Seth Thévoz is a political, cultural and social historian, whose specialisms include the history of British political finance. He has been shortlisted for the Whitfield Prize for the best book on British or Irish history by a first-time author, and (alongside his openDemocracy colleagues) for a British Journalism Award for Best Investigation. His website is www.sethalexanderthevoz.com
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Investigation‘Not like Dominic Cummings!’ Boris Johnson’s dad and the 300-mile lockdown laptop trip
Stanley Johnson’s computer wasn’t working – so a University of Buckingham technician and his young son drove 150...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: The secret cash that put Boris Johnson in Number 10
Cash from secretive Tory groups and anonymous donors played a critical role in demolishing Labour’s ‘red wall’ of...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationInside the elite Tory fundraising machine
The Conservatives told openDemocracy they rely on "small-scale" funding. We explore the Tory donors' clubs and do...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationCabinet Office urged to investigate fresh Tory ‘cash for honours’ scandal
New openDemocracy research reveals one in five elite Tory donors have got top honours, including knighthoods and...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: The elite dining club behind £130m+ donations to the Tories
Private dinners, access to ministers, honours – openDemocracy lifts the lid on the exclusive group bankrolling the...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Russian donors have stepped up Tory funding
As Johnson accused of ‘cover-up’ over Kremlin interference, major new Russian donations to Conservatives revealed –...