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CLOUDY SKIES: Can Geo-Engineering Save the World?
Dr Adi MacArtney looks at the controversial area of geo-engineering and the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment planned by Harvard University
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David Cameron was in Bed with the Press – Why is he Airbrushing Out his History as a Media Puppet?
Brian Cathcart reviews former prime minister David Cameron’s autobiography and the crucial omissions about phone hacking and the Leveson Inquiry.
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Boris Johnson: The Mask Slips and the True Face of Populism Reveals Itself
Otto English calls time on the eccentric Etonian image of ‘Boris’ and sees Johnson’s antagonism and disdain for Parliament as a dangerous parallel with 1930’s Germany.
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Cabinet Ethics Probe into Johnson’s Hedge Fund Backers
Byline Times has information that the prime minister’s backing by hedge funds invested in a hard Brexit is coming under scrutiny by the Cabinet Office.
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A Visit to Eugeniy Dubitsky: A Victim of the War in Ukraine
Iain Overton reports from eastern Ukraine on the toll taken by five years of war on its citizens – individuals whose lives have been devastated, but who do not dwell on the pain of the present.
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The MP Bridging the Great Brexit Divide
Stephen Colegrave speaks to MP Geraint Davies whose support has increased amongst his predominantly Leave electorate, even though he strongly supported Remain.
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DYING QUIETLY: The Babies Killed by Poverty
In their series exploring the deaths that go unnoticed, Natalie Bloomer and Samir Jeraj examine why infant mortality rates in England and Wales are on the rise.
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David Lammy: ‘Young People are Dying On Our Streets – We Need to Get On with Legalising Cannabis’
Hardeep Matharu sat down with MP David Lammy to discuss privilege, knife crime and cannabis at this week’s Labour Party Conference
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It’s Time to Ban Climate Change Denialism in the Media
CJ Werleman on why The Conversation’s decision to ban climate change sceptics from its site is a move which must be followed by other media outlets.
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From Secularism to White Nationalism: Islamophobia and the Highroad to Extremism
Undercover reporter Ben van der Merwe witnessed the final transformation of a once liberal politician Anne Marie Water into full-blown white supremacism.
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Supreme Court Prorogation Ruling: A Bomb Thrown into the Centre of Boris Johnson’s ‘Do or Die’ Brexit?
Court reporter James Doleman on the momentous ruling by the highest court in the UK which has found the Prime Minister acted unlawfully in advising the Queen to prorogue Parliament.
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Brexit Disaster Capitalism: Are Boris Johnson’s Hedge Fund Backers Driving Policy?
A documentary by Channel 4 confirms Byline Times’ concerns about the potentially damaging role of hedge funds and city traders who are the Prime Minister’s main financial backers.
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A Hospital on the Edge of Civilisation
Iain Overton reports on a medical centre in eastern Ukraine which was caught in an unexpected war – a war which transformed everything.
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WORD OF THE WEEK: seagull manager
seagull manager (n.) an overseer who arrives, ruins everything, then departs without fixing it Two former UK Prime Ministers stepped back into the political limelight this week. One is a level-headed, fiercely pro-European, and still highly respected statesman, who has boldly used his platform to wade into the on-going High Court battle over Boris Johnson’s…
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Football Leaks ‘Whistle-Blower’ Hit with 147 Hacking and Extortion Charges
Portuguese prosecutors this week charged Rui Pinto with 147 alleged offences, including claims he hacked the emails of a major football club and sports investment firm.
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The Show Ends in Mumbai: Why U2 Must Reconsider Its Gig in Modi’s India
CJ Werleman is in danger of burning his ‘Rattle and Hum’ Tour T-Shirt after the Irish band’s recent announcement that its recent tour will end in Modi’s India.
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Why Corbyn’s Neutrality on a Second Brexit Referendum is Well-Meaning but Lethal
Rik Worth argues that while the Labour Party Leader’s position on a second referendum might be honest it leaves the public open to more propaganda and lies.
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The Day I Met the Rude, Bored, Graceless David Cameron
The former Prime Minister is trying to spin his legacy with the publication of his autobiography – but Otto English explains why he’s not willing to let him get away with it
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The Odeon of Death Film of the Week: The Bulk
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. The Bulk (2019) BULK SMASH BACKSTOP! After laugh-a-minute Doctor Alex Johnson is exposed to Gammon radiation, he transforms into the Uncredible Bulk, a violently destructive idiot with his ever-present catchphrase, “Don’t make me Ukippy… you wouldn’t like me when…
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The Great Suffocator: How Nothing Else Matters in Brexit Britain Anymore
From defence to the environment, poverty to animal welfare, for three years now Brexit has suffocated debate and reform in equal measure – but for how much longer will this continue?
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How Donald Trump Became a Vision of Hope for the Hong Kong Protestors
Steve Shaw sat down with political activist Edward Chin in Hong Kong to discuss how the protests taking the island by storm have a different feel from those which occurred five years ago.
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Can Barcelona Provide Answers for Britain’s Housing Crisis?
