hang-choice (n.) a choice between equally unappealing options
When Far Right and populist figures such as Hungary’s Viktor Orban talk about a ‘crusade’ to defend ‘Christendom’ – this should ring some very shrill alarm bells.
Matt Hancock accused of “wholly untrue” Parliamentary answer dismissing local MP’s plea for cash-strapped Clinical Commissioning Group
Peter Jukes argues that the public broadcaster is easily gamed by bad actors and vested interests who can break the rules with impunity – just like so many other key British institutions.
Stephen Colegrave interviews Dr Scilla Elworthy about her business approach to peace, and the qualities of feminine intelligence for women and men as essential skills in building a safer world.
Otto English on the PR person behind the apparently spontaneous Leavers for Britain movement and her Westminster Think Tank connections.
Homeless people risk being banned from their local train station under an increasingly used order called a Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP).
The 2nd Century tombstone near Hadrian’s Wall tells a story as exotic as anything out of Game of Thrones, the epic love story of a woman from Hertfordshire and her partner from Syria.
G7 leaders will gather to discuss calls for a ‘Christchurch Call’ to combat terrorism and violent extremism on social media – but what about the news sites of the traditional press?
The Government’s ‘Clean Growth Strategy’ will not honour the Paris Accords, MPs are warned.
Writer and DJ Chris Sullivan explores how ‘Amazing Grace’, the new Sydney Pollack film finally released nearly 50 years after its original due date, got him thinking about the origins of Gospel music.
As Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage dodges more questions about who is bankrolling his new ‘grassroots movement’, Otto English asks: why the need for secrecy?
Faisal Khan asks: what next for the Islamic State following the loss of its Caliphate?
Omar Benguit is still trying to prove his innocence for the murder of a student he is adamant he had nothing to do with. Omar Benguit has spent almost 17 years in prison for the senseless killing of a Korean student in Bournemouth as she walked back from a nightclub in the early hours of…
Psychologist and therapist Emmy van Deurzen argues that, beyond the lies and propaganda around Brexit, something more dangerous may be at play – self-deception.
In the wake of the Sri Lankan terror attacks CJ Werleman reports on how Muslim communities have been at the forefront of combating extremist groups.
Here’s how you can get involved over the weekend.
(n.) a non-committal, equivocating politician [19C slang] There were local elections in England and Northern Ireland this week (though not, despite what Boris Johnson thinks, in London). And with the results now in, for the first time in a long time one clear message has been sent to Westminster: the overtly pro-Remain Lib Dems and…
The GP At Hand app had led to one tiny medical centre in London now serve more than 48,000 patients. MP Andy Slaughter calls for inquiry into the digital services undermining the NHS.
The former Mayor of London and Foreign Secretary is on manoeuvres this summer: James Hanning explores the possible pipelines of money fueling him.
Far from being topics of taboo, integration, immigration and racism have been politicised for years in dishonest narratives. Are Tony Blair and other centrists going down the same path again as populism rears its ugly head once more?
The story of the Beguines is important to remember in a time of increasing social fracturing.
Climate debate focus shifts to the Global South as thousands gather in Parliament Square to demand a climate emergency
Otto English on how it’s not only Claire Fox who is taking the wheels off the Brexit Party bus.
Thousands of homeless people have been turned away from London’s flagship No Second Night Out (NSNO) scheme in recent years, Byline Times can reveal.
Sexism is a potent political force and an important part of Assange’s legacy. We ignore it at our own peril.
McGarry was sobbing throughout today’s hearing, with the court being told that she had suffered from “serious mental health issues”. Court 1 at Glasgow Sheriff Court isn’t the kind of courtroom you see on TV. It’s in a small windowless basement with no jury box – juries don’t sit there – and no witness box,…
Mike Stuchbery argues that Petrarch’s passion for his muse Laura triggered the Renaissance imagination and paved the way for modernity.
Populist, anti-elitist, libertarian? Nigel Farage’s new party doesn’t have any ‘members’ and is secretive, authoritarian and looks like a one man dictatorship.
Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri – both named by the murdered Maltese investigative journalist fir their offshore ‘Panama Papers’ accounts – are now under fresh judicial scrutiny.
Extinction Rebellion is meeting London Mayor Sadiq Khan today, and tomorrow Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Shadow Chancellor John Mcdonnell. But the hope lies in fearless cities, not tepid symbolism.
CJ Werleman on the spreading ‘white genocide’ ideology and online radicalisation behind the rising tide of Far-right terror attacks.
The Count of the Saxon recalls the first book to record the timeless British refrain – ‘things aren’t what they used to be’.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission provides no effective safety net for victims of a miscarriage of justice – Eddie Gilfoyle is a striking example.
Exactly a quarter-century ago South Africans went to the polls in elections that would bring Mandela to power and end almost 350 years of white domination. But it was tense and violent.
(n.) a recurrence of something undesirable after a period of dormancy A bad penny, as the saying goes, always turns up. The earliest record of that proverb comes from William Langland’s Piers Plowman, written sometime in the late 1300s, proving that people have been having problems with bad pennies since the Middle Ages at least.…
Byline Times will never let activism lead our journalism, but our journalism will sometimes – we hope – lead to activism.
After predicting his run for the European Parliament, Louise Raw assesses Tommy Robinson’s rhetoric of betrayal at his ‘exclusive’ launch event.
Kurdish Hunger Strikers Occupy Amnesty International HQ to Demand Action on Turkish State Torture
The threat of environmental catastrophe has led a growing group women to become so concerned about bringing that they have gone on birth strike.
A senior member of a suspected Russian mafia accused of laundering money through Spanish football has been found dead at his home while on bail.
Tribalism is killing us, wrote Tina Gharavi in our launch issue and Mike Stuchery has a vivid example of this from history.