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The Price of a Progressive Society is Constant Vigilance – Germany Must Face Up to its Rising Fascism Now
Following the murder of two people in a kebab shop and outside a synagogue in Halle last week, Musa Okwonga examines why a country which has done well to hold a mirror up to its past horrors is turning away from this when it is most necessary.
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Northern Ireland Matters in Brexit – But So Do Jobs, Wages and Public Services in the Rest of the Country
Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London, on what Boris Johnson’s Brexit may mean for the UK as a whole.
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Big Boris and Brexit Doublespeak Surround Us – Where Does the Truth Lie?
Otto English considers how we have entered into an Orwellian world in which Brexit governs all and its supporters attempt to convince us daily that night is day and day is night.
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Scowth
scowth (n.) a period of time off from work; scope or freedom to focus on other things
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Julian Assange to Stay in Prison While his Fight Against Extradition to the US on Espionage Charges Continues
The WikiLeaks founder appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court this morning via video link from Belmarsh Prison.
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If ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’, You’d be Stupid Sticking With Donald Trump
CJ Werleman pens an open letter to those who remain stubbornly loyal to Donald Trump, despite measurably worsening economic conditions in the US.
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‘Back to 60’ Pensions Scandal: 1950s Women Launch Crowdfunder to Bring Appeal
A campaign group determined to secure compensation from the Government for 3.8 million women, born in the 1950s, who face a six-year delay in getting their pensions is continuing its fight.
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Odeon of Death: Joker
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
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‘A Sikh Man Standing Up for Muslim Women Mattered in Exposing Boris Johnson’s Divide and Rule Dog Whistle Politics’
Hardeep Matharu sat down with MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi to discuss his passionate taking down of the Prime Minister and his derogatory comparisons labelling Muslim women as letter boxes and bank robbers.
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Will Brexit Lead to Separate Time Zones in Ireland?
A new European Union directive aims to abolish daylight saving time, which could result in a one hour time difference between the north and south of Ireland following the UK’s exit from the EU.
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Political Education Could Do More for the Many than Abolishing Private Schools
Helping more people to understand how our democracy works should be a greater priority than abolishing elite schools, Rik Worth argues.
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Court Asked to take EU Brexit Extension into its Own Hands to Keep in Check Boris Johnson’s “Trumpian” Tactics
James Doleman reports from Scotland’s Inner House of the Court of Session on another legal wrangle involving the Government on Brexit.
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IMPEACHMENT SCANDAL: Will Trump’s Phone Call Lead to Ukraine’s Surrender and Putin’s Victory?
Stephen Komarnyckj on the resignation of the US Special Representative and what the mounting scandal actually means on the ground in Ukraine.
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Rape and Grooming Gangs: How Islamophobic ‘Sex Crimes’ Propaganda Fuels the Far-Right
CJ Werleman on how women are weaponised in racist myths as victims of Muslims, with the result more women are subject to racist attacks.
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‘Joker’ Review: This Dark Tale of Gotham City Shows How a Hellish Populism Could Take Hold of Our Society
Chris Sullivan gives his take on the controversial new film starring Joaquin Phoenix and compares its dystopian vision with 1970s New York and the UK today.
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Hedge Fund Insider: The Psychology of Making Markets
Byline Times’ hedge fund insider argues that hedge funds are not a conspiracy, but they do manipulate market psychology and have unpredictable feedback loops.
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Germany Calling: at the Crossroads of Europe
Mike Stuchbery reflects on leaving the UK behind after a tumultuous three years.
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‘He Must Comply’: Court Assured that Boris Johnson Will Ask EU for Brexit Extension if No Deal Reached
“It would be destructive of one of the core principles of constitutional propriety… for the Prime Minister or the Government to renege on what they have assured the court,” Lord Pentland ruled.
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Government Refuses to Make EU Brexit Extension into Legal Pledge
Boris Johnson’s Government found itself back in court today – this time refusing a request to make its Brexit extension plan into a legal order.
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WORD OF THE WEEK: public house bargain
For the past several weeks, it has seemed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s approach to the on-going Brexit negotiations has been to keep his cards close to his chest, and then at the very last moment reveal that he wasn’t ever actually holding any cards at all. Throughout that time, Britain has looked dangerously and…
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‘Back to 60’ Pensions Scandal: The Fight Isn’t Over, 1950s Women Vow
The battle for 3.8 million women to be compensated due to a rise in the pension age continues, reports David Hencke, despite yesterday’s High Court ruling dismissing their case.
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Islamophobic World View of Tulsi Gabbard’s Guru Revealed in Unearthed Recordings – Can she Still Run for President?
Shocking revelations from 8,000 pages of transcripts of Gabbard’s spiritual guru reveals racism in the sect at the centre of her life and her 2020 presidential campaign.
