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Labour MP Dawn Butler Says She Is Thinking of Running for London Mayor
Butler told the Byline Festival on Saturday that her party must understand that socialism is “not a dirty word”
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Keir Starmer’s Government Says Elon Musk’s X AI Chatbot Endorsing Hitler Is a ‘Matter for the Company’
The Prime Minister’s spokesman dismisses calls to leave the social media platform, despite its official ‘Grok’ bot posting a series of antisemitic comments
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Another Future Is Possible for Keir Starmer’s Government
After a difficult start to his premiership, Keir Starmer must seize the opportunity to start delivering on the kind of radical change he once promised, argues Adam Bienkov
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BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the “trust” of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
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Keir Starmer’s EU Reset Deal Is the First Crack in the Brexit Wall Holding Britain Back
This agreement marks the beginning of the end of the suffocating Brexit consensus that has gripped British politics for a decade, argues Adam Bienkov
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Keir Starmer’s Reform-Lite Strategy Has Left Him Marooned on an Island of Strangers
New polling finds a collapse in support for the Prime Minister among Labour voters, as he pursues a strategy that is also failing to win over supporters of Reform, reports Adam Bienkov
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Green Party Deputy Leader Zack Polanski Says UK Must Leave NATO Because of Trump
The frontrunner to become the next leader of the Green Party of England and Wales tells Byline Times the UK must now form new alliances for “peace” instead
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Nigel Farage Is Killing the Conservative Party and Starmer Must Change Course to Avoid the Same Fate
Telling voters that the Reform leader is right, but they shouldn’t vote for him anyway, is no more likely to work for Labour than it has for the Conservatives, argues Adam Bienkov
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The Dead End of Keir Starmer’s ‘British Cars for British Workers’ Trump Cosplay
The Prime Minister’s attempts to embrace Trump-style rhetoric, while rejecting everything that rhetoric implies, risks making him look ridiculous, argues Adam Bienkov
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The False Economies of Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement
There is nothing “responsible” about forcing hundreds of thousands of people into poverty, while putting even more strain on those public servants who will have to pick up the pieces, argues Adam Bienkov
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Kemi Badenoch Ditches Net Zero Target After Taking Donations From Funders of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group
The Conservative leader and her Shadow Net Zero Secretary took funding from key backers of lobby groups campaigning to curb action against climate change
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‘It’s Time to End the Trump Denialism and Admit the US Is No Longer Europe’s Ally’
Keir Starmer’s attempts to be an “honest broker” with Donald Trump are doomed to failure, argues Adam Bienkov
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Kemi Badenoch Refuses to Reject Donald Trump’s ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Plan for Gaza
A spokesman for the Conservative leader would not reiterate the party’s previous support for a two state solution for Israel and Palestine
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Kemi Badenoch’s Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice
The Conservative Party leader’s refusal to criticise the X owner’s dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office
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Public Demands Starmer Resurrects Leveson Press Corruption Inquiry Amid Collapse in Trust in UK Media
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to “find the courage” to restart it as exclusive new YouGov polling finds public wants reform
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Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Net Zero Secretary Funded by Backers of Tufton Street Climate Science Denial Group
The Conservative party leader and several leading members of her new Shadow Cabinet have ties to the opaquely-funded group campaigning against plans to reach Net Zero
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Why Some Labour MPs Fear a Kemi Badenoch led Conservative Party
The Conservative Party’s new leader has the potential to do a lot of damage, whether or not she wins the next general election
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Budget 2024: The Elephant in the Room is that Brexit Has Made Britain a Much Poorer Place
The unspoken truth of Rachel Reeves’ Budget is that leaving the EU has left Britain permanently worse off
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Donald Trump, the BBC and the Real ‘Foreign Interference’ in this Election
Why is the BBC giving so much coverage to a complete non-story about Labour and the Democrats, just because the Republican candidate would like them to?
