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Revealed: the Russian ties of Liz Truss's radical right conference
Truss at CPAC Conference at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington DC, February 2024
In a couple of weeks, the US Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) rolls into London. The speakers list is a who’s who of the...
Burnham's chief of staff hosted minister for confidential clients
Andy’s man: James Purnell while director of strategy at BBC
By Adam Bychawski and Peter Geoghegan
A lobbying firm run by Andy Burnham’s incoming chief of staff organised a meeting between Labour minister Douglas Alexander and several of i...
Can Andy Burnham really clean up politics?
At Democracy for Sale we write a lot about lobbying: Israeli arms firms bankrolling parliamentary groups. Ex-diplomats spinning for sanctioned foreign governments. We even got a former Tory MP to lobby for our fake Chinese client for just £...
John McTernan: Why Makerfield finishes Starmer
Well that was decisive. Andy Burnham won Thursday’s by-election by the proverbial landslide. Inevitably the last 24 hours have been filled with instant analysis of what it all means. But there’s one person I really wanted to hear from: John...
Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Nigel Farage doesn’t seem to want to answer questions about his money. The Reform leader has scaled back press events amid scrutiny over an undisclosed £5million gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne.
But while Farage has...
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Journalist. Writer. Muck raker. OCCRP. Author of best-selling Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics. Founder: the Ferret. Former editor-in-chief: openDemocracy. Irish.
Investigative reporter based in London covering dark money and hidden influence with a special focus on the environment.
Jenna is a reporter for Democracy for Sale
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