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The Odeon of Death Film of the Week: Nineteen Eighty-Four II: The Return of Big Brother
Nineteen Eighty-Four II: The Return of Big Brother (2019) “Nobody heard what Big Brother was saying. It was merely a few words of encouragement, the sort of words that are uttered in the din of battle, not distinguishable individually but restoring confidence by the fact of being spoken. Then the face of Big Brother faded…
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‘Judy’ Review – “If I am a Legend Why Am I So Lonely?”
Chris Sullivan reviews the film Judy and considers how the star became a victim of her own fame.
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The Dangers of Priti Patel’s Racial Gatekeeping
Musa Okwonga examines how politicians with immigrant backgrounds are using this identity to win popular support for regressive policies against minority groups.
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The Nasty Party has Returned and Bigotry is All it has Left
Otto English explores the Conservative Party’s transformation into a platform for right-wing populism – and how so much has been lost as a result.
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Foreign Interference: Trump Leans on Johnson to Meddle in Mueller Probe
Donald Trump, currently mired in new allegations of using Ukraine to interfere in the next US election over the summer, was at the same time reportedly asking the British Prime Minister to help discredit the report of Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel tasked to investigated Russian interference in the US. A heavily redacted version of…
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MONSTER POWER: Steve Bannon’s Crucial Role in the Radicalisation of the Far Right
We presently have, for lack of a better term, a serious Nazi problem. White supremacists are openly marching in the streets and committing mass murder so frequently it’s nearly impossible to keep on top of every incident. It may seem like this all just happened overnight, but this explosion of proto-fascism can all be traced…
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MOOD-BASED TRAVEL: Miami Beach
In the latest in his series exploring how to experience travelling as an antidote to your mood, Kyle Taylor gives his take on Miami.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Standing Up to the British Media Protects Us All from Press Abuse
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Ben Stokes and Gareth Thomas are fighting for us all when they speak out against the appalling behaviour of our tabloid media.
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Why Do Land Values Matter?
Tom Cordell examines the approach taken to create modern homes in Liverpool where, although land values are low, there are still challenges to overcome.
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How We Came to Forget: Imperial Amnesia Helped Propel Brexit – It’s Time to Set the Historical Record Straight
Hardeep Matharu explores a new National Trust project designed to shed light on the colonial roots of country houses and the need for a more honest, less mythical discussion of Britain’s past.
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Why is Katie Hopkins Still Allowed to Spew her Muslim Hate on Twitter?
The social media giant is being complicit in promoting the kind of rhetoric that inspires white nationalist domestic terrorism, argues CJ Werleman.
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Brexit Disaster Capitalism: Government Doffs Tinfoil Hat at Questions over Hedge Funds and Conflicts of Interests
Concerns first raised by Byline Times about the hedge funds and City backers donating to Boris Johnson were discussed in an Urgent Question in Parliament today.
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Family of Daphne Caruana Galizia ‘Hopeless’ Following Launch of Public Inquiry into her Assassination
Concerns have been raised about the independence and impartiality of those tasked with conducting the inquiry into the investigative reporter’s murder in Malta in 2017.
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The Populist Right Weaponising Animal Rights
With the 2019 Conservative Party Conference focusing on animal welfare, Nick McAlpin warns that unscrupulous elements are currently preying on animal welfare.
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THE UPSIDE DOWN: The Point of Wasps
John Mitchinson on why we should cut the pub garden pest some slack.
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Will President Zelensky comply with Donald Trump’s Demand to Investigate Joe Biden?
Stephen Komarnyckyj digs deeper into Hunter Biden’s connection with the Ukrainian gas company Burisma and the shark tank of Ukrainian politics under Viktor Yanukovych.
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WORK OF THE WEEK: Ettercapped
They say heroes come in all shapes and sizes. If you support Brexit, for example, your current hero likely comes in the form of the glabrous Machiavelli currently working the gears of 10 Downing Street—and whose supposed reputation for political shrewdness belies the fact that he’s now engineered the government’s seven consecutive defeats in the…
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Found in Translation: The ‘Close Strangers’ of Europe Speak to Us All
Emma Burnell discovers many wider echoes in the dramatisation of tensions between Ukrainians and Poles.
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The Odeon of Death Film of the Week: Humbug
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
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An American Freelance Journalist on the US ‘Kill List’
CJ Werleman talks to Bilal Abdul Kareem, a Muslim American citizen who is a constant target of unexplained extrajudicial murder.
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Incendiary Politics: How to Stop Fanning the Flames
Do not follow Bannon and Trump into the furnace of extremism. However outraged and provoked we feel, we must not rise to the bait of Johnson and Cummings.
