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What the Fight Against Racism in the 1970s Can Teach us About Defeating Fascists in 2024
The events of the past two weeks have been eerily reminiscent of the violent rise of the far-right National Front
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UK Riots: How the Right-Wing Press Fought to Stop Laws to Combat Online Disinformation
The story of how the Conservatives exempted their media supporters from laws against spreading dangerously false information online
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Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson
Robinson has been blamed for stoking the unrest, but the tentacles of disinformation are global. Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection
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The Real ‘Two Tier’ Politics That Enabled Nigel Farage to Fan the Flames of Hate
The politics of anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred pushed by the Reform leader and his supporters has been tolerated for far too long
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A Midwest Bernie: ‘Tim Walz on the Democrat Ticket Shows Younger Generations Cannot Be Ignored’
Kamala Harris’ choice of running mate has been praised as a ‘top of the leader-board pick’
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‘How the Conservative Party and the British Press Normalised a Climate of Racism’
Riots swept across the UK, sparked by misinformation and propelled by the former Government’s long history of dividing the country
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‘I Predict A Riot: The Manufacturing of Islamophobic and Anti-Migrant Hate On Our Streets’
We must be honest about the fact that it is not only fringe rabble-rousers who have engaged in this damaging rhetoric, writes Adeeb Ayton
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‘Torture Survivors Terrified to go out as Far-Right Riots Sweep Britain’
The Government must urgently put in place greater security measures for those targeted by far-right hate
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New Analysis Shows Just How Big a Failure Boris Johnson’s ‘Levelling Up’ Agenda Really Was
The poorest regions in England have seen living standards plummet as inequality widened
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Neurodiverse Mother and Daughter Sue Birmingham Council for ‘Wrongful’ Separation
They claim the council was negligent in pursuing a care order and breached their human rights
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UK Arms Sales to Bangladesh Soared Ahead of Deadly Crackdown That led to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Fleeing the Country
UK arms export licences to Bangladesh totalled £270 million from January 2020 to the end of 2023
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Prison Cells ‘Waiting’ for Far-Right Rioters Despite Major Overcrowding Problem at Most UK Jails
The Justice Minister has said the Government will ‘make sure’ that anyone jailed over the riots has a ‘prison place waiting for them’
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‘UK’s Pursuit of Closer Trade Ties With Israel Risks Rewarding it for War Crimes’
The UK is acting as if the bombing of hospitals, starvation of civilians, and razing of entire neighbourhoods was just a disappointing but ultimately anomalous spell of bad behaviour
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UK Media Condemned for Peddling ‘Unverified’ Israeli Intelligence which Helped Trigger Huge Aid Cuts to Gaza
Cuts to the UN aid agency’s budget in the aftermath of the reports were estimated to have cost it half a billion dollars in crucial emergency funds
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Bibby Stockholm: A Year On, Campaigners Demand ‘Most Vulnerable Be Taken Off Scrapped Barge Immediately’
The Government announced the barge will close in January 2025 but figures released to Byline Times on ‘health incidents’ on the barge have reignited calls for the most vulnerable residents to be moved immediately
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Russia Prisoner Swap: ‘Why the UK Must do More to Help British Citizens in Trouble Overseas’
Following the largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, the UK is being urged to adopt a policy on hostage cases and establish a point of contact for families involved
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Huw Edwards Announcing Queen’s Death ‘Will Never Be Broadcast Again’
The decision not to syndicate the most famous moments of news broadcasting in recent years would likely cost the BBC millions of pounds in royalties, a source told Byline Times
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Father Tells of Seeing Daughter Take Her Last Breath After his Family Home was Hit in a Mortar Attack in Somalia
In the village of Buula-Balow, near the district of Bariire, in Somalia’s volatile Lower Shabelle, Qaadi Hamud and his family were socialising after breakfast – when their lives changed forever
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‘How Can Northern Ireland’s Education System Still Be Divided Across Religious and Community Lines?
The next generation cannot take forward the peace process if they continue to be subject to segregation and reinforced division that defined previous generations, argues Emma DeSouza
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Conservatives Risk Another Chris Pincher-Style Sleaze Scandal Over Claims New Tory MP Is ‘Serial Groper and Bully’
The allegations could be a ‘huge headache’ for the Conservative Party as it tries to move on from the scandals of its recent past
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Lies and Violence: How the Southport Tragedy Turned into a Riot
The independent regulator Impress has called for new legislation to tackle the dangers of social media misinformation
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‘Parents Are Not to Blame for the Cost Demands on a SEND System Under Increasing Pressure’
A recent report was problematic for appearing to place responsibility with ‘demanding parents’ who contribute to local authority financial problems, writes Sharon Smith
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How the Failing Asylum System Contributed to the ‘£22bn Black Hole’ – But Will the Labour Government Fix It?
