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‘Blaming Dead Women’
When men kill women, there still seems to be a desire to pin the blame on her, writes Sian Norris
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REVEALED: MPs’ Gifts from Gulf States Accused of Human Rights Abuses
Analysis by this newspaper reveals Conservative MPs make up the majority of those in receipt – as post-Brexit trading opportunities appear to be trumping ethical concerns for the Government
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The Fundamental Right to Intimacy
Do disabled people have sex? Of course we do, writes Penny Pepper. Why are you so surprised?
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Open Letter to the Owner of GB News from a Ukrainian Refugee: Stop Peddling Russian Narratives
Journalist Maria Romanenko calls on Sir Paul Marshall, a major shareholder in the British TV news station, to avoid Kremlin propaganda
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Levelling Up Farce: ‘Whitehall-led Devolution is a Bureaucratic Nightmare – I know as I Spent Thousands Trying to Jump Through the Hoops’
Josiah Mortimer speaks to one of many “failed” applicants still reeling from the latest Levelling Up bidding war.
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Design Company Awarded £25m PPE Contract Applies to be Struck Off Without Submitting Any Accounts
Luxe Lifestyle Ltd, which provided 9m unusable items during the Coronavirus crisis via a ‘VIP lane’, has applied to be struck off without reporting how the money was spent
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What the Knowsley Riot Tells Us About the Far Right Today
Friday’s violent scenes reveal the modern far-right’s tactics, its driving ideology – and how hate has been mainstreamed by the UK Government. Sian Norris reports
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‘Government by Think Tank’: The Return of Policy Exchange
Tom Griffin explores how an ideological reliance on lobbying groups appears to be undermining another Conservative leader
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BBC Chair Richard Sharp Previously Put on Bank of England Watchdog Committee Despite Lucrative Conflicts of Interest
When questioned, a spokesperson for Richard Sharp referred Byline Times to the Bank of England
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BBC Chairman – Slammed by MPs – Should Resign, Says Public
Exclusive Omnisis poll finds public believes Richard Sharp should now quit over the loan scandal involving Boris Johnson, as a committee of MPs urge him to “reflect” on his position
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‘The Sun, Clarkson, Meghan and IPSO – Prepare for Another Shaming Episode of Non-Regulation’
The public is being strung along – again. No matter how outraged you were by the vicious words used against the Duchess of Sussex, nothing will change and the press will do it again, writes Brian Cathcart
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Voter ID: Bouncers at the Ballot Box Could Turn Away Thousands in May Elections with No Right of Appeal
Up to two million people could be denied a vote unless they apply for ID – and even those with ID could be turned away by polling staff, reports Josiah Mortimer
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GOP Congressional Hearing Accidentally Debunks ‘Twitter Files’: Trump — Not Biden — Tried to Censor Tweets
Elon Musk’s selective leaks suggested Twitter ‘censored’ Conservatives, but evidence shows they refused to boost a right-wing disinformation campaign around Hunter Biden’s laptop
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Putin’s Energy Attack: Surviving a Warm Winter Battle is Not Winning the War
Though gas prices have fallen they are expected to rise again this Summer, so Europe can waste no more time diversifying its energy market, says Mark Temnycky
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REVEALED: Victims of Banking Misbehaviour Let Down by ‘Unfit for Purpose’ Resolution Service
Transparency campaigners and victims of banking bad behaviour have raised concerns that strict eligibility criteria of the available resolution service is cutting them off from support, reports Sian Norris
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Fears for Health and Education of People Left Homeless by Earthquake
The fall-out of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria continues, with NGOs warning of the long-term impact on children and families who have lost everything
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Inside Piers Morgan’s ‘Contrived Controversy’ Machine
Josiah Mortimer reports on how TalkTV’s Piers Morgan Uncensored struggled to get feminists to discuss “has Me Too gone too far” on the day a serial rapist was sentenced
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How a 50-Year US Rule Risks Denying Abortions to Ukraine’s Rape Victims
The Helms Amendment turns 50 this year, but the US foreign policy is a neo-colonialist relic that denies women around the world access to their human rights, reports Sian Norris
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Major Law Firm Faces Court Over Withheld Contracts in Landmark NHS Whistleblowing Case
A judge has ordered full disclosure in a case which deprived 50,000 NHS doctors of legal whistleblowing protection
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Major Transport Union to be Told to Make Sweeping Changes After Inquiry Into Sexism
‘When you raise concerns about sexism in your union, you get “the right-wing press will get hold of this”. We’ve heard it so many times’, one whistle-blower told Byline Times
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Barriers to Work are Trapping Children in Poverty
New data has revealed the barriers single parents face in getting back to work, while rates of in-work poverty exposes Tory ‘myth’ that work is the route to riches, Sian Norris reports
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Government’s New Strike Breakers Get to Work
Some firms have ruled out using agency workers to break strikes – but others aren’t so discerning, Josiah Mortimer reports
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REVEALED: MPs Working Second Jobs in Property Industry ‘Clear Conflict of Interest’
Rishi Sunak ‘needs to deal with the issue of moonlighting MPs once and for all’ the Labour Party told Byline Times
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Who Watches the Watchdog? The CJR’s Russia Problem
How the investigation into The Nation magazine’s pro-Russia bias was canned by ‘press watchdog’ the Columbia Journalism Review
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‘The Boris Johnson Loan Scandal Shows how Cronyism Corrupts Public Life’
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp’s hidden involvement in arranging a £800,000 loan for the former PM exposes the gilded upper circles of politics and media in the UK, writes Adam Bienkov
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Twelve Years of War Risks Syria’s Recovery from ‘Horror’ Quake
Sian Norris speaks to The White Helmets about the challenges Syria faces in rescuing and supporting survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit the region
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‘Is Ukraine on the Path of Shock Therapy?’
