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Editor's note
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When Ian Foxley got in touch to say he wanted to write for us about whistleblowing, we were intrigued. Ian is a prominent whistleblower, who made a confidential disclosure about large-scale corruption in British government defence contracts in Saudi Arabia. But when his identity was revealed to his employers, he lost his job and source of income. The worst part of it, he writes, was the stigmatisation.
With President Donald Trump stepping up calls for the whistleblower at the centre of the ongoing impeachment inquiry in Washington to be named, we asked Ian, who now researches why people don’t blow the whistle, to explain why it’s so important for their identities to be kept secret. He writes that the confidentiality of whistleblowers is the first line of protection against those in power seeking to destroy people who dare speak up about organisational wrong-doing. And that the fear of being unveiled can prevent others coming forward.
Meanwhile, read the story of Belgium’s first wolf in 100 years, who is now presumed dead, and why craft beer is having an identity crisis.
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Gemma Ware
Global Affairs Editor
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Top stories
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The whistleblower: in Trump’s sights.
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Ian Foxley, University of York
A former British whistleblower on the damage done when those who come forward with the truth are stigmatised.
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Naya was a mother to the first Belgian-born cubs in over a century. All are now thought to be dead.
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Mike Jeffries, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Europe is getting wilder as more people live in cities, but Naya's death shows this trend may have limits.
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Katy Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Feargal Cochrane, University of Kent
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Jonathan Davis, Anglia Ruskin University
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Marco Antonsich, Loughborough University
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Arts + Culture
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Rachael Durkin, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Katherine Butler, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Channel 4 dating show Flirty Dancing is a reminder of the 18th century men who endured endless abuse to get Britain moving.
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Richard Purves, University of Stirling; Nathan Critchlow, University of Stirling
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Beate Peter, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Business + Economy
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Jane Parry, Solent University
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