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Putin, Pashinyan, and the Stillborn Karabakh Deal
Neil Hauer reports on a revealing interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin indicates the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could have ended weeks earlier than it did and with fewer losses for Armenia
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The Student Grading Debacle Has Entrenched Social and Racial Inequality
Dr Suriyah Bi explains how this Summer’s grading fiasco renewed class discrimination, further disadvantaging young people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds
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Book Burning: Library Cuts Are an Affront to Democracy
Maheen Behrana reflects on the harsh austerity imposed on libraries, and its impact on political consciousness
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Change the Channel: The Beginning of the End for the Murdoch News Empire?
CJ Werleman reports on a tumultuous year for the Australian-born media mogul who has done more than any individual to push the anti-democratic agenda that culminated in Trump
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Minister and Officials Held Talks With Saudi Regime Over Newcastle United Takeover
Sam Bright and Adrian Goldberg provide details of discussions held between Saudi and UK officials over the future of Newcastle United
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Inside the Community Groups Providing a Lockdown Lifeline
Volunteers helping to supply food and support to vulnerable people during lockdown tell Gill Oliver and Anna Wagstaff how the social welfare system is failing
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Conflict in Ethiopia: Confronting the Effects of Empire
The war in Ethiopia should not be considered an isolated story but one that is inseparable from the global events of 2020, writes Yoseph Kiflie
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Britain Faces Disruption at Ports Without Facilities for Enhanced Checks on Goods As Brexit Looms, MPs Warn
Plans to create new inland lorry sites to check goods have not gone beyond the drawing board, a parliamentary committee reports
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Government Set For £16.2 Billion Private Sector ‘Test and Trace’ Splurge Despite Repeated Failures
The spending watchdog documents the failures of the corporate-led ‘Test and Trace’ system, yet says we should brace for more private sector involvement in the Coronavirus response
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Firm with Links to Matt Hancock’s Family Awarded £5.5 Million COVID Testing Deal
The chairman of the healthcare firm is the former business partner of Matt Hancock’s mum and step-father
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Free Speech or Hate Speech? The Billionaire Corporate Press Given a New Licence to Monster Minorities
Brian Cathcart on the press regulator IPSO’s decision to use the cover of press freedom to undermine the freedom of people whose gender, race, religion or sexual orientation the newspapers despise
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The Times of Islamophobia: How the Demonisation Works
Moazzam Begg explains why Rupert Murdoch’s flagship newspaper had to make an apology to him and the advocacy organisation CAGE and argues that deeper questions about Islamophobia still stand
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Brazil’s Dangerous Use of Pesticides is a Danger to the Whole World
Brazilians are facing severe health problems from using pesticides in farming and it is an issue that goes far beyond the country’s borders reports Monica Piccinini
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The Rubber Duck Protestors Taking on Thailand’s Untouchable State Power
Steve Shaw reports on the protests that have rocked Thailand by people wanting reforms of the influence held by the country’s monarchy
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The Brexiters Who Fled Britain
With more jobs shipped abroad by the very people who supported leaving the EU, the Byline Times Team considers which members of the Brexit battalion have moved their residences or businesses to other shores
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Starmer’s Strategic Silence on Brexit Is Not Enough
Mike Buckley argues that the Opposition must be able to provide a frank appraisal of the situation facing Brexit Britain and how the country can progress from its current state of crisis
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Tottenham Hotspur Owner Takes Over Ancestral Land in Argentina
Carole Concha Bell reports on how a British businessman and football club owner has sparked a conflict between an indigenous community and Argentina’s security forces
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Government Refuses to Condemn HSBC for ‘Colluding’ with China in Hong Kong
The British bank froze the accounts of people involved in Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy as leading activists are convicted of their roles in mass protests
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The Hounding of Billie Holiday
Chris Sullivan reviews the documentary ‘Billie’, detailing how one of the greatest singers of all time was hunted by officers at the Federal Bureau of Narcotics
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Home Office’s E-Border Controls Plan Lags Behind Costing Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions, Watchdog Reveals
Delays uncovered by the National Audit Office coincide with other delays in Government plans to introduce new Brexit border controls and custom checks
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‘I Contacted Cabinet Office and Offered to Buy a Machine in China’ says Marine Firm Owner Given £5 Million Contract for Masks
Sam Bright speaks to the owner of a naval design firm about how he acquired a contract to supply face masks – who also appears to reject the consensus of scientists and officials on the Coronavirus pandemic
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Alt-Right Pseudoscience – Part 2: The Free Speech Union and Scientific Racism
Nafeez Ahmed reveals British commentator Toby Young’s defence of the Nazi-inspired Pioneer Fund and explores how discredited race science has been normalised under the guise of ’free speech’
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UPDATED: Britain’s Cod Awful Fishing Fiasco
There is currently no legal basis for the UK’s distant-waters vessels to fish cod in Norwegian waters from the end of this year, reports David Hencke
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Britain’s Last Day in Brussels: A Populist Punch-Up
As the end of the Brexit transition period fast approaches, Blaise Baquiche recalls the day British MEPs said goodbye in the European Parliament
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The Upside Down: The Year of No Yule – How the Puritans Created Christmas Without Meaning To
John Mitchinson explains how increasing intolerance around festivities in the 17th Century helped promote a reactionary backlash
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Government Outsources Responsibility for Outsourcing
The professional services giant Deloitte is being employed to help the Government to interpret and implement its own ‘Outsourcing Playbook’
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Will Putin’s Russia Set Its Sights on Destabilising Moldova?