Victory for Ukraine is not just about defeating Russia but avoiding the path Putin’s country has taken with its economy, write Gerhard Schnyder and Simon Deakin
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‘Small Boats – Lazy Minds’
None of the solutions to the Government’s concerns about migrant boats crossing the Channel require the UK’s withdrawal from the ECHR, writes Brad Blitz
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Supreme Court to Consider if Anti-Protest Power Grab Injunctions Should be Struck Down
Those breaching ‘persons unknown’ injunctions face an unlimited fine and up to two years in prison, with the potential for their assets to be seized. Their quiet roll-out goes far further than the Policing Act passed last year, Josiah Mortimer reports
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The Weakness of Strongmen: Do We Want Charisma or Competence?
Matthew Gwyther looks at the public’s contradictory ideas of leadership and how women are (on the whole) confounding them
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New Law Could Lead to More Autistic and Disabled People Being Locked Up, Government Warned
The Mental Health Bill may have negative unintended consequences, Saba Salman reports
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Russia and the US Press: The Article the CJR Didn’t Publish
Two and a half years ago, the Columbia Journalism Review refused to publish Duncan Campbell’s investigation into The Nation magazine and its apparent support for Vladimir Putin. It is published here in full
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Secret Saudi Arms Sales Court Hearing
Anti-arms trade campaigners say UK-made weapons are contributing to thousands of civilian deaths in the devastating Middle Eastern war
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‘Extremely Concerning’ Safety Issues in Women’s Prison
An unannounced inspection of a women’s prison raises new concerns about safety across the female estate. Sian Norris reports
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‘Does Boris Johnson Deserve a Pass Because of Ukraine?’
Former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall assesses the former Prime Minister’s recent trip to the US in support of Ukraine and what it says about his political motives
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‘A Blank Cheque Placed in the Hands of Ministers’: Lords Slam Government’s Plan to ‘Sunset’ Thousands of EU Laws
One of the central promises of Brexit is being violated by the Government, a new report has suggested
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‘Put a Ring on It and Knock Her Up’: The Proud Boys Credo of Far-Right Misogyny
A script read out at the start of every Proud Boys gathering reveals the paradoxes of being a woman in the far-right, and the misogyny inherent in nationalism. Sian Norris reports
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Stalingrad: The Second Time as Farce
As Putin threatens the West at a commemoration of the decisive World War Two battle, Paul Niland says the Russian President’s red lines are drawn in the sand
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Power and Exclusion: The UK Church Failing the LGBTQ+ Community
Revd Joe Haward reflects on how hardliners in the Church are stifling progress on LGBTQ+ rights – but homophobia and transphobia are not confined to evangelical congregations
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Most Unionists Would Now Ditch the Good Friday Agreement, According to Polls
25 years of opposition to the historic peace deal by the DUP is paying off
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Wagner Crimes: How the UK can Take the Lead on Stopping Putin’s Mercenaries
Wagner Crimes: How the UK can Take the Lead on Stopping Putin’s Mercenaries
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‘I’ll Not Carry the Guilt that Belongs to the Aggressor’: What a Landmark Ruling on Sexual Violence Means for Latin America
Sian Norris speaks to campaigners to learn more about a 20-year fight for justice for rape victims in Bolivia
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New Report Blows Apart Dominic Raab’s ‘Bill of Rights’
The Justice Secretary’s long and “dangerous” campaign to scrap the Human Rights Act was “pushed forward by parts of the media” smarting from privacy laws