Accommodation for asylum seekers awaiting Home Office processing amounted to £6.4 billion of the overspend
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Southport Violence: ‘We All Need To Consider Our Role in the Wild West of Social Media Hypercriminality’
Key elements of misinformation about the Southport killings originated in a social media post by ‘Channel 3 News’
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‘What I Learned Backstage: Tactical Advice for Kamala Harris’
Dan Kaszeta worked at the White House complex between 1996 and 2008 – he shares his key logistical tips for Harris’ campaign
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ULEZ: ‘How the Conservatives Got Air Quality Initiative So Wrong and Why Sadiq Khan Must Go Further’
A supertax is needed on SUVs and a tripling of on-street parking prices.
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Outspoken Former Footballer Joey Barton ‘Cancelled’ From ‘Free Speech’ Event After Legal Issues
The former footballer has been charged with malicious communications over tweets he sent about ex-England player, Eni Aluko.
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Washington Post Boss Will Lewis Informed the Police on ex-PM Gordon Brown and Lord Tom Watson with Allegedly ‘Fake’ story
Lewis was allegedly trying to destroy evidence of phone hacking to save Murdoch and his top executive Rebekah Brooks from police prosecution, Byline Investigates and Yellow Press reported on Monday
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A Week After Joe Biden Stepped Aside, Here’s What the Polls Show in the Race Between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
Polling from many different sources shows a shift towards Harris as America moves into “uncharted territory” that has “no modern historical parallel”
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Russian Drones are Hunting Civilians in Kherson: ‘They see you and They Target you’
Estimates suggest that 50 people have been killed or injured in targeted drone attacks in the last two months, and left Kherson residents scared to leave their homes
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‘The Two-Child Benefit Cap is More About Race Than Poverty and not Scrapping it Signals a Dangerous Turn in British Politics’
While the current debate has focused on the 350,000 children that could be pulled out of poverty if the policy were scrapped, it paints an incomplete picture
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World Temperature Records Demonstrate Urgent Need to Speed Up Climate Action as We Enter ‘Truly Uncharted Territory’
“Forget 1.5C and 2C. Let’s hope – if we fight really hard – we can keep the rise this side of 3C.”
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Conservative Barrister Geoffrey Cox Lambasted for Earning Millions in Outside Work as MPs Debate Second Jobs
The Commons has agreed a clamp down on MPs’ lobbying gigs, with further action promised on second jobs
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Venezuelan Diaspora Return Home to Vote in Presidential Elections Amid Hopes Nicolás Maduro will be Defeated
Venezuela’s main electoral body and diplomatic services have been accused of creating unprecedented obstacles to stop people from voting, as polls show the country could be destined for new leadership
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Cambridge Students Vow ‘More Protests’ After University Decides to Accept ‘Large Gift’ Donations from Fossil Fuel Companies
The University overruled its temporary ban on fossil fuel cash with a new policy which could see it take multi-million-pound gifts from the industry
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Mine Clearing In Ukraine: ‘Children Bring Them Home, Thinking They are Toys, and They Explode’
The international de-mining organisation, HALO, estimates that up to two million landmines may have been laid across Ukraine since February 2022 – the explosive devices set up as traps to injure and kill anyone who unwittingly triggers them
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‘The Withdrawal of the Black Sea Fleet From Crimea is a Major Blow to Vladimir Putin’s Strongman Aura’
During the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia’s prized fleet has been decimated, with one-third of its naval vessels either sunk or damaged
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Children’s Special Needs System ‘Broken’ – With a Quarter of Councils Facing Bankruptcy by 2026, Report Finds
Councils are struggling to cope with a huge rise in demand while standards in reading, writing, and mathematics have either stagnated or fallen during the past decade
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MPs to Debate Clampdown on Second Jobs, Amid Demand for Tough Overhaul of Lobbying Gigs and Gifts
The Government is set to address the potential conflicts of interests around moonlighting MPs, with campaigners believing urgent action is required
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It’s Not Just the Two-Child Limit: Another Controversial Welfare Policy Hitting Hundreds of Thousands of Families
Amid a Labour rebellion over the two-child welfare cap, new figures reveal the number of families still hit by the Coalition Government-era housing policy
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Beyond Trumpland: What a Second Trump Presidency Means for Moscow’s ‘Forever Wars’
Experts say Donald Trump’s fiery brand of boardroom geopolitics would have disastrous consequences even beyond the theatre of Russia’s active conflict with Ukraine
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Keir Starmer’s Suspension of Seven Labour MPs for Voting to Scrap the Two Child Benefit Cap is the Politics of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings
Some Labour MPs are furious about the “draconian” treatment of those who voted to lift children out of poverty
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Sunak’s Government Did Not Know How Schools Spent £9.2 Billion a Year Allocated to Help Disadvantaged Children
‘There has been a lack of sustained progress by government in reducing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers’, a new report by the National Audit Office has found
