This has been a pretty amazing election for @openDemocracy, and I’ve been really proud of all my colleagues & our contributors. Here’s a quick thread of some of the highlights. Enjoy!
We (@PeterKGeoghegan & @SAThevoz) revealed how disaster capitalist Russian oligarchs have stepped up their funding of the Tories: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
Our economics editor @L__Macfarlane tore shreds out of many of the stats and supposedly “impartial” analysis going round: opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/…
Then, @sunny_hundal revealed how India’s Hindu Nationalist BJP was interfering in the campaign, in favour of the Tories: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Anti-Semitism expert Antony Lerman argued that Labour’s critics are themselves getting away with dog-whistle anti-semi-Semitism: opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-…
My colleague Jim Cusick revealed that the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security committee has complained that Downing St acted beyond its remit by covering up for Johnson’s donors in the Russian interference report: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
Then, @sunny_hundal revealed how Hindu nationalist groups are running a “shocking” campaign against Labour over Kashmir: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
The one and only @guystanding showed the links between rentier capitalism and the rise of neofascism: opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/…
Digital analysis by @adambychawski and @allytibbitt showed the Lib Dem campaign lagging at a time when other outlets were still bigging it up: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
I showed how a “comfortable with violence” anti-Corbyn page got round Facebook’s political transparency rules by setting itself up as a T-shirt outlet: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
18 year old Temilola Fayokun explained why she - and many, many other first time voters - couldn’t get to the polls, in what looks likely to be a premonition of one of tonight’s big stories: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Vivek Kotecha explained th connection between the care home crisis and tax havens: opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/care…
“Platform companies are acting under pressure to tackle political advertising – but their actions may have unpredictable consequences” argued @katherinedommet, discussing the risks of political ad bans: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
And then, @PeterKGeoghegan, @JennaCorderoy and @SAThevoz revealed the elite dining club which has funnelled £130m+ to the Tories: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
And @PeterKGeoghegan showed how former Vote Leave data chief Thomas Borwick was playing silly-buggers on with vote-splitting Facebook pages: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
While @Frances_Coppola, writing about our findings, argued that the Tories have shifted from the party if business to the party of the financial elite: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
In our collaboration with @TheBristolCable, @AdamC_Corn showed how online lies were swinging voters in the marginal seat Filton and Bradley Stoke: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
And @billybriggs revealed how people in North East Fife were complaining that the Lib Dem’s had dressed up their leaflets as trusted local newspapers: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
In Northern Ireland, @AmandaFBelfast looked at the extraordinary fact that DUP de-facto leader Nigel Dodds looks likely to lose the traditional unionist stronghold of North Belfast to Sinn Féin: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
And Laura Basu wrote for @_ourEconomy about austerity amnesia in the election: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
The boss, @maryftz, went public on a bizarre legal battle we’ve been having with the Lib Dems, in which a Lib Dem press officer faked-up fraudulent evidence: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
On the back of fresh evidence revealed by @JennaCorderoy, @SAThevoz and @PeterKGeoghegan, the Cabinet Office was urged to investigate a “fresh Tory cash for honours” scandal: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
And @maryftz & Jim launched a petition with @OborneTweets to stop Britain’s watchdogs from sitting on various enquiry findings until after the election: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
While @GuyAitchison examined the Tory threat to civil liberties: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
I investigated how American-style dirty money and smear campaigns were being deployed against Corbyn in the election: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
And @natalieben made an appeal to non-voters: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Jim Cusick revealed that the Lib Dem’s had added data to the electoral roll before selling it for £100k to the Remain campaign - and had tried to cover it up: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
The Tories have raised record amounts of money during this campaign. @SAThevoz investigates their elite fundraising machine to find out where it all comes from: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
In North East Fife, Billy Briggs explores the UK’s closest marginal - and the fight over Scotland’s Remainers: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
I investigated anti-Gypsy racism in the Tory campaign, and found myself in tears in Hartlepool’s Wetherspoons at the horrors I found: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
Looking at the Labour campaign, @DarrenLoucaides wrote from inside Momentum about what they really do and why they’re so successful: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
“This election is turning Britain’s minority communities against each other” warned @sunny_hundal – “and the tensions could reverberate for years: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
The Tory and Labour narratives about Britain are both broken, argues @GerryHassan. What does this mean for Scotland today? opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Both Labour and Tories have been praised for having more female candidates this time. But @carolinejmolloy’s research showed that, while Labour are running women in winnable seats, Tories are putting them up in no-hopers: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Amid all the debate about Corbyn’s leaked papers, @CaveTamasin got her hands on shareholder letters from a US health giant - which show just how much they’re cozying up to Tory appointee NHS officials: opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/the-…
And @carolinejmolloy did perhaps the most detailed analysis of the leaked trade-deal papers, showing prettt conclusively that they do show the NHS is at risk: opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/nhs-…
With the Prince Andrew scandal exploding in the middle of the election, @suzanne_moore, @AnthonyBarnett and I discussed what it all means for us abolitionists: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Early on, while many other outlets still thought Johnson was an asset to the Tories, I revealed how Conservative candidates in key marginals were avoiding putting him in their propaganda: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
As the Brexit party stood down candidates for the Tories, @Neal_Compass asked why the Right does solidarity better than the Left: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Can we save children’s rights from school surveillance? Asked @jenpersson opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
The extraordinary @OborneTweets risked his career in the Conservative media by explaining why he will vote against Johnson’s Tories: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Our economics editor @L__Macfarlane outlined what’s at stake in this election: opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/…
Dodgy bar charts and misinformation were uncovered by @MattyEdwards23 in Bristol North West: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
Pro-Labour Facebook groups have helped close the Tory online funding gap in recent days, found @EddChurch reporting from Cardiff North: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
In Teeside, @adambychawski found Tory councillors sharing online lies: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
The Tory who blocked upskirtinf laws has given £100,000 of taxpayers’ money to an anti-political correctness group, revealed @JennaCorderoy & @PeterKGeoghegan: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
Joe Jones, chair of the Gypsy council wrote about life in Britain’s most maligned minority, and what Tory plans would mean for families like his: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
- @carolinejmolloy has just revealed how Tory leaflets in northern marginals are spreading the xenophobic trope that migrants are to blame for the NHS crisis: opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/tori…
And, after speaking to people all over the country, I argue that the Tories are waging war on truth as part of a voter suppression campaign aimed at damaging trust in democracy - and that the media have joined in: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Our founder, @AnthonyBarnett, wrote about the NHS and recovering from heart surgery during the election: opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/this…
And, as our editor in chief @maryftz argues here, all of this work costs money. So if you appreciate it, please help pay for it: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra… thank you!