The Spanish Government has legislated to limit rent increases to match inflation – thanks to an energising new housing strategy being implemented by Barcelona’s Mayor.
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Supreme Court Prorogation Case: The ‘Mother of Parliaments’ Shut Down by ‘the Father of Lies’
Day two of the momentous Supreme Court hearing on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in advising the Queen to suspend Parliament.
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Lord Andrew Adonis to Step Down from House of Lords if Elected Labour MP in Kate Hoey’s Constituency
Lord Adonis spoke to Oliver Murphy about potentially becoming the first life peer to hand back his peerage to sit in the House of Commons.
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How Can the World Move on So Easily from the Brutality in Kashmir?
Why the world’s waning interest in the violations occurring in Kashmir at the hands of Narendra Modi are so dangerous for its eight million Muslims.
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Department of Health has ‘No Assessment or Analysis’ on Effect of No Deal Brexit on Death Rates
Concerns have been raised by doctors and academics about the potential implications of both a lack of supply of medicines and a decline in wider public health following a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
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A Royal Reality Check: How the Prorogation Crisis has Revealed the Queen as the Hollow Heart of the British Constitution
The greatest distinction of the Queen’s realm – that she has always been ‘above’ politics – has led to her historic humiliation and Anthony Barnett to ask: what’s the point of her?
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Lessons Not Learnt from Windrush Scandal over English Language Tests Cheating Claims, MPs Warn
The Home Office has made no effort to identify overseas students wrongly accused of cheating in oral exams, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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Supreme Court Prorogation Case: ‘No Prime Minister has Abused his Powers in this Way in the Last 50 Years’
day one of the momentous hearing at the UK’s Supreme Court to determine whether the Prime Minister acted unlawfully in advising the Queen to suspend Parliament.
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JUSTICE FOR DAPHNE: ‘Maltese Authorities Still Won’t Tell Us Who Wanted her Silenced’
Updates on the lasting legacy of the murdered Maltese journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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The Warning of an Empty Lectern: Why Boris Johnson’s Brexit Humiliation is Dangerous for All Europeans
Dutch writer Chris Keulemans reflects on the battering Britain’s standing has taken with the rest of Europe – but warns there is no room for complacency anywhere.
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A Brexit Hard Border in Ireland Threatens a ‘Return to a Murderous Bigotry’
Poet and playwright Frank McGuinness recalls the hard border of his youth in Donegal, and fears for our future under the cruel arrogance of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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Pro-Trump Entities Weaponising Twitter to Promote a Hard Brexit, New Analysis Shows
The same online forces supporting the policies of US President Donald Trump are also bolstering those of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to an expert examining propaganda on social media.
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Uncivil War – A Social Media Conflict Without An End
Otto English laments how the culture war that began with the EU Referendum has now polarised and enveloped every aspect of our national debate online.
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No Expatriate is Safe from Having their Human Rights Violated by the Emirates
While the UAE’s mistreatment of migrant labourers is well documented, CJ Werleman shines a spotlight on the abuse being perpetrated against other visitors to the Emirate.
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Odeon of Death: Solent Red
Solent Red (2022) In a polluted and starving Britain of the near-future, Charlton Heston’s under-resourced policeman discovers the terrible truth about the nation’s main food supply, Get Ready-Brek… The Odeon of Death can be found on Twitter at, perhaps not altogether surprisingly, @OdeonofDeath.
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Scofflaw
(n.) someone who treats the law with contempt; someone who deliberately flouts rules that are difficult to enforce
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Government Covering Up £100m Brexit Consultancy Contracts
Whitehall has been condemned by a powerful all-party committee of MPs for being over secretive about the award of nearly £100 million of management consultancy contracts to handle Brexit. The Commons’ Public Accounts Committee has accused Whitehall of breaching Government guidelines in making details of the contracts public, awarding nearly all of the work to…
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Why Boris Johnson’s Funding from Hedge Funds is a Matter of Public Interest
Following Byline Times’ story on the donors to the Prime Minister we provide more information on our findings and the importance for British politics
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Brexit Disaster Capitalism: £8 Billion Bet on No Deal Crash-Out by Boris Johnson’s Leave Backers
While the Prime Minister defies the law and insists Britain will leave the European Union on 31 October, his backers stand to make billions out of the disaster.
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Beyond Brexit: 44 MPs Rebel to Save our Planet as Parliament is Prorogued
Some MPs can see past Brexit to the bigger issue of saving the planet, reports Stephen Colegrave, who headed to Parliament for an Extinction Rebellion meeting on the day it was suspended.
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DYING QUIETLY: The Cost of Staying Alive
In their series exploring the deaths that go unnoticed, Natalie Bloomer and Samir Jeraj examine the impact of austerity and the shrinking of state social safety nets.
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A Constitutional Crisis? Boris Johnson’s Suspension of Parliament Ruled Unlawful
Will the UK Supreme Court agree with Scotland’s Court of Session when it makes a final decision on the proroguing of Parliament next week?
