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Sam Bright is Byline Times’ Investigations Editor and the author of Fortress London: Why We Need to Save the Country From its Capital.
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The Government's Shambolic Re-Lockdown Shows How Little it Cares About the North
The slapdash reimposition of lockdown measures by Boris Johnson's administration exposes its real attitude towards its new ‘Red Wall’ voters, argues Sam Bright

Government Snubs Windrush Group's Concerns Over Lack of Caribbean History Teaching
The Government's inaugural Windrush summit led to a dispute over an absence of Caribbean history on the curriculum, reports Sam Bright

EXCLUSIVE Another Strange Trio of PPE Contracts Emerge
The handing of Coronavirus contracts to companies with questionable experience in providing personal protective equipment in health settings continues

All the Data in the World: The Dangers of Trump's Favourite Firm Going Global in a Crisis
Sam Bright tracks the global expansion of data mining company Palantir during the Coronavirus pandemic

EXCLUSIVE How Two Right-Wing Meme Merchants Scored a £3 Million Government Coronavirus Contract
Sam Bright tracks the rise of Topham Guerin, the New Zealand 'propaganda pair' in charge of the UK Government's online Coronavirus communications

EXCLUSIVE Home Office to Spend £1.3 Billion on Brexit Bureaucracy
Sam Bright reveals a new Home Office report that again exposes the eye-watering cost of Brexit

THE RUSSIA REPORT: Pro-Brexit Spin Operation Goes Into Overdrive
Sam Bright explains how Brexiters are desperately trying to warp the findings of the Intelligence and Security Committee's long-awaited report into Russian influence in British political and public life

Leicester's ‘Open Secret’ has been Spilled by the Coronavirus Pandemic
The abuses in Leicester's fast fashion factories were known for years before COVID-19 highlighted them again. So why was nothing done?
EXCLUSIVE Firm with Links to Huawei Given £3 Million Foreign Office Contract
A French-owned company is in bed with both Huawei and the Foreign Office, reports Sam Bright
Late Britannia: Five Times Boris Johnson Has Acted Too Slowly on Coronavirus
The UK Government's response to COVID-19 has consistently been punctuated by fatal delays, writes Sam Bright.
EXCLUSIVE Right-Wing Propaganda Pair Paid £3 Million to Run Coronavirus Communications
Sam Bright reports on how two 20-something New Zealanders, allies of Lynton Crosby, were awarded a massive Government COVID-19 campaign contract
Pre-Cancel Culture and the Silenced Majority
It's almost impossible for someone from an under-privileged background to reach the ‘elite’ and acquire a platform. This is the real ‘cancel culture’ scandal, argues Sam Bright
Record of Disaster: England and Wales has Second Highest Coronavirus Health Worker Deaths in the World
New figures further expose the UK Government's failure on health worker deaths as Boris Johnson tries to pin the blame on their profession
The Great Escapegoats
When it comes to the Coronavirus crisis, the Prime Minister is making sure the buck doesn't stop with him – backed by a lifetime's experience in deflection
Conservatives’ New ‘Red Wall’ Constituencies Among Areas Worst Affected by COVID-19
Sam Bright highlights new data showing that industrial heartlands are suffering disproportionately from the Coronavirus pandemic