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Peter Oborne’s February Diary 2021: More Lobby Deceit, French Fabrications and Ignoring Genocide
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. Here is his February column
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Cashing Out: New Currency Kings Emerge in the COVID World
Martin Baker explores how the Coronavirus pandemic has hastened the rise and demise of digital and physical currencies
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The End of the Union: Identity Meets Provocation
Jonathan Lis explains how English exceptionalism has forced the rest of the United Kingdom to decide between its identities
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Meghan and Harry: The Political Failure of the Monarchy
With the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the British Royal Family had an opportunity to change itself and, in a small way, to change Britain – but didn’t take it, says Jonathan Lis
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New £14.4 Million Government Contract Awarded to Firm Owned by Conservative Donor
The company owner has donated more than £2.5 million to the Tory Party in recent years
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A Selection of Misleading Statements Made by Boris Johnson and Ministers on the Floor of the House of Commons: July 2019 – December 2020
A selected list of misleading statements that Peter Oborne has sent to the Speaker of the House of Commons
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How Much Longer Can Women Live Like This?
In response to the news that a police officer has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Sarah Everard, Sian Norris reflects on why women have responded with such sadness and rage
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This is the Time for Journalists with Standards to Stand Up and Be Counted
In the wake of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s treatment by large sections of the tabloid press, Brian Cathcart argues that too many decent reporters have been turning a blind eye for too long and that it is time for change
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Labour in the Wilderness: The Party Must Reclaim Its Working-Class Roots
Thomas G Clark argues that Labour’s branding focus on winning back the ‘Red Wall’ shows how lost it is
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‘Implying Anyone Who is Not White Is Not English is a Bad Message for the State to Send’
Professor John Denham dissects a peculiarity on the 2021 English Census, which could have potentially damaging repercussions
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A Green Brexit? How UK’s Departure from the EU Could Be Good For Tackling Climate Damage
Rupert Read analyses how Brexit could be implemented in an eco-friendly way
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THE UPSIDE DOWN: Playing the Game – How Sport Can Set Us Free
John Mitchinson explores the connection between liberty and fair play
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Incarcerated by Myths: The Meghan and Harry Affair Has Exposed the Fact-Free Press
The distortion of truth, for political and commercial gain, underpins the British newspaper industry, says Sam Bright
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Beyond the Masquerade: The Real Powers Behind the Hollow Crown
Hardeep Matharu explores how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have exposed the real power structures in Britain – now in full destructive, neo-imperial retreat
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Coronavirus and Cultural Supremacy: Punishing the Cult of Exceptionalism
Adam Hamdy argues that a year of fighting COVID-19 has revealed the lazy, superior assumptions of the West and Britain in particular
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Inside Nigel Farage’s New Money-Spinning Project
Henry Anderson delves into Farage’s financial newsletter, revealing its ties to an EU-based company and fake health news
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Several Years’ Worth of Expensive PPE Purchased by Government, New Stats Show
Paying inflated rates to companies without competition, Matt Hancock bought a vast excess of equipment, official records reveal
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QAnon and the Failure of Prophecy
CJ Werleman looks at the ways the conspiracy theory persists despite the facts, and how it is rapidly merging with white evangelical Christian nationalism
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IWD 2021: The Global Anti-Rights Networks Behind Madrid’s Anti-Feminist Rally
A virtual protest organised by Spain’s Women Of The World Platform is part of a global assault on women’s and LGBTIQ rights, reports Sian Norris
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IWD 2021: Internet Now ‘Most Dangerous Place’ to be a Woman Journalist
A new study by Reporters Without Borders exposes the dangers faced by women journalists online and off
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IWD 2021: Corporate Supporters of International Women’s Day Fail to Deliver Equal Pay
Data analysed by Byline Times reveals that firms supporting the International Women’s Day campaign have gender pay gaps of between 10-38%, Sian Norris reports
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IWD 2021: Radical Feminists and Radical Right Form Unlikely Alliance on International Women’s Day
A protest march to Washington D.C. will bring together radical feminists and activists linked to anti-abortion groups in protest of LGBTIQ rights, reports Sian Norris
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Let the Nation Mourn: UK Marks One Year Since First COVID-19 Death
Amongst the politics swirling around the Coronavirus crisis, Britain must find time for collective grief, says Stefan Simanowitz
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Ideology and Psychology: Where Does Extremism Come From?
