Best of Bylines Network: 28 January 2022

Best of Bylines Network28 january 2022

Byline Times provides a guide to the top stories this week on its sister network of regional sites promoting local writers and citizen journalism

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Arms Dealers, Bankers and Billionaires: Who Backed Boris Johnson’s Rise?

Knowing who donated to Johnson and the Conservatives tells us to whom they might be beholden. The sums they have been given are eye-opening.
Cameron Holloway for East Anglia Bylines

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The War on the BBC

Right-wing politicians, newspapers and pressure groups all want the BBC to be a marginal media presence. It’s time to take a stand.
Granville Williams for Yorkshire Bylines

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Veganuary

Is veganism good for you? Let’s explore some of the difficulties that arise from adopting a vegan diet.
T C Callis for Kent Bylines

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2022: The Year of a Cost of Living Catastrophe

Too many people in our society live insecure and precarious lives as a result of low incomes, few opportunities to improve their situation and vulnerability to changes in circumstances which more affluent citizens can barely imagine.
Barbara Morrison for West England Bylines

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Blinded by the Sun: Why Unregulated Development of Solar Farms will be the Death of UK Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Communities

Documenting the farcical ‘consultation’ on a proposed solar farm in north Nottinghamshire which will be only 27% efficient at best.
James Fitzwilliam for Central Bylines

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Sussex has its very own Link to Europe. Let’s Cherish it

Newhaven is important in Sussex history and could be in its future. Brexit may be unhelpful but does not prevent travel. 
Tom Serpell for Sussex Bylines

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