YouTuber Niko Omilana's prank highlights how few checks are made on the real identities of those who stand for election
Democracy
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psychic rebellion fuelled by tech-driven alternative realities, writes Hardeep Matharu
A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans
The Conservative Party's new leader has appointed a series of Shadow Cabinet ministers whose Government records were clouded in scandal
The Conservative party leader and several leading members of her new Shadow Cabinet have ties to the opaquely-funded group campaigning against plans to reach Net Zero
Campaigners warn thousands of legitimate voters will still be at risk of being disenfranchised under the 'discriminatory' system
Farage's agent broke US federal law for over a year before declaring her work with the Reform UK leader
The re-election of a national populist US President would be a severe threat to the future of liberal democracy
The secret operation was allegedly conducted by former intelligence officials in order to "generate false information" about senior Democrats