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Violence Erupts in Georgia After Government Suspends EU Accession Bid
Critics say the ruling Georgian Dream party has twice this week violated the country’s constitution following parliamentary elections now slammed by the EU as rigged
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Ignore Putin’s Bluffs and Focus On the Real ‘Red Line’ in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
There is only one red line in this war and it’s one that Russia crosses daily
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Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world
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‘Our Whole Existence Is Illegal’: What the Police Removal of Traveller Children Reveals About Public and Media Attitudes Towards Community
Police accused of ‘discriminatory’ and ‘heavy-handed’ approach towards children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
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The Conservative Government Put Forward ‘Crappy’ Laws, Say Conservative Politicians
The last Government passed shabbily-drafted pieces of legislation which were only saved by amendments from Labour and the House of Lords, according to two senior Conservative figures
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‘The Selfishness of Wealthy Nations Trying to Shirk the Bill for a Climate Crisis They Caused’
COP29 was far from the dramatic turning point in the fight against catastrophic climate change that the world needs
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Fraud Victims and Whistleblowers Expose How the Financial Watchdog Was ‘Captured’ by Big Finance
A damning new report accuses the City regulator of getting too close to the very sector it was set up to protect consumers from
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Patriotism & Pluralism: the Power of the English Language Comes from Its Migrant Past
Insular definitions of the national past overlook the very things we should take pride in
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Donald Trump’s Hateful Attack on US Government Workers Will Be Cheered by America’s Enemies
“America’s enemies will only watch with glee, as America self-destructs from within”, says former UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Assisted Dying: ‘My Friend’s Dignified Death Convinced Me We Need to Let the Light In’
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice
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The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear
Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation’s accounts
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Liberty: ‘Why We Back the Principle of Assisted Dying – But Oppose This Bill’
Byline Times speaks to Liberty Director Akiko Hart, after the human rights organisation came out against the Assisted Dying Bill
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MoD Blocks National Audit Office Report Amid Calls for Transparency Over Defence Spending
‘This is a truly appalling decision from a department which for decades has been notorious for its careless and wasteful attitude towards taxpayers’ money’
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Georgia Staggers under a ‘Dozen Daggers’ as Protests Continue over Rigged Election Claims
Experts say a complex but systematic series of electoral violations rather than a ‘single smoking gun’ have undermined Georgia’s parliamentary elections
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A Broken Contract: Why Britain’s Democracy No Longer Works for You
Journalist and campaigner Gavin Esler on why Britain’s entire political and democratic system is now failing and what we can all now do about it
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Keir Starmer’s Government Accused of Running in Fear from Right-Wing Press on Civil Servants Working from Home
Union leader accuses the Labour Government of “trying to face both ways” amid threatened strikes over orders for civil servants to return to the office
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Bloomberg ‘Misled’ Investors on Green Credentials of Bonds Worth More Than $50 Billion
The financial data company is accused of listing dozens of bonds as raising funds for a ‘sustainable purpose’ when they could be used to fund fossil fuel companies and deforestation
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Elite Paywalls or Social Media Misinformation: The Alarming Future of ‘Two Tier’ Journalism
“The UK’s news environment [risks] fracturing irreparably along social, regional and economic lines… The implications for our society and democracy would be grim.”
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‘The UK Must Push Ahead with Chagos Islands Deal Before Trump Has the Chance to Overturn It’
The treaty represents a rare victory for international law and the “rules-based order” the UK is meant to stand for
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Civil Service Union Wins Unanimous Supreme Court Victory Over Conservative ‘Attack’ on Its Finances
The last Government’s battle with unions has ended with PCS now able to claw back tens of millions of pounds from Government
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Amsterdam Violence: ‘How the Media Fell Into Benjamin Netanyahu’s Trap’
How did media outlets allow the narrative about this story to become so quickly dominated by one side?
