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The Blue Wall’s Green Revolt: Conservative Support Eroded in Election Due To Weakening Climate Commitments
Almost half of voters in the 251 seats lost by the Conservatives in the 2024 General Election believed that the Government should not have abandoned its net zero policy commitments
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‘The Miscarriage of Justice Watchdog Urgently Needs to Fight for Its Independence and Prioritise Getting Innocent People Out of Prison’
As Andrew Malkinson’s case shows, the Criminal Cases Review Commission has become an organisation obsessed with hitting key performance indicators – mainly relating to deadlines and ‘closing’ files, writes Jon Robins
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COVID Inquiry: What Went Wrong – From Planning for the Wrong Pandemic to a Failure to Make Any Economic Strategy
A damning first report from the COVID Inquiry reveals how three successive Health and Social Care Secretaries failed to put a plan in place to handle the crisis that struck
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Just Stop Oil Protestors Receive Harshest Jail Terms Yet in Case that ‘May Violate Human Rights Law’
The trial and sentencing of the protesters has been described as a “low point in British justice” and an “assault on free speech”
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Climate Report Reveals Two-Thirds of Necessary UK Emissions Reductions Required By 2030 Are Not Covered by Policy Plans
A report by the Climate Change Committee shows just how much action the new Labour Government needs to take to achieve the country’s targets
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Tell MAMA: Why Is Government-Funded Group Under-Reporting Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes by More than 90%?
In part two of his investigation, Nafeez Ahmed reveals how a Government-funded organisation provides a statistically distorted picture of the national crisis of anti-Muslim hate crimes
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Second Jobs and Rail Nationalisation: Labour Sets Out its Plans for First Few Weeks in Power
Keir Starmer’s party has just set our Parliament’s agenda for the first time in nearly 15 years
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JD Vance and the Radicalisation of the Right
Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, used to be a harsh critic of the former US president – now he’s a “dutiful ventriloquist of the Trumpian gospel”. Here’s what happened
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Government-Funded Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Monitor Accused of Focusing on ‘Extremism’
In the first part of this two part investigation, Members of the House of Lords question Tell MAMA’s transparency and governance. The organisation stands by its work.
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The Daily Telegraph’s Disinformation Campaign About the British Empire Laid Bare
The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies
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Andy Burnham Says ‘Lords Reform is Urgent’ as he Slams Unequal Representation as an ‘Outrage’
The Greater Manchester Mayor has called for a “rewiring” of British democracy ahead of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s King’s Speech
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Reform MP James McMurdock ‘Lied’ to Voters, Former Colleague Alleges
James McMurdock’s LinkedIn profile and Reform Party UK bio details “roles at prestigious institutions” – a former colleague tells a very different story
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‘Iconic Donald Trump Assassination Attempt Picture the Right Loves is a Product of the Journalism They Hate’
The image of a bloodied Trump pumping the air with his fist was instantly iconic – but it also symbolises the power of the mainstream media
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Met Apologises for ‘Racist’ Social Media Post That ‘Shocked’ National Black Police Association
Social media users branded the post “outrageous” and it was slammed by the National Black Police Association
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Keir Starmer Urged to Work With Leaders in Governance and Transparency to ‘Rebuild Public Trust’
A letter, coordinated by the UK Open Government Network, has been sent to the Prime Minister offering him support and requesting a meeting
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Trump’s Running Mate JD Vance Says UK is an ‘Islamist Country’ and he Wants US to Abandon Ukraine
Trump’s selection of an anti-Ukrainian, anti-British politician for Vice President, means the UK must urgently look to Europe for our security
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The Trump Assassination Attempt: Myths, Urban Legends and General Ignorance
Dan Kaszeta, who planned a number of protective advances and protection missions for the United States Secret Service, explores the challenges of USSS protection
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‘What Modi’s Moscow Meeting was Really About and why the West Must act to Stop Putin From Expanding his Influence’
Vladimir Putin seeks to build a coalition of nations that either support its actions or remain neutral, thereby undermining the unified stance of Western countries on the Russian war in Ukraine
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Why Armenia’s Latest Anti-Government Movement Failed and What South Caucasus Conflicts Reveal About Future of Global Politics
A charismatic bishop led thousands to protest the government’s handling of tensions with Azerbaijan, but experts say the movement has proven only a flash in the pan
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Failed Firms and CV Boasts – Little-Known New Reform UK MP’s Past Comes Under Scrutiny
Is James McMurdock a business super-star, or has he embellished his CV?
