crisis is a concern among all communities and affects the most disadvantaged. → Read More
Five unforgettable blunders by Gavin Williamson as rumours about his future grow
A look back a political career characterised by gaffes → Read More
Calls to investigate senior Tory who coached corporate clients on handling MP scrutiny
James Gray MP accepted payments to train witnesses ahead of select committee appearances. → Read More
The leader of the relaunched Brexit Party claims a conspiracy is behind it losing its bank account
In a conference Richard Tice claimed without any evidence someone 'must have had a word'. → Read More
Daily Mail columnist’s ahistorical defence of Thatcher torn to shreds
The column attempts to paint trade unions as the true villain in the miners' strike → Read More
A new report reveals a groundswell of support for increased benefits payments
A survey of 1,647 respondents in the UK found that more than half adults wanted higher benefits for disabled people, carers and lone parents. → Read More
Racist and sexist abuse by anonymous online accounts needs to be stamped out, say campaigners
The government's Online Safety Bill fails to deal with anonymous accounts behind much of the online abuse. → Read More
Here are some explosive claims Dominic Cummings made during his marathon evidence before a select committee
Boris Johnson's former top advisor said that 'tens of thousands' of people died who didn't need to. → Read More
Interview: transparency campaigner on the lobbying industry
Tamasin Cave tells us how the Greensill scandal exposes the utter lack of oversight → Read More
How to tackle the rot in the lobbying system
The lobbying rules in the UK are not fit for purpose — how can we fix them? → Read More
Amazon’s relentless union-busting tactics have no place on our shores
A union is warning the tech giant against using corporate spies and Alabama-style tactics in the UK → Read More
ReJoinEU mayoral candidate: The voices of Londoners who voted Remain are ‘being ignored’
"Brexit won the day, we’ve had Brexit but there are problems with Brexit, and trying to ignore those problems, sweep them under the carpet just isn’t working,” said Hewison. → Read More
Telegraph cartoonist pushes covid conspiracies
Bob Moran has become the darling of the covid deniers and anti-vaxxers, argues Sophia Dourou → Read More
The government needs to protect domestic abuse shelters for women
Campaigners are calling for the government to protect lifesaving women’s domestic abuse services. → Read More
Tory ‘levelling up’ fund is leaving some of the poorest in the country behind
The SNP have slammed the government for depriving some of the poorest Scots of funding in the scandal-hit ‘levelling up’ scheme. → Read More
The Greens have joined calls to increase the ‘pitiful’ NHS pay rise
At their conference, the Greens joined unions in demanding a 15 percent rise for all NHS health and care workers → Read More