SubscriptionsAll articles
-
Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as Shield for Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Steve Bannon, who told him it could help him “stave off Time’s Up for a decade” in return for strategic and financial support
-
Labour’s Biggest Problem Is Not a Lack of Leadership but a Lack of Ideas
Until Keir Starmer’s party decides what it really stands for, the question of who leads them will remain a hollow one, argues Adam Bienkov
-
‘It’s Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media’ Says Leader of the UK’s Trade Union Movement
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC
-
Reform Councillor Accused of Flouting Transparency Rules After Refusing to Declare His Company
Councillor in flagship Reform council failed to name his firm on his register of interests, or respond to questions about it from his constituent, prompting a formal complaint
-
‘The UK’s Suspension of Intelligence Sharing Over Trump’s Caribbean Boat Strikes Risks a Transatlantic Rift’
Keir Starmer’s Government risked being implicated if the President’s attacks were found to break international law, reports Alexandra Hall Hall
-
Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
EXCLUSIVE: Reform’s flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors
-
Keir Starmer’s Post-Brexit ‘Reset’ With the EU Has Stalled, Warns Report
There has been little concrete progress on Government commitments to repair relations with the EU, according to a new parliamentary report
-
The Pro-Trump Bias of the ‘Neutral’ Sources in the Leaked BBC ‘Prescott Dossier’
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan right-wing, Trump-aligned organisations
-
‘BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
-
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bobby Duffy
-
‘The BBC’s Surrender to Trump Is a Moment of Existential Weakness’
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
-
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
-
Bassim Haidar: The ‘Globalist’ Billionaire Bankrolling Britain’s Anti-Globalist Party
Why is Nigel Farage’s supposedly ‘anti-globalist’ Reform UK being bankrolled by a globe-trotting billionaire who once advised Amnesty International and the World Economic Forum?
-
Decent Housing? A Privilege – Especially for the Disabled
‘Every man’s home is his castle’ – but what if you just want the basic human right of shelter?
-
‘The SNP Isn’t a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of’
Labour’s attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues Adam Ramsay
-
Conservative Councillor Accused of ‘Old-Fashioned Racism’ After Saying ‘Young Black Males’ Are ‘Flooding’ the UK
EXCLUSIVE: Pauline Giles defended her comments to Byline Times, saying that “we cannot sustain the volume of young black males” that “jeopardises the security of our country”
-
Nigel Farage’s Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party’s candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’ and attacked ‘third world cultures’ in now-deleted posts
-
Sadiq Khan Urges New Yorkers to Reject ‘The Politics of Fear’ and Vote for Zohran Mamdani
Source close to the London Mayor accuses Mamdani’s political opponents of “weaponising” his Muslim faith in an “uncanny” repeat of Conservative attacks against Khan
-
Challenger to Lead Britain’s Biggest Union Vows to Review Labour Ties and Slash Own Salary in Bid to Unseat Starmer Ally
Bolton social worker Andrea Egan is fighting to overhaul Unison’s leadership and promising a shift towards taking more strike action
-
Follow the Money: How the Right Weaponises the Costs of Supporting Learning Disabled People
If politicians are worried about the costs of support for the learning disabled, society must become more transparent about where the money is being spent
-
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
-
Russia’s ‘Phase Zero’ Is Here and War With NATO Is Now Inevitable, Experts Warn
The same psychological warfare tactics Moscow used to prepare the ground for its invasion of Ukraine are now being used against the rest of Europe, writes Zarina Zabrisky
-
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
-
How the Not-So Independent Media Censors Criticism of Its Billionaire Owners
Former Independent columnist Donnachadh McCarthy on how the UK’s billionaire-owned media silences those journalists trying to speak out against them
-
‘Geert Wilders’ Far-Right Retreat Leaves a Very Dutch Political Mess’
The advance of centrist parties in the Dutch elections will not be enough to produce a new stable governing coalition, argues Chris Keulemans
-
Keir Starmer’s Election Reforms Will Leave UK Politics Exposed to Dark Money and Foreign Interference, Warns Labour MP
The party’s former Shadow Democracy Minister said the Government was failing to take the bold steps required to eliminate foreign interference in our elections
-
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
-
The Sun Newspaper Wages War Against Gambling Taxes – While Holding Huge Betting Stakes Itself
Rupert Murdoch’s paper recruits Nigel Farage, Conservative and Labour backbenchers for ‘Save Our Bets’ campaign – while holding lucrative betting partnerships worth millions
-
Inside Brook House: The Human Cost of the UK’s Abuse-Filled Privatised Immigration Detention System
Private contractors are taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a system riddled with abuse, suicide and criminality, reports Ruth Hopkins
-
Reform UK Just Won Britain’s Least-Prestigious Award – For ‘Promoting Pseudoscience’
Nigel Farage’s party was recognised for “widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation”
-
‘No Faith’ in X and Meta to Tackle Abuse in Politics, Says Speaker’s Inquiry as It Suggests MPs Leave Platforms
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
-
Russia is Using Drones and Deportations to Empty Southern Ukraine, UN Confirms
Putin’s “human safari” attacks on Ukranian civilians, first reported by Byline Times, are a war crime designed to depopulate the country, a UN investigation has found
-
All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
-
Reform UK Treasurer Profited From Financial Ties to Elon Musk and Trump’s Silicon Valley Billionaires
Reform’s biggest donor and Treasurer Nick Candy held investments in a US venture fund tied to Trump-supporting tech billionaires, including Elon Musk
-
‘How to Stop Labour’s Autumn of Discontent Turning Into Farage’s Winter of Despair’
Keir Starmer’s Government must learn the lessons of history, or risk paving the way for an authoritarian future under Nigel Farage and Reform, argues Neal Lawson
-
Is Russia Losing the Great Game in Central Asia?
Iain Overton travelled to Tashkent, where cranes rise over Soviet relics and Chinese cars fill the streets, to see how Uzbekistan has become the lodestar of Central Asia’s quiet pivot away from Moscow
-
The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
-
‘How to Convert the Success of the No Kings Protests Into a Nationwide Anti-Trump Uprising’
The scale of protests against the President show he can still be beaten, but only if his opponents start offering a coherent alternative, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
-
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage’s defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
-
The Public Wants to Ban ‘Politician Presenters’ Like Nigel Farage But Ofcom Isn’t Listening
The broadcasting watchdog is refusing to act despite research suggesting a majority of viewers oppose politicians like the Reform leader being allowed to host current affairs shows
-
Reform Council Asks Opposition for Help Making Cuts After ‘Desperate’ Search for Savings Falls Short
Exclusive: Nigel Farage’s struggling flagship Kent administration is now reaching out to other parties, after failing to identify the millions of pounds in savings they promised
-
Michael Gove Lobbied Government Officials to Hand Conservative Donor Multimillion Pound Covid Contract
Private correspondence seen by Byline Times reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process
-
UK Government’s ‘Failure to Investigate Foreign Interference’ Challenged in Europe’s Highest Court
The group of former MPs warn that UK elections are “still at risk” over the Government’s failure to investigate “credible evidence” of Russian interference