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Why Media Reporting on Rise of Far-Right in European Elections is ‘Breathing Fire in the Dragon we Have Most Reason to Fear’
Explained: How the media keep getting it so wrong
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Black Women Are Three Times More Likely to be Rejected for Jobs at UK Police Forces
During a three-year recruitment of 20,000 officers, police were able to achieve gender parity – but when it came to black women, ‘acute discrimination’ was clear
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Conservative Party ‘Reminded of the Need to Comply with the Law’ After Sending Fake Sadiq Khan ‘Driving Charge’ Notices
EXCLUSIVE: The Information Commissioner rebuked the Conservatives after they sent out thousands of leaflets which tricked voters into handing over their personal data
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Voter ID: Democracy Groups Urge Keir Starmer to Scrap ‘Voter Suppression’ After Long Queues at Polling Stations
“They seemed to be in complete disarray”
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‘Invisible’ Reform Candidates Could Have Swung Election Results in These Seats
Despite the candidates having zero online presence, many still garnered thousands of votes and may have swung close elections
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The Upside Down: Jeremy Bentham – Auto-Icon for the People
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson remembers the original social justice warrior
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Reform Deputy Leader Ben Habib Ousted as Richard Tice Takes Over in Party Reshuffle
The parliamentary ‘entrepreneurial political start up’ has no members, and its shareholding structure gives Nigel Farage ultimate control
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A Young Family’s Heartbreaking Escape From Gaza – in Their own Words
From giving birth at a refugee camp as bombs rained down, to the daily struggle of finding food and water; taking refuge in Rafah to paying smugglers to help them escape to Egypt. A harrowing story of survival
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Scale of Votes with ‘No Impact’ in General Election Revealed as Campaigners Demand Electoral Reform
Record ‘distorted’ election result raises question marks’ for new Government according to Make Votes Matter
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Green Co-Leader Carla Denyer Slams Labour’s ‘Pretty Timid’ Plans and Promises Party is ‘Not Going to be Shy’ in Parliament
The party plans to focus on stopping new oil and gas projects, mandate solar panels on new-builds, lift the two-child benefit cap and address river pollution
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Disability Pride Month: Would You Dare Ask Any Other Marginalised Group What That Is?
Every change that improves the lives of disabled people has been predominantly led by disabled people themselves, whose stories are overlooked or misappropriated, writes Penny Pepper
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Reform UK Candidate Accused of Flouting Election Law with Illicit Campaign Leaflets
EXCLUSIVE: Police confirm they are investigating allegations of potential election rule breach by a Reform UK candidate.
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‘The NHS Needs More Than Just Money – but Investment Really Matters’
As public satisfaction with the NHS and social care is at an all time low, David OIiver examines exactly what the health service needs to get back on its feet
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‘New Pro-Palestine Muslim MPs are a Symbol of our Great democracy, not a Threat to it’
“Disgust at the callous indifference to the decades of suffering of the Palestinians by both main political parties led to the grassroots movement called The Muslim Vote”
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On the Ground With the ‘Darth Vader’ Drone Hunter Brigade in Ukraine
The Darth Vader brigade, which is made up of civilians including a teacher and IT workers, operates as an important first line of defence to keep Ukraine’s capital safe from Iranian-made Shaheds
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‘Keir Starmer Should Signal a Decisive UK Shift Towards Europe When he Hosts European Political Community at Blenheim’
Starmer could relaunch the European Political Community with a defence group of France, Germany, Poland and the UK, to strengthen the European pillar of NATO, and pitch the UK as a strategic partner to the EU
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The Unpopular ‘Popular Conservatives’ Blame the Voters for Their Own Defeat
The ‘Popular Conservatism’ Conference exposed a party firmly stuck in conspiracy-driven denial about why it just suffered the worst electoral defeat in its history
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‘If It Looks Like the Law Was Broken, Police Investigations Must Follow’: Elections Watchdog Receives Flood of Complaints Over ‘Phantom’ Reform Party Candidates
There has been a major public response to Byline Times’ report of ‘super-shy’ Reform UK parliamentary candidates – exposing concerning legal loopholes and the limits of the role of Electoral Commission
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‘Labour Needs to Arrest UK’s Authoritarian Slide, Reinforce our Democracy and Repair the Damage’
The Britain Labour has inherited is a far less free country than it was just a few years ago, and reversing the slide toward authoritarianism will require a committed and concerted effort
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Plaid Cymru MP ‘Sceptical’ About Labour but vows Party will ‘Make a Difference and Hold Them to Account’
Ben Lake and Llinos Medi outline party priorities and concerns as they push for more funding and devolution
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On the Kharkiv Front Ukrainian Soldiers are Galvanised by Victory and Western Arms
“We don’t know if we’ll still be alive next week, so we live as if there’s no tomorrow.”
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Britain’s Critical Overseas Military Bases RAF Akrotiri and Dhekelia and their Role in Modern Warfare
The bases are under heightened threat by Hezbollah amid calls for greater transparency around how they are being used
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Fibreglass Found in Marine Food Chain for First Time – ‘It Can’t be Ignored Like the Microplastic Scare’
As with the microplastic crisis, the economic market responsible for these catastrophes still insists that we do not let it influence our consumer habits
