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EDITION 86 – june 2026
a warning from a republican
THERE’S STILL TIME TO STOP
YOUR TRUMP
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Reform UK Councillor Shares Racist and Islamophobic Content and Backs Tommy Robinson
BREAKINGThe newly-elected Wakefield councillor repeatedly shared extreme and racist content, and backed multiple far-right figures
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Reform UK Councillors Told to Speak Only to GB News’ as Party Shuns Local Press
Local news editor in Ipswich says Reform party chair instructed his councillors to shut out the press in favour of only speaking to the right-wing news channel
Hardeep Matharu: The Human Interview
‘I Hadn’t Anticipated Developing Empathy for Them, But You Can See How the Conspirituality Belief System Also Serves as a Set of Coping Mechanisms’
Can Hungary’s Democracy Recover from its Systematic Dismantling by Viktor Orbán?
The former Prime Minister did not destroy democracy outright – he re-engineered it into a system in which elections continue but meaningful political competition does not. His successor faces a complex dilemma of how to reform such a regime, writes James Bloodworth
BIG TECH’S BRITISH TAKEOVER
the state of journalism
The US-Israeli Attack on Iran
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EXCLUSIVE
The Fossil Fuel System Is Collapsing – and Taking Civilisation’s Safety Net With It
The Iran war is accelerating an irreversible breakdown of a system on which every hospital, harvest and factory depends – and only a rapid transition to energy superabundance can save us, argues Nafeez Ahmed, Divyesh Desai and Sandrine Dixson-Decleve
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EXCLUSIVE
Revealed: Tony Blair’s ‘Dodgy Iran Dossier’ Helped Shape Trump War Plan
Controversial polling promoted by the Tony Blair Institute, and criticised by academics, helped make the case for ‘regime change’ in Tehran
The Epstein Files
Byline Times coverage of the House Oversight Committee’s revelations
Labour in Power
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Toxic Pesticides Could Be Banned From UK Farms as Government Urged to Align With EU Rules
Ministers are considering a new report by a cross-party body which recommends closer alignment with European rules on limiting the use of harmful chemicals in our agriculture
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‘The Speech I Wish Keir Starmer Had Given’
Alexandra Hall Hall delivers the big reset speech she wishes the Prime Minister actually had made after Labour’s local elections defeats
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EXCLUSIVESadiq Khan Interview: ‘I Know I’m Clickbait, I Know I’m Being Monetised’
The London Mayor talks to Byline Times about how ten years of rising algorithmic online hate has transformed our politics and put his own safety at risk
Migrant Monstering
Putin’s Alternative Warfare
Following the mounting revelations about Russian Interference in democracies
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