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On the Road in the Vovchansk Region of Ukraine as Terrified Civilians Flee Their Homes Amid a new Russian Offensive
Evacuees are seeking safer ground in the face of a brutal Russian attack, reports Joseph Roche
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GB News ‘Facing Revolt’ For Risking Staff Safety by Cutting Taxis to Work In Plan Dubbed a ‘Pay Cut in Disguise’
Staff were offered a £1,000 pay bump as compensation – but GB News even acknowledged it may not cover the expense needed to get them to work outside normal business hours
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Post-Brexit Reliance on US Service Exports Deepens UK Economic Inequality
Despite widespread economic stagnation and declining productivity in the UK, service exports -particularly to the US – are buoying the economy, highlighting London’s increasing dominance and escalating living costs
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Number of Preventable Deaths in UK Doubles –but Coroner’s Orders to Stop Them Happening Again ‘Just Collect Dust’
More evidence that the UK health and emergency services have “profoundly failed” the NHS which is now in a “state of emergency”
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Rohingya Muslims Flee Violence in Myanmar as ‘Hate-Driven Unnatural Disaster Unfolds’ – Sparking Pleas for UK and US to Act
The attack on Buthidaung – where thousands of Rohingya Muslims had sought refuge – has been called a “turning point” in what has been dubbed a “slow-burning genocide”
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‘The Media’s Role in Contributing to a Culture that Humiliates Victims of Rape and Sexual Assault’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on the most common mainstream myths around women and sexual assault that are perpetuated through journalism
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GB News Presenter Darren Grimes ‘Playing Into Far-Right Tropes of a Muslim Takeover’
The host posted a series of AI-generated memes featuring Labour leader Keir Starmer in Islamic dress alongside Muslim women
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The Upside Down: ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’
John Mitchinson explores how a 600-year-old poem by an unknown poet can reset our moral compass
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Telegraph Pours Thousands of Pounds Pushing Anti-Labour Stories on Social Media
The right-wing newspaper’s ads seem to skirt the line of partisan campaigning, prompting a note from the Electoral Commission…
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‘Russia’s Red Line Warnings Were Bluffs so Rules Restricting how Ukraine can Defend Itself Must Be Scrapped – Putin Can’t do Anything About it’
Restrictions on how Ukraine uses weapons supplied by the West should be ditched so it can “achieve a faster victory”
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Reform Party Candidates Continue to Make Richard Tice’s Insistence the Party is not Far-Right Seem Questionable – Here’s More Examples
For the second time this week Byline Times exposes more Reform UK candidates sharing content from far-right influencers and commentators
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‘Lord Walney Wants to Stop the Public From Acquitting Protesters – to Safeguard Those Making Money From the Issues They Demonstrate Against’
He wants juries to stop finding defendants not guilty and to prevent judges from applying laws “differently” when they involve issues like climate change and anti-racism
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Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has put Nigel Farage on her ‘Misleading’ Campaign Leaflets and Electoral Authorities say There’s Nothing They can do About it
The leaflets give voters the false impression that she has been endorsed by the Reform UK leader
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Green Party Pledges Swathe of Nationalisations and NHS Surge in Manifesto Dubbed ‘Amateur Hour’ by Tax Expert
The Green Party has unveiled a manifesto that promises to bring water companies, the Big Five retail energy firms, and the rail network into public ownership, positioning the party significantly to the left of Labour – even if they don’t use that word
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Celebrity-Run Children’s Home ‘Twice Misled’ Ofsted Over Serious Safeguarding Incident Which Saw it Shut Down
Ampika Pickston’s AP Care Homes Ltd has been barred for caring for children since late January and is now subject to a Care Standards Tribunal
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United Ireland Referendum Needs to Involve Minority Groups as ‘Balance of Power Sits with Those Left Out of the Conversation’
Migrant communities could be the hidden kingmakers in a border poll, but to engage they must feel safe
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‘Labour Must Revisit £28 billion Green Pledge: It’s Affordable, Profitable, Crucial for Net Zero and will Create Jobs’
Labour ditched its plans in February but has announced a new net zero transition policy – it isn’t enough
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Nigel Farage and an ‘Extraordinary Lack of Curiosity’ from UK Government and Intelligence Services Over Possible Russian Interference in Brexit
“It did strike me as ridiculous that, given the overt nationalism of the Leave.EU campaign, it was involved in discussions with representatives of the Russian Government”
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How Rishi Sunak ‘Changed the Rules’ to Keep the Conservative Party in Power
The Prime Minister accused Keir Starmer of wanting to “change the rules so they’re in power for a very long time”, despite the Conservatives making a long list of changes to elections designed to keep them in office
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Helicopter Cash: Rishi Sunak’s Reliance on Taxpayer-Funded Air Travel Exposed – and the Conservative Donors who Fund his Trips and Benefit From Huge Government Contracts
The Prime Minister’s penchant for air travel dwarfs that of his predecessors flies in the face of the Government’s net zero pledges and comes days after his D-Day dodging shame
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Cross-Party Campaign Backs 30 MP Candidates Who Have Pledged to Fight for Electoral Reform – and Could Oust Conservatives
11 Labour, 17 Lib Dem and two Green candidates win Compass groups’ backing, and could form pro-reform caucus if elected
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Rishi Sunak and the Mickey Mouse Manifesto: A Work of Bleak Fiction for Another Age
The Conservative manifesto might make a line in an exam paper in 30 years. But voters desperate for change are unlikely to take notice
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Celebrity-Owned Children’s Care Home Hired Two Managers ‘Sacked from Previous Jobs’ who Oversaw Safeguarding ‘Chaos’ that Led to Closure
AP Care Homes Ltd is run by reality TV star Ampika Pickston and was bankrolled by her fiance, West Ham co-owner David Sullivan
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Manchester Metropolitan University Criticised for ‘Boasting About Sustainability While Allowing the Destruction of Biodiversity’
The Uni is allowing invasive ground investigation surveys which critics say could disturb or even destroy active birds’ nests protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act
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More Reform UK Candidates Caught Sharing Conspiracy Theories, Racist Memes and Marxist Conservatism
One Reform candidate defended himself by suggesting that his social profile makes clear that his retweets and likes “are not endorsements”
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‘We Can Stop Lying in Politics – But Will a New Government Pay Attention to the Public’s Demand for Honesty?