Nikola Mikovic reports on developments around Transnistria, Moldova’s Russian-sponsored breakaway region
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George Eustice’s Trumpian Dog-Whistle Will Only Embolden the Far-Right
With the Government minister failing to condemn Millwall football fans’ booing of players taking the knee, Adrian Goldberg argues that this was no isolated incident
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Advertisers and Football Bodies are Complicit in Gambling Addictions
Nathan O’Hagan argues that regulations on the gambling industry in football are not nearly enough to tackle addiction
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Misguided Priorities: Britain Cuts Foreign Aid While Boosting Defence Spending
Boris Johnson has promised Brexit means a Global Britain but plans to cut foreign aid in favour of defence spending is likely to mean the opposite explains Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
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Brexit Will Leave ‘Global Britain’ Internationally Redundant
Now that Brexit Britain is isolated on the international stage, it will be down to America and the European Union to lead the liberal, democratic alliance, says Mike Buckley
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Wealthy London Areas With Low COVID Case Rates Included in Rapid Testing Programme
Westminster and the City of London are among the areas receiving lateral flow tests, despite having relatively low case rates, reports Sam Bright
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Alt-Right Pseudoscience – Part 1: Lockdown Sceptics
Quiet hospitals? False PCR tests? Nafeez Ahmed reports on how the British commentator Toby Young is using COVID-19 disinformation to radicalise conservatives
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The Truth of the Matter: How the BBC Can Save Itself
Patrick Howse reviews a new book about the forces raging against the BBC, and offers some solutions to the broadcaster’s current predicament
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For All was Lost: Comparing US and UK Soldier Deaths in the ‘War on Terror’
New analysis by the Action on Armed Violence charity has tracked how many British and American combatants have died since 2001
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Government Orders Local Areas Not to Deploy Negative Brexit Ads
Boris Johnson’s Government isn’t prepared to risk the reputation of Brexit, no matter what the cost, reports Sam Bright
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Latin America on the Edge: Pandemic Mishandling, Corruption and Authoritarianism Ignite Mass Dissent
Carole Concha Bell reports on the social unrest exploding across Latin America as governments fail to address the Coronavirus pandemic and its consequences
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The Price of Cheap Meat: The US Food Giants Eyeing up Brexit Spoils
Tom Scott reports on the US agribusiness giants that have infiltrated the UK market, and the opportunity provided by Brexit for the further expansion of these ruthless firms
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Britain Gears up to Join the Space Arms Race
Steve Shaw reports on UK Government plans to build a Space Command in Scotland and the dangers of a new arms race in outer space
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József Szájer: Homophobia, Hypocrisy and the Authoritarian Personality
Szabolcs Panyi explains how the MEP apprehended in an all-male orgy in Brussels was the leading combatant in the legal and culture wars against LGBT rights in Hungary
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Chumocracy: Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Business Partner Appointed to Senior Trade Role
The former Conservative Party vice-chair has been given a high-profile Government job, alongside an ex-Conservative MP
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Sunak Schmoozes Rebekah Brooks
The Chancellor held a private meeting with the Murdoch media bigwig, reports Sam Bright
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Truth Defence Special Report: Lawfare in the UK
Justin Scholberg launches a campaign to reform British libel laws which, in the era of social media, are becoming a chilling threat to free speech and political debate
