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28 Apr, 5 tweets, 4 min read
BREAKING: We’ve issued a pre-action letter against the government with ⁦@Foxglovelegal⁩.

We believe it’s unlawful that Boris Johnson is running a ‘government by WhatsApp’. These messages MUST be preserved.

Please join us in this crucial fight for transparency!
We have laws that state govt comms must be reviewed with key ones preserved for the historical record.

Yet this entire period of history is set to disappear down a black hole.

This MUST be challenged in the courts. So we are. But we need your help.

crowdjustice.com/case/stop-disa…
Here’s @MrHarryCole in today’s @TheSun with news of our claim. This isn’t about politics, it’s about democracy.

Texts & WhatsApp & Signal messages are allowing this govt to do business under the cloak of darkness

thesun.co.uk/news/14784160/…
A month ago we sent our first legal letter to the government & explained why we believe it’s breaking the law...

theguardian.com/law/2021/mar/2…
We received a blatantly inadequate response so today we’ve issued this pre-action letter with @Foxglovelegal.

The govt needs to fix this fast - or we sue. Let the countdown begin.

(With special thanks to the brilliant @davemorrissey64 @lisemayer & @PopePower for the film👊👊👊)

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27 Apr
So, we now know that it was Lord Brownlow who paid £58,000 towards the cost of makeover of the PM's Downing Street flat....

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EXCLUSIVE: Half of all donations by registered UK political lobbyists since the register was established in 2015 have gone directly to the Conservative Party, research by @allthecitizens and @BylineTimes can reveal. THREAD: Image
In March 2015, a register of lobbyists was established by the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists to ensure “transparency about the work of consultant lobbyists and their engagement with Ministers and Permanent Secretaries on behalf of clients”
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Emergency contracting rules - given concerns about widespread cronyism, just how long will UK’s public bodies go on awarding government contracts without tender?

Answer: the Cabinet Office isn't saying.
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…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/041788…

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