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The Deal With the Devil that Paved the Way for Trump’s Oligarchy
As Donald Trump prepares to usher in an oligarchic dark age, Democrats must reflect on how their own flirtation with plutocracy shattered their party’s chances
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PPE COVID Cash Carousel: Documents Expose Government’s Struggle to Recover £520 Million Lost to Dissolved and Bankrupt Firms
Hundreds of millions were wasted on contracts with zombie companies which vanished before any taxpayers’ cash could be recovered
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UK Government Says Israel Is Not Committed to Following International Human Rights Law
The admission came in a legal statement by Keir Starmer’s Government to the High Court, amid a challenge to the UK’s arms and F-35 exports to Israel
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‘The Police Questioning of Allison Pearson Is a Sign of the Criminal Justice System at Its Best’
The idea Alison Pearson should have avoided investigation simply because of her position at the Daily Telegraph is abhorrent to natural justice, argues lawyer Gareth Roberts
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If Trump Surrenders to Putin Then Europe Will Quickly Need to Form a ‘NATO Within NATO’
European leaders fear Donald Trump could soon open Europe’s doors to Moscow
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COP29: The Gap Between Political Action and the Accelerating Pace of Catastrophic Climate Change Is Terrifying
World leaders are failing to commit to the dramatic action required to prevent devastating climate change, reports Mike Buckley from the COP29 summit
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Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer?
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms
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The Upside Down: The War We Never Mention
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how a country house party in Oxfordshire helped invent democracy
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Amid the Media Noise About ‘Cronyism’, Keir Starmer Is Quietly Reforming Political Standards for the Better
The spectre of Boris Johnson’s assault on standards in public life is slowly retreating, argues Josiah Mortimer
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‘Europe and Canada Must Forget Trump and Form a Coalition of the Willing to Defend Ukraine’
Senior politicians, military leaders and experts send an open letter calling on Europe and Canada to join forces in defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
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Putin’s Constant Long-Running, Long-Range Escalations in Ukraine
As tensions mount over long range missile attacks on Russia, Chris York explains the daily routine for Ukrainians living in the capital Kyiv
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COP29: As the Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump and World Leaders Are Leaving the Stage
The global consensus on tackling climate change is fragmenting at the very moment action is most needed
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‘If Reheated Blairism Is Keir Starmer’s Answer to Donald Trump Then He Is Asking the Wrong Questions’
The UK Government is dominated by figures from a discredited past at a time of radical global change, argues Neal Lawson
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GMB Weather Presenter Says Editors Tell Her to Only Highlight the Most Extreme Climate Disasters as There’s Too Many to Cover
“We have to [only] choose the ‘good’ ones that have the best pictures or the highest fatalities”, says Laura Tobin
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Amerexit: Oligarchy Comes to the United States
Peter Jukes in the December Print Edition of Byline Times
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Prince Harry’s Case Against Rupert Murdoch’s UK News Group Looks Likely to Go to Trial
The Prince is suing the publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World alleging it unlawfully obtained private information about him from 1996 until 2011
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Robert Jenrick Wasted £15 Million on a Contaminated Site to House Asylum Seekers That Can’t Be Used
Conservative ministers purchased the contaminated land and asbestos-ridden buildings, despite warnings from officials
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‘Donald Trump’s Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever’
For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy
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‘Ukraine Will Never Capitulate and Peace Plans Won’t Work – Now Is the Time to Put the Boot Into Russia’
Paul Niland explains why Trump’s talk of a ‘deal’ for peace will never work
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‘The End of Life Bill Debate Is Excluding the Voices of the Very People It Is Supposed to Help’
‘I don’t fully understand why so many people would faint from horror at the thought of hearing a dog screaming in agony but have no real issue with the idea of a human doing that’
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Assisted Dying: ‘There Can Be No Human Hierarchy for Whose Life Is Valuable or Not’
Any law to help people die is the beginning of a slippery slope for disabled people whose lives are already devalued, writes Penny Pepper in her monthly column
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COP29: Drastic Action Is Needed to Bring Global Climate Systems Back From the Brink of Collapse
The election of the climate-denying President elect Donald Trump has raised the stakes at this week’s global climate summit
