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Time to Build a Wall – Against Autocracy
Sergei Cristo, the whistleblower behind the new podcast series Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring, warns about the real threats from abroad
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2024 In Review: The Year The Tory Story Ended
Russell Jones looks back at how the ‘worst parliament in history’ came to its calamitous conclusion
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Will Young: ‘It Got Much Worse After Pop Idol. I’m Surprised There Hasn’t Been an Exposé on The X Factor’
The first Pop Idol winner – and Byline Times supporter – speaks to Josiah Mortimer about the pressures of fame and the stories he believes are still to come to light about the reality TV music world
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The Centrists Cannot Hold: Client Journalism and Our ‘Concierge Media’ Are Threatening Liberal Democracy
Obeying in advance by US and British media means they cannot combat the march of the hard right Broligarchs
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‘Fiscal Nimbyism Makes It Far Harder to Fix Public Services’
Fed by an irresponsible media, neither voters nor political leaders are willing to accept the trade-offs inherent in fiscal choices, writes Chris Grey in his monthly column for the Byline Times print edition
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The Upside Down: Mummers The Word
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores why so many Christmas rituals boil down to fun and money
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The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
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Left-Wing Media Mogul? Environmental Campaigner Dale Vince ‘Interested’ in Funding Breakaway Observer Title
The owner of energy firm Ecotricity tells Byline Times he is open to funding a new media project staffed by Observer journalists opposed to its sale to Tortoise Media
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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Stuck in a ‘Right Wing Doom Loop’ That Will Only Help Nigel Farage
The Prime Minister’s acceptance of right-wing economic orthodoxy is pushing his party and the country towards disaster, argues his former adviser Simon Fletcher
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All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
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The Cosy and Comfortable Liberal-Democratic Political-Media Class and the Darkness Ahead
Who will – truly – hold the line with the prospect of a more extreme politics coming to Britain via the ballot box?
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‘The Pelicot Rape Trial Shows How Pornography is Contributing Towards an Epidemic of Sexual Violence Against Women’
The law must be changed to tackle the impact of easily available sexually violent imagery, says Criminal Barrister Gareth Roberts
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Those Demanding a Swift ‘Peace Deal’ for Ukraine Don’t Understand How Complex This War Really Is
Donald Trump’s pledge to end Putin’s war “in 24 hours” is a fantasy that will be quickly met by painful reality
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Ukrainian Refugees ‘Unfairly’ Blocked From Route to Seeking Permanent Life in the UK
The UK Government is denying those fleeing Ukraine the same rights to permanent residency afforded to those fleeing other parts of the world
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Tortoise and the Heir: The ‘Slow News’ Media Firm Behind the Observer Sale and the Curious Company It Keeps
As the Guardian announces the ‘sale’ of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, Carole Cadwalladr takes a closer look at its moneymen
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Climate Groups Demand Gatwick and Luton Airport Expansion Decision is Delayed
The Government has already approved some airport expansion plans, but these two will be a bigger test of Ministers’ climate commitments
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The Reform UK MPs Already Being Bankrolled by Elon Musk
Nigel Farage is already benefiting financially thanks to the billionaire owner of X
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Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers’ Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech”
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The LGBTQ+ People Fleeing Donald Trump’s America
“We don’t feel safe here. It’s not just Trump, it’s the fact half our country voted for him”
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‘The West Will Regret Abandoning the Georgian People to the Clutches of Russia’
Europe and the US must wake up to the threat posed by Georgia’s repressive Russian-aligned regime, writes the UK’s former ambassador to the country
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The Deepfake Election: How Disinformation Could Swing the 2029 General Election
The next UK General Election could see the perfect storm for political lying, the head of factchecking organisation Full Fact tells Byline Times
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Nearly 40% of Asylum Seekers Housed at Controversial Ex-RAF Site Are Torture Victims
Some 580 asylum seekers are housed at RAF Wethersfield where radiological contamination and unexploded ordnance has been found
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Georgian Protesters Speak Out About ‘Mobile Torture Chambers’ and Reveal How They’re Fighting Back Against Violent Crackdowns
They fear the country’s incoming anti-Western president will quickly push to declare a state of emergency
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If the Government Wants to ‘Get Britain Working’, Why Is It Ignoring All the Learning Disabled People Who Want to Find Jobs?
