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Bannon’s Mexican Wall may be Impossible but the Hate it Creates is Real
As Bannon’s PR stunt near El Paso is swiftly followed by a horrific mass shooting, Hardeep Matharu looks back the Cambridge Analytica origins of ‘Build the Wall’.
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The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror
Robert Evans, who first analysed the role of 8chan in online radicalisation after the Christchurch attacks, looks at how far-right terrorism ‘body counts’ have been turned into an online game.
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‘A 17-20% Drop in Contracts’ – The Brexit Exodus has Already Begun
British manufacturing already suffering from as Boris Johnson gambles on a ‘no deal’ crash out of the European Union.
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White Supremacist Extremism Can Never Be Curbed in America without Changing its Gun Laws
CJ Werleman on why America must discuss the right to bear arms as the main reason why mass shootings keep happening.
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MOOD-BASED TRAVEL: The Pleasures of Porto
In the latest in his series exploring how to experience travelling as an antidote to your mood, Kyle Taylor recounts the pleasures of Porto.
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Cash-Strapped Victims’ Charities Must Be Given a Boost Alongside Extra Police Officers
Years of neglect for groups supporting victims of crime must be rectified by Boris Johnson, argues North West England’s former Chief Prosecutor.
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Odeon of Death Review of the Week: The Long Good Friday Agreement
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
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Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage’s ‘World for Brexit’: What is their Opaque New US Lobbying Group About?
In the wake of Labour concerns about ‘dark money’ influencing British elections, Turlough Conway looks deeper at Nigel Farage’s US registered World for Brexit.
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China Calculates on Turning Economic Power into Military Might
CJ Werleman sees a menacing trend in Beijing’s repression of human rights at home and abroad and its readiness to use military force in alliance with the Kremlin.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: The Carl Beech Case Reveals the Potential for Injustice with Historical Allegations of Abuse
Jon Robins on what the imprisonment of the fantasist known as ‘Nick’ shows about how false allegations can ruin lives.
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Watch Out Boris Johnson, the Chickens are Coming Home to Roost
Otto English on why the realities of high office are dawning on our new Prime Minister.
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‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’ – Steve Bannon’s Brexit Catastrophe was All Part of his Wider Plan
Peter Jukes dissects the populist, nationalist ideologue’s BBC performance and the Prime Minister’s failure to account for his relationship to him and his company Cambridge Analytica.
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Behind Boris Johnson’s Rhetoric of Home Ownership, His Government Promises a Far Crueller Society
Tom Cordell on how the new Government’s plans to increase home ownership will only result in housing inequality rising further in the UK.
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Regeneration Will Only Come by Accepting Our Grief Over a Broken Britain
The first step towards rebuilding our country is to acknowledge the profoundness of the damage symbolised by Boris Johnson’s rise to power.
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The Art of Dying – A Medieval Blockbuster for Terrible Times
Mike Stuchbery on reading one of the first printed bestsellers – a book on how to die properly – from his hospital bed.
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The Second Summer of Love – North v South?
DJ and writer Chris Sullivan on the debate about where Rave culture first took hold in Britain.
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Young People Need to Transform Performative Activism on Social Media into Real Action Offline
Molly Greeves on why online platforms should be the beginning, not the end, for those wanting to get involved in the political and social issues of our time.
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Who Killed David Holden? How the Murder of a Sunday Times Reporter has Lessons for Journalists Today
With journalists increasingly assassination targets, Peter Gillman, a former staff member on the Sunday Times’ Insight team, looks at the murder of his colleague in Egypt in 1977.
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‘The Great Hack’: The Fightback Begins in the Brexit-Trump Culture Wars
Sheridan Flynn on the new Netflix documentary following Carole Cadwalladr’s ongoing mission for the truth about how our data is being weaponised to change the world.
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How Trump is Using the Myth of the ‘Violent Left’ to Undermine Democracy
In seeking to categorise Antifa as a terrorist organisation, the US President is adding fuel to the fire of right-wing white supremacists.
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Brexit Britain’s Love Affair with its Navy is Rooted in a Foolish and Costly Obsession with the Past
How Brexiteers’ obsession with the sea and Boris Johnson’s promise of more money for ship-building represents a yearning for the days of Empire.
