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Cancelling the Canceller: How ‘Martin Branning’ Made Dan Wootton a Timebomb
The GB News anchor has been suspended from his £600,000-a-year primetime show, and fired from his £250,000-a-year MailOnline column. Here we tell how his fall was inevitable, following Byline Times’ special investigation
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Revealed: Former MPs Used Parliament Access Passes Over 3,000 times
This is the last time you’ll ever know about ex-MPs who lobby for nuclear, gambling and energy industries visiting Parliament – because Jacob Rees Mogg had all the data destroyed
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One Year On from the Kharkiv Counter-Offensive, Civilians Still Face Bombing and Deprivation
Tom Mutch meets those left rebuilding their lives following Russian attacks in Kharkiv Oblast
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‘Daniel Khalife Escaped Because Successive Governments have Starved Prisons of Staff and Money’
Poor conditions and a lack of resources won’t stop the Government blaming staff, writes one former prison officer
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‘This is a Network Problem’: Dan Wootton Suspended from GB News
The war between GB News’ Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton led to the presenter being suspended following a day of drama at the news channel – after the broadcaster remained largely silent on allegations exposed by Byline Times’ special investigation
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The British Museum Begs for Help Over 2,000 Lost Treasures – Why Did They Ignore Public Concerns in the Past?
A year ago the British Museum only reported on theft from its collection. Why has it taken so long for news of thousands of missing, stolen or damaged artefacts to emerge?
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Over 180 Rights Groups and Tech Experts Call for UK and Worldwide Halt to Facial Recognition Surveillance
The EU is implementing a blanket ban on facial recognition surveillance by police – but the UK is ploughing ahead despite privacy fears
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Free Speech Fundamentalists Ignore the Warnings of Salman Rushdie
Though cited as by the right as a symbol of the dangers and Islam and fundamentalism, the novelist now sees the threats to free speech as “political more than primarily religious”
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‘The UN Refugee Convention Should Be Reformed – But Not in the Way Suella Braverman Thinks’
The UK could show global leadership by pushing for the international community to broaden its definition of refugees, writes former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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US Sanctions Rwanda Over Child Soldiers – As UK Sings President Kagame’s Praises
The latest sanctions stand in stark contrast to the UK Government’s often inaccurate descriptions of life in Rwanda, where it plans to send some asylum seekers
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Fears of a ‘Progressive Tragedy’ in Mid Beds as Labour and Lib Dems Fight It Out
Compass director Neal Lawson described the situation in Nadine Dorries’ seat as “madness”.
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Smoke and Mirrors: A Chronic Pain Sufferer’s Experience of Being Locked Out of Medical Cannabis
Medical cannabis is legal in the UK – but only if you can buy a prescription. Here is an anonymous account of navigating the situation
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Brexit: Betrayal, Divergence and Dishonesty
Despite Keir Starmer’s mixed comments on our future relationship with the EU, Labour’s Brexit omertà seems to be over, writes Shamik Das
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Voter ID, Big Party Bungs, and Payouts to Shamed MPs Would Be Scrapped Under Lib Dem Plans
The Liberal Democrats have set out proposals for overhauling UK democracy, our Chief Reporter writes from Bournemouth.
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‘Having the Army on Standby as Firearms Officers Step Back Only Risks Exacerbating Systemic Issues’
Firearms officers have handed in their weapons over concern that one of their own has been charged with the murder of 24-year-old Chris Kaba
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‘Government Stonewalling on Transparency on Foreign Influence Undermines its Tough Rhetoric on Chinese Spying’
An approach to foreign influence that relies on identifying particular state threats risks shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, writes Tom Griffin
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‘Left in the Lurch’: The Systemic Failure and Under-Funding of Respite Care
Government austerity and savage cuts to council funding have decimated respite and short break services
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Campaigners Risk Prison by Standing Outside Courts Telling Jurors of ‘Right to Acquit’
Trudi Warner faces up to two years in prison for contempt of court. Now activists across the country are copying her action in solidarity
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Inside GB News’ Misinformation Factory
Max Colbert and Josiah Mortimer explore the extremist and conspiratorial rhetoric fostered on the go-to channel for the hard-right, and an outlet Conservative MPs still call home
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Editorial: The Populist Brand
Why do Russell Brand, Daniel Wootton and even Rupert Murdoch claim they are the victims of impersonal dark forces?