CJ Werleman reports on a Cambridge University study which could shed new light on why some people support violence in the name of political or religious beliefs
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‘Our Worst Fears Coming True’: Hungary’s Assault on Free Press Continues
The suspension of Klubrádió’s broadcasting license means one fewer independent voice in a media landscape fuelling prejudice and discrimination against marginalised communities, reports Stephen Delahunty
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Owner of Firm Awarded £275 Million in COVID Contracts Makes Donation to Conservatives
The owner of a medical company that won huge PPE contacts has donated to Boris Johnson’s party
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New £19 Million COVID Contract Awarded to Conservative Donor
Firms which have donated money to the governing party have now been awarded COVID-19 deals worth £900 million, though the latest firm denies any political interference
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Shaun Bailey’s Poverty Shaming is Symptomatic of a Wider Problem
There is still a steady and pernicious denigration of low income groups by the Conservative Party, says Maheen Behrana
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Budget 2021: Why is Rishi Sunak Deliberately Harming a Whole Sector of the Economy?
Mike Buckley assesses how the Chancellor is making an economic and political error by continuing to not provide support for company directors, representing 900,000 businesses
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Jenrick Pours a Billion in Public Money Into Conservative Marginals
The Communities Secretary is once again using the Towns Fund plan to shore up Tory seats – including £50 million to his own constituency, reports David Hencke
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‘It’s Been Happening For Years’: Anti-Traveller Racism Across Britain’s Campsites
Following revelations of a blacklist of Irish Traveller names at holiday camp Pontins, Sian Norris speaks to a member of the Traveller community about an alleged pattern of discrimination
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Company Owner Featured in Government Brexit Newspaper Campaign Charged With Fraud
One of the business owners featured in the advertising drive is fighting charges of embezzlement, fraud and theft
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Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak is Bailing Out Himself
The Chancellor is asking the UK to foot the bill for his monumental mistakes, argues Sam Bright
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Review: ‘I Care a Lot’ – The Respectable Face of Mobster Mentality
Jon Bailes explains how the Golden Globe-winning part played by Rosamund Pike represents a new professionalised Gangster Paradise
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Another Country: From Cool Britannia to Nationalist Hubris
Professor Chris Painter wonders how Britain has turned into such a radically different country in the space of a decade
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The People Fighting the UK’s Factory Farm Expansion
Claire Hamlett speaks to the activists taking councils to court over intensive farming
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Sunak is Peddling the Same Austerity Fallacies as His Predecessors
David Barker unpicks the Chancellor’s claims that public sector cuts benefitted Britain during the pandemic
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How the Pandemic Helped Africa’s Longest Dynasty to Tighten its Grip on Power
Natasha Livingstone explains how a combination of state support and repression during the COVID crisis has bolstered Togo’s 54-year dynasty
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Putin’s War: Money, Ideology, Troll Farms and TV Stations
Zarina Zabrisky talks to Russian cyber warfare and security experts Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan about the Kremlin’s evolving information warfare
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The Network: The American and Russian Moralists Behind the January Insurrection
Heidi Siegmund Cuda talks to network disinformation specialist Dave Troy about how a trifecta of Conservative, Russian and military psyops tried to overturn global democracy
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Lack of Specialist Services is Failing Children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
As the Government launches a review into the care system, Byline Times reports that children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder are being failed.
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The ‘Grenfell Industry’: Council Accused of Misspending Disaster Recovery Funds
Sam Bright speaks to survivors and the bereaved, who believe that funds allocated to help them following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire have been squandered by a council they compare to the ‘Mafia’
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Why the Plight of India’s Farmers Should be a British Cause Too
Minreet Kaur speaks to those living in Britain, with land and families in India, about the impact of the Modi Government’s controversial agricultural reforms on them
