SubscriptionsYear: 2026
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Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years
Exclusive: Reform UK’s Sam Journet branded “Britain’s worst councillor” as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council
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‘Digital Armies’ and Disinformation: How Big Tech Is Hitting Brazil’s Upcoming Election
Caroline Orr Bueno reports on how Brazil became a testing ground for information warfare
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Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform’s barring of critical journalists from their conference an “authoritarian” attack on the free press
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán’s government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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‘Andy Burnham’s Plans to Make Britain Great Again Are the Polar Opposite of Trump’s’
If Burnham succeeds where Trump has failed, the whole MAGA agenda will be exposed, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Andy Burnham’s Pledge for Electoral Reform: What We Know So Far
After years of pressure from campaigners, a Labour Prime Minister has now finally committed to overhauling Westminster’s First Past the Post voting system, reports Josiah Mortimer
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Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister’s emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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UN Acknowledges ‘Conflicts’ of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders
The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held “off-site meetings” with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Ukraine Comes Under Assault From Putin’s Terror and Trump’s Delusions
Paul Niland reports from Kyiv as the city comes under attack from Putin’s new strategy of ‘psychological terrorism’
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Nigel Farage-Backed Bitcoin Firm to Buy Gold Dealer That Paid Him £685,500
The deal would put the Reform leader’s gold bullion ‘brand ambassador’ fees in the hands of a crypto company he part-owns
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Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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‘Almost Started A War’: Trump Administration’s AI Policies Are Hurtling Towards Catastrophe
The same technology marketed as the only way to defend the US from China militarily may be the very thing that starts a war with them in the first place, reports Caroline Orr Bueno
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Bonnie Greer: The Golden Thread
Stephen Colegrave pays personal tribute to our much-loved Byline Times contributor, who died last week
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Reform Council Leader Denies Climate Change Crisis After Record Heat Deaths
Leader of Kent County Council dismisses recent surge of wildfires and heat deaths as a “scare” and suggests the world is merely emerging from a “mini ice age”
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Revealed: The Pro-Hitler Messages Behind the ‘Neo-Nazi’ Libel Case Funded by Reform’s Crypto Billionaire Donor
Ben Delo financed a failed defamation case brought by two writers, who privately exchanged pro-Hitler messages and talked about studying Mein Kampf, against a British Jewish artist who accused them of antisemitic bullying.
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Nigel Farage Handed Platform by GB News to Defend Reform UK’s £72m Donations From Crypto Billionaires
“These donations are completely legal,” insisted the Reform UK leader as he used his first appearance as a GB News host for six months to dismiss all questions about where his party is getting its record-breaking funding from
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Why Canada Could End Up With a Better Deal With the EU Than the UK
As the UK continues to hesitate over drawing back towards the EU, Canada has spotted an opportunity, argues former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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The Two Professors and a ‘War On Ideas’
The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces around hierarchies and structural power – and who gets to belong in our institutions
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How Reform UK’s Crypto Billionaire Donor Christopher Harborne Made Millions From the UK Taxpayer
Have UK taxpayers inadvertently helped fund Nigel Farage’s party?
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The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked ‘Patriot’ Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
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Conservative Donor Is Major Player in Gambling Syndicate That Used George Cottrell’s Betting Accounts
Adam Franks’ firm used the convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide as a stalking horse to place bets, according to court documents
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Reform UK Could Pocket Nearly £500,000 in Interest if They Are Forced to Return £72 Million Crypto Billionaire Donations
EXCLUSIVE: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity
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Behind the AI ‘Extinction’ Power Bid: Soaring Costs Could Hit 10% of World GDP
AI firms are invoking unproven extinction warnings to justify restrictions on developments by their smaller rivals whilst seeking greater influence over regulation
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Why Reform UK Could Be Forced to Hand Back Their £72m Donations From Crypto Billionaires
Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo gave a record £36 million each over the weekend to Nigel Farage’s party, but a new law means they may have to take it all back
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Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell’s Inner Circle Hosted Indicted Cocaine Trafficker
Cottrell’s partner is the sister of two men indicted over an alleged operation involving 5,670 kilograms of cocaine, who are tied to one of the most powerful organised crime groups in the Balkans
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From 9/11 to Southport: The Deadly Blind Spots in Britain’s Counter-Terror System
Suha Kidwai examines why, a quarter-century after 9/11, a system built around extremist ideologies still struggles to confront people fixated on mass violence
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Reform UK Members Dismiss Climate Crisis as ‘Farce’ After Record Summer Heatwaves
Attendees at Nigel Farage’s party conference suggest crisis is manufactured by the Government in order to control the population
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Conservative Peer Hosts Far-Right Activists Alongside US-Funded Anti-Abortion Group
Prominent Neo-Nazis attended the event in Parliament, hosted by an anti-abortion group, in which they called for politicians to “stop importing an invasive foreign serf class”
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Jason Arday: The Story Behind the Story of The Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him
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Green Party Split Over Iran as Members Push to Oppose IRGC Ban and Sanctions
A conference motion with significant backing urges an end to sanctions on Iran and opposes banning the IRGC – putting party policy on a collision course with its own MPs
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Voter ID Has Damaged Trust in UK Elections, Study Finds
Young people, low-income and trans voters were among the groups hardest hit by the policy imposed by the last Conservative Government, academics found
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Reform UK Donations Overwhelmingly Have Overseas or Tax-Haven Ties
Analysis of the latest Electoral Commission filings shows 87% of the £5.4m in donations newly-declared by Nigel Farage’s party came from donors linked to offshore jurisdictions
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‘Israel’s Shrill Attack on Ed Miliband Exposes Its Weakness’
Alexandra Hall Hall, a former UK diplomat who worked on the Middle East Peace Process in the Foreign Office, argues that Israel’s extreme response to the UK shows it is now losing the argument
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‘A Cap on Donations Is Not Anti-Union — It Is Anti-Oligarchy’
New Electoral Commission figures show £14.2 million flowed into party coffers in three months, one day after ministers finally admitted mega-donations are a problem
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Key UK Nuclear Deterrent Link Destroyed Over Yorkshire
The Ministry of Defence has refused to clarify whether the catastrophic mid-air failure of the Trident relay system was a weather accident or sabotage
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The Undemocratic Power Grab at the Heart of Restore Britain
Rupert Lowe says he is committed to ‘direct democracy’ but Restore Britain’s own founding documents, seen by Byline Times, reveal that doesn’t apply to his own party
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Andy Burnham Insists He Still Backs Electoral Reform After Amendment Blocked
Ministers offer cross-party talks on changing Westminster’s voting system as bid for speedy reform stalls
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Jason Arday’s Death Has Unmasked Trump’s Support for Anti-Black Racism
The reinstatement by Ghent University of Nathan Cofnas – a key figure in the Jason Arday affair – followed pressure from Trump’s State Department
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The BBC Is Just Nodding Along
The corporation’s news coverage has lost its soul as a bulwark against unaccountable power and extremism, writes a former BBC News producer
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‘Our Anger Over Jason Arday’s Death Is Not Enough’
As Cambridge University launch an inquiry into the case of Professor Arday, led by former Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal, Richard Sudan from The Voice argues his death must inspire action, accountability and lasting change
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Reform UK Sting Broadcast by Channel 4 Confirms Years of Byline Times Warnings
The extraordinary footage echoes concerns raised by Byline Times over the sources and beneficiaries of money flowing into Farage’s party.
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‘The 2026 Plan to Steal This Election, and All Those After’
If Republicans fail to hold onto the House or Senate in the 2026 midterms, Brynn Tannehill comes to the conclusion that they will reject the results