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The Conservative Party is Loving Opposition – Which is Exactly Why They Will Stay There
The Conservative leadership candidates are embracing the freedom of losing all power and responsibility, with inevitable consequences
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Conservative Frontrunner Robert Jenrick Plans to ‘Win a Culture War’ with Young People
The favourite to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative party leader plans to launch an “air war” with younger voters
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‘Keir Starmer is Playing Right Into his Political Opponents’ Hands’
The Labour leader’s failure to define his own Premiership is allowing his enemies to do it for him
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Keir and Loathing: Proudly Unpopular Starmer Gives Labour Supporters Little to Cheer About
The Prime Minister’s conference speech did little to lift the mood of disappointment and unease surrounding his fledgling administration
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Keir Starmer’s Partial Israeli Arms Embargo Has Pleased Nobody
The Government’s constant attempts to second guess its critics are only disappointing its supporters and emboldening its opponents
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Smoking Ban: The Conservative Party Suffers a Severe Case of Smoke-Induced Amnesia
From smoking, to taxes, to cronyism, Rishi Sunak’s party is desperate for us to forget everything that happened until just last month
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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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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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Labour Fails to Deny Secret Murdoch Deal to Drop Leveson Press Inquiry in Exchange for Endorsements
A spokesperson said the party took the decision to drop its commitment to complete the official inquiry into press corruption, “in the interests of the country”
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Trump’s Running Mate JD Vance Says UK is an ‘Islamist Country’ and he Wants US to Abandon Ukraine
Trump’s selection of an anti-Ukrainian, anti-British politician for Vice President, means the UK must urgently look to Europe for our security
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Conservative Party ‘Reminded of the Need to Comply with the Law’ After Sending Fake Sadiq Khan ‘Driving Charge’ Notices
EXCLUSIVE: The Information Commissioner rebuked the Conservatives after they sent out thousands of leaflets which tricked voters into handing over their personal data
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The Unpopular ‘Popular Conservatives’ Blame the Voters for Their Own Defeat
The ‘Popular Conservatism’ Conference exposed a party firmly stuck in conspiracy-driven denial about why it just suffered the worst electoral defeat in its history
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The Longest Suicide Note in History: How Britain Rejected the Conservative Hard Right
Rishi Sunak’s historic defeat was a direct result of a decade of ideological hard-right policies that have decimated our political and social fabric
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‘The Great Noticing’: What the Reaction to Keir Starmer’s Friday Night Dinners Tells us About the Hypocrisy of the Conservative Press
As Labour heads towards Government, large parts of the press are suddenly starting to notice things they have spent the past 14 years ignoring
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Conservative Party Blitzes Facebook with Hundreds of ‘Desperate’ Campaign Adverts Falsely Claiming Labour Plans to Hit Drivers With a ‘National ULEZ’
Rishi Sunak’s party has been accused of lying to the public after posing as independent fact checkers during the BBC Leaders Debate
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The Conservatives Claim a Website Design Firm They Handed £100,000 in Taxpayer Cash is ‘Independent’ but it’s Listed at an Address Owned by a CCHQ Staffer
Records seen by Byline Times throw doubt on the party’s claims about the tech firm employed by Conservative MPs
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The Conservative Voters Secretly Hoping for a ‘Wipeout’ of Rishi Sunak’s Party
Exclusive new polling finds that even among current Conservative voters, many believe a wipeout for the party would actually be a “positive” result
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‘Elections are a Chance to Make Money’: How the Conservative Spivocracy Cashed in
The Conservative election betting scandal is just the tip of the iceberg from a party whose senior figures and donors have treated their time in Government as a ‘gift that keeps on giving’
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‘Keir Starmer’s Defence of the Two Child Benefit Cap is Indefensible’
The Labour leader’s refusal to commit to scrapping George Osborne’s austerity-era policy risks committing hundreds of thousands more children into poverty
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GB News Presenter Darren Grimes ‘Playing Into Far-Right Tropes of a Muslim Takeover’
The host posted a series of AI-generated memes featuring Labour leader Keir Starmer in Islamic dress alongside Muslim women
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Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has put Nigel Farage on her ‘Misleading’ Campaign Leaflets and Electoral Authorities say There’s Nothing They can do About it
The leaflets give voters the false impression that she has been endorsed by the Reform UK leader
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How Rishi Sunak ‘Changed the Rules’ to Keep the Conservative Party in Power
The Prime Minister accused Keir Starmer of wanting to “change the rules so they’re in power for a very long time”, despite the Conservatives making a long list of changes to elections designed to keep them in office
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Rishi Sunak’s D-Day Dodging Shows he has Abandoned his National Service
The Prime Minister, who wants to force young people to spend an entire year of their lives serving their country, wouldn’t even devote one afternoon to it himself
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Leaders Debate: Rishi Sunak Desperately Tries to Save Failing Campaign With Vote Leave Style Tax Lie
Conservative-supporting newspapers today lead on an already repeatedly-debunked lie about Labour’s tax plans