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Sunak on Net Zero: Desperate, Cynical and Doomed to Fail
The climate was the one last issue on which Britain could credibly claim a degree of global leadership – the Conservatives’ cheap electioneering has shattered that
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Most Asylum Seeker Accommodation ‘Horrendous and Often Dangerous’ as Government Plans to Legalise Hazardous Housing
Suella Braverman plans to end inspection of this lucrative market as complaints mount about conditions
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Brand Unsafe: The TV Industry’s Problems are Bigger than One Man
People who complain of abuse and harassment in the often cosy, claustrophobic and interconnected world of British media face an uphill battle
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This Harrowing Study Reveals Why Victims of Sexual Violence Don’t go to the Police
The reaction to the Russell Brand allegations shows why so many women don’t feel safe reporting the crimes against them, reports Jamie Klingler
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Welsh Government Throws Down the Gauntlet in Bid to Stop Controversial ‘Anti-Boycott’ Bill
Opponents of the bill say it is designed to undermine the freedom of speech of those critical of the Israeli Government
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‘Sunak’s Climate Failure is Even Worse Than You Think’
The Prime Minister’s abandonment of a series of climate pledges hides a much bigger failure, writes Rachel Donald
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Sunak’s Government Condemned for Failing to Either Build New Homes or Protect the Environment
The Government’s commitment to build more homes, while protecting wildlife from deadly pollutants is “failing to deliver for either side”
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London Mayoral Candidate Pledges to Sue Home Office to Win Citizenship for Precarious Londoners
The Lib Dem politician says he’ll take on Suella Braverman’s Home Office
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‘Sunak’s Climate Betrayal is a Retreat Into the Politics of Unpopulism’
The Prime Minister is abandoning a popular green agenda in order to benefit a shrinking minority of voters, writes Josiah Mortimer
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‘The Northern Ireland Troubles Amnesty Could Push us Towards a United Ireland’
A new bill passed by the UK Government has reopened deep wounds in Northern Irish politics
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Government Rejects Call For Voters To Boot Out No-Show MPs Like Nadine Dorries
Nadine Dorries has prompted a debate over whether MPs should be forced to attend Parliament – rather than attend their lucrative TV gigs.
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MPs Demand Answers From GB News on ‘Serious Accusations’ Against Dan Wootton
The Chair of Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee wrote to the Channel following the extensive allegations against Wootton, as reported by Byline Times.
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Migration Policy Mired in Hyperbolic Rhetoric Won’t Help if it’s Targeted at the Wrong People
If the West really wants to end migration, there is a solution: spend more money in the countries migrants are fleeing.
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Beyond Ukraine’s Western Allies, Condemnation of Putin has Been Lacking. Can Ukraine Appeal to the Global South?
As Brazil assumes the presidency of the G20 and the UN offers concessions to Russia, is Ukraine losing the war of hearts and minds?
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The Affluent and the Effluent: Conservative Environment Secretary Slammed for ‘Lack of Leadership’ and ‘Complacency’
From growing sewage pollution to rising water bills and lack of investment, Lord Hollick criticises Therese Coffey’s failure to address a Lords report
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Activist Who Held Sign Outside Court Informing Jurors of ‘Right to Acquit’ Insulate Britain Activists Could Face Two Years in Jail
The Attorney General’s office has said it plans to push forward contempt of court proceedings against retired social worker Trudi Warner.
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Putin’s Post-Truth Politics: The Impeachment of Biden is History Rewritten as Farce
The spurious Republican inquiry treads the same treacherous ground of Russian propaganda exposed in the impeachment of Trump
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Gendered Violence: The Hidden War Against Women in Northern Ireland
Why is Northern Ireland one of the most dangerous places in Europe for women, with femicide levels outranked only by Romania?
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Rishi Sunak Should End His ‘War on Woke’, Say Voters
Exclusive new poll finds the public is far more tolerant of diversity and cultural change than the Government appears to believe, Adam Bienkov reports
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The Trials and Tribulations of Court Reporting in the Social Media Age
Reflecting on a decade of court reporting, James Doleman explains how the apparent formality helps take the emotion out of awful events and focus on the evidence
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London Arms Fair Showcases Record Exhibitors Amid Ukraine Invasion – Byline Times Finds UK Company Secured £1 Million Drone Contract for Ukrainian Special Forces
The world’s largest arms fair promises peace in the world
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Insurance Firms Won’t Provide Financial Backing for Cumbrian Coal Mine
Four companies have ruled out underwriting the controversial plans for a deep mine off the coast at St Bees
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Rishi Sunak’s ‘100,000 Migrants Under Labour’ Lie is Proof of his Weakness
An increasingly desperate Prime Minister is resorting to false claims about his opponents in order to cling to office, writes Adam Bienkov