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Russia Didn’t Need to Hack Votes to Help Elect Trump – It Hacked Voters’ Minds Instead
By overstating the threat, or continually pushing the idea, that Russia hacked votes in the 2016 US presidential election, we may be playing right into our adversary’s hands
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Fear and Loathing in Whitehall
Will a cleansing anti-cyclone come and blow the oppressive suspicions and rumours away and re-establish the primacy of public service in the interests of the nation rather than party, and the principle that no one is above the rule of law?
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Cummings, Elliott, Westley – Boris Johnson’s Game of Russian Roulette
Otto English on how the new prime minister’s appointment of the toxic trio Dominic Cummings, Matthew Elliott and Chloe Westley is a massive hostage to fortune.
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Empty Promises: Boris Johnson’s 20,000 New Police Officers won’t Provide a Solution to Britain’s Creaking Justice System
North West England’s former Chief Prosecutor, Nazir Afzal, on why the new Prime Minister does not have a coherent crime and justice strategy – despite his ‘law and order’ rhetoric.
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Thousands of British Citizens Living in EU would have to Re-take Driving Tests in ‘No Deal’ Brexit Chaos, says Government
New guidance published by the Department for Transport reveals the upheaval a ‘no deal’ Brexit will cause for those looking to drive in EU countries.
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Odeon of Death Review of the Week: Doctor Who – The Out of Time Lord
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.
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Eco Anxiety: The Heat Wave Heralds the Climate Emergency To Us All – Why Won’t We Wake Up?
CJ Werleman on the psychological effects of climate change, its deniers and why younger generations are right to be so disturbed by the future planet that awaits them.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: How the Cash-Strapped Miscarriages of Justice Watchdog is No Longer Independent or Doing Its Job
Jon Robins explores the state of the Criminal Cases Review Commission and the dwindling number of potential miscarriages of justice being referred to the Court of Appeal.
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GEORGE OSBORNE: ‘I Am Not an Expert in Producing a Newspaper’
As an ex-journalist becomes PM, James Hanning’s interview with ex-MP-turned-editor George Osborne explores the London Evening Standard’s commercial dealings, independence and his ‘spiky’ approach to the newspaper.
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Hate Crime Rise During the Trump Era is No Hoax
US Conservatives and anti-social justice warriors are pushing a false narrative about hate crime hoaxes to distract from the alarming reality.
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Enter the Emperor: Why Boris Johnson is our Caligula
With his love of himself, vanity projects and grand pronouncements, Otto English on why Britain’s new Prime Minister shares more than a few similarities with the Roman Emperor who proved too good to be true.
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Odeon of Death Special Review: The Oh, Man
The Odeon of Death with a special look the day’s events through the medium of cinema.
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Life on the Street: 24 Hours in Manchester – ‘EVENING’
Byline Times’ regular cartoonist Slymoon, who has worked with homeless people and experienced periods of homelessness himself, starts his picture essay on Manchester from street level.
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Weaponising News: With a Disgraced Journalist in Number 10, the Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Battlespace
Peter Jukes looks back over three years of information warfare around the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum and asks: how do we distinguish real journalism from disinformation?
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The Life of a Court Reporter: Sentenced to a Year of Terrible Legal Arguments
Byline Times’ court reporter James Doleman documents a bizarre run of cases on his return to the press gallery after a hiatus from the courts.
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Ignore the Squealing Landlords, Rent Control offers the Chance of a Better Society
Tom Cordell on why the Mayor of London’s plans to control private rents in the capital could be the revolution required to break through the housing crisis.
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While Austerity is Intellectually Dead, it is Far from Over in Reality
Jonathan Portes on why ideology, short-termism and a relentless focus on Brexit has resulted in economic hardship continuing in the UK long after the Coalition Government.
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THE UPSIDE DOWN: Not The Normal Norfolk – The Original Opioid Crisis
John Mitchinson on the warm haze of opioid bliss – for good and for ill – experienced by the Victorians. If there ever was a golden age for hard drug use, it was the Victorian era. The widespread use of laudanum (opium dissolved in alcohol) had first been encouraged by the greatest English doctor of…
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Electing Trump was About White Supremacy Not ‘Making America Great Again’
CJ Werleman on the US President’s worrying attempts to gain support by tapping into deeply-rooted anxieties and prejudices concerning race.
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HMRC Staff Diverted to Brexit Work has Boosted Tax Credit Error and Fraud, Report Finds
£1.46 billion has been paid out in tax credits erroneously as civil servants are tasked with dealing with Brexit matters, according to the National Audit Office.