Less than 5% of people with learning disabilities are employed, while 86% want to be. The Government must think about which Brits it values as being worthy of work
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Unions at War: The Bitter Battle Tearing Unite and the GMB Apart
Claims of bullying and harassment have erupted into public view as Britain’s biggest union faces strike action and internal unrest
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‘Wes Streeting’s Regressive Ban on Puberty Blockers is a Betrayal of Trans People’
The Health Secretary claims to be led by the evidence but has merely furthered the fact-free anti-trans agenda pursued by the Conservatives, argues Helen Belcher
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The Media Must Report On Georgia Violence: ‘Their Fight Is Ours, and the Scale of the Atrocities is Agonising’
Pro-European protesters are raging against the Putin-aligned Georgian Government’s decision to scrap the country’s bid to join the EU
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After Trump’s Return, Britain Is Next in the Firing Line of Putin’s War On Democracy
The real reasons lying behind Elon Musk’s relentless attacks on Keir Starmer and the UK Government
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Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
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Burgers and Lies: The Corporate ‘Ghost Kitchen’ Food Delivery Outlets Posing as Independent Restaurants
A Byline Times investigation reveals how consumers are being offered the illusion of choice, while being sold the same food, from the same kitchens, under entirely different brands
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Alastair Campbell Showed How Keir Starmer Can Defeat Nigel Farage
Here is a ten-point plan for exposing the Reform party leader and his followers
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Keir Starmer’s Plan to Clean Up Political Lobbying Is Even Weaker Than the Conservatives’, Say Corruption Experts
Transparency campaigners slam what they describe as the Prime Minister’s ‘lacklustre’ approach to cleaning up politics
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Starmer’s Plan to Push Long Term Sick Into Work Risks ‘Devastating Deterioration’ of Conditions Costing Even More in the Long Run
The Government’s new plan for welfare has a fundamental flaw at its heart, argues Izzy Wightman
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Israel Is Accelerating Its Plans for the Complete Annexation of the Palestinian West Bank
Netanyahu’s Government is stepping up its plans ahead of the arrival of a sympathetic Trump administration
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The Urgent Challenges Facing Syria Following the Fall of Bashar Assad
The fall of the Syrian dictator poses a whole series of new challenges for the country, says chemical, biological, and radiological weapons expert Dan Kaszeta
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‘Britain’s Deeply Unfair Two-Party Electoral System is Dying and MPs Know It’
Startling new research reveals that this year’s General Election was the ‘most disproportionate ever’ with millions of votes wasted
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Israeli Government Lashes Out at ICC as Leaked Documents Reveal Secret Links to UK Lobby Group
The International Criminal Court is under enormous pressure to drop its arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Government’s ‘Independent’ Extremism Adviser Who Backs Palestine Protest Crackdown Has New Links to Defence Industry
The former MP, who was appointed as a Government adviser by Boris Johnson, faces calls to quit over his potential conflicts of interest
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The Death of the Critic: From Cultural Visionaries to Vacuous Performers
Critics must reclaim their roles as navigators of meaning – not algorithmically-rewarded pastiche provocateurs, writes Iain Overton
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Decision to Limit COVID Vaccines Will ‘Amplify Health Inequalities and Lead To More Hospitalisations’
The decision to further restrict access to vaccines “will leave many vulnerable people unprotected” warn academics and health professionals
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Keir Starmer Considers Closing Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop ‘Foreign Interference’ in UK Elections
A rumoured $100 million donation from Musk to Nigel Farage’s Reform would be banned under the proposal
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The Trumpian Power Worship at the Heart of Jordan Peterson’s ‘We Who Wrestle With God’
In arguing the Left is in league with the devil, Peterson inadvertently reveals the religious reverence to power and money defining the pro-Trump Right
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Sex Workers Fear ‘Disastrous’ Labour Government Plan ‘That Would Put Us Much More at Risk of Violence and Arrest’
Sex workers in the UK speak out after Belgium grants people in the industry employment rights in historic first