At this moment in history, lying can no longer be dismissed as an unpleasant by-product of the political game – and we can do something about it, writes Compassion in Politics’ co-founder
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Gaming the Refs: Watchdogs ‘Captured’ Amid Cuts and Political Pressure – as Lid is Lifted on UK’s ‘Lax’ Regulation Regime
Report exposes over 100,000 cases of corporate wrongdoing since 2010, with rule-breakers often given just a slap on the wrist
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Why a Court Fight Over a Czech Organisation Winning ‘our National Lottery’ is So Important
The Gambling Commission is being sued for mishandling the bidding process amid concerns that ‘thousands of good causes’ that rely on funding may miss out
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Conservatives Promote JCB’s ‘Revolutionary’ Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
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Labour Candidate and Starmer-Ally Faces Antisemitism Complaint Over Controversial Remarks on Marxist Jews
Luke Akehurst’s remarks about Marxist Jews spark outrage, with critics claiming they play into “Good Jew / Bad Jew” trope
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Georgian Officials Accused of ‘Whitewashing’ State Violence With Trip to London
The UK Government is being urged to take action against Georgia as the US on Thursday announced sanctions against a “few dozen” Georgian Dream officials
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Conservative Party Threatens Byline Times with ‘Ludicrous’ £30,000 Copyright Claim Over Images Exposing Candidate’s Links to Convicted Drug Dealer
Jonathan Gullis refused to comment on our story while Stoke on Trent Conservative Federation threaten punitive legal case
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‘The Mistreatment of Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen Speaks to Hierarchy of Racism in Starmer’s Labour Party’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on the deselection of left-wing Labour parliamentary candidates and what this suggests about race and representation in politics today
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Rishi Sunak’s D-Day Dodging Shows he has Abandoned his National Service
The Prime Minister, who wants to force young people to spend an entire year of their lives serving their country, wouldn’t even devote one afternoon to it himself
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‘Disabled People Must Have the Capacity and Freedom to Vote’
There are 14 million disabled people in the UK – are politicians even considering them in this election campaign?
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Why Mexico Electing First Woman President Doesn’t ‘Automatically Translate Into Hope’
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was elected Sunday in a historic victory considered a ‘significant advance’ for Mexico democracy but for feminist groups, she has much to prove
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Brexit is the Election Elephant in the Room – But Business Leaders Know the Truth
Brexit has barely been mentioned during the election campaign – but the impact on businesses and the economy is so much worse than the public might think
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Demand for Voting Overhaul as One in Six Commons Seats ‘Haven’t Changed Hands for a Century’
Over eight million voters live in ‘one-party fiefdoms’ as over 100 parliamentary seats have been held by one party for a century or more
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Fears Over Russian Oil Grab in Antarctica Might be ‘Trolling’ to ‘Unsettle its Opponents’
News that a Russian polar survey vessel found a vast oil field off the coast of the British Antarctic Territory has caused significant alarm
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Who is ‘Posh George’? Meet the Aristocrat and Convicted Fraudster Close to Nigel Farage
George Cottrell was Farage’s Chief of Staff until he was found guilty of wire fraud in 2017. He’s now returned to the Reform leader’s side as an advisor
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Israel Accused of Using White Phosphorus in Lebanon Amid Fears of an All-Out War and as ‘Hidden Crisis’ Unfolds
Since the beginning of the conflict, about 90,000 southern Lebanese have been forced from their homes and at least 350 people have been killed
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New Porton Down Costs Spike 500% and Facility 15 Years Behind Schedule — and Nothing was Done to Prevent it
Ministers and civil servants condemned for lack of transparency and accountability with no one able to show actions “taken to hold leadership accountable”
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Conservative Candidate Accused of Misusing Magistrate Title AGAIN as He Campaigns for Re-Election
Restanding Conservative candidate for Lincoln Karl McCartney has previously been criticised for the same trick
