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Sam Bright
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 Tyranny of Gavin Williamson's Freedom Agenda
The Education Secretary’s ‘freedom’ crusade is a rhetorical smokescreen for the Government's instinctively authoritarian policies, argues Sam Bright

Owner of Andrew Neil’s GB News in Awkward Conflict of Interest
While the new television channel has pitched itself as a rival to the media establishment, one of its co-founders maintains ties to one of Britain’s big broadcasters

‘There is No Alternative to Herd Immunity’: How a Dangerous Fallacy Infected the World
Sam Bright reports on the spread of a dangerous concept that has gained a foothold in public health decisions across the globe

EXCLUSIVE Government Snubs Extension of Free School Meals
As Coronavirus lockdown restrictions are reintroduced, the Government has revealed it will not provide school holiday assistance for children on free school meals

The COVID Chumocracy
The UK under Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings is being governed by party stooges and corporate blobs lacking experience but offering loyalty, argues Sam Bright

EXCLUSIVE Government Spending on PPE Deals to Conservative Backers Rises to £364 Million
As the amount of taxpayers’ money the Government has awarded to Conservative donors and politicians in PPE procurement rises, health professionals continue to call for adequate protection as a second Coronavirus wave approaches

EXCLUSIVE Firm Owned By Conservative Donor Nets Additional £81.8 Million Government PPE Deals
The Government has awarded massive COVID-19 contracts to a firm owned by a Conservative backer without competition, reports Sam Bright

The Long Game: Two Year, £800 Million Contract For COVID-19 Home Testing
Sam Bright reports on how the small print of one Government contract reveals the true length of time it expects to be battling COVID-19
EXCLUSIVE Firm That Gave £400,000 to Conservatives Wins £93.8 Million Government PPE Deal
Another company with links to the Conservative Party has been awarded a massive PPE procurement contract, reports Sam Bright
The Last Stand of One Nation Conservatism
Sam Bright contends that Johnson's brand of radical Brexit fanaticism seeks to divide and conquer at the cost of national and even party unity
EXCLUSIVE Government Awards £122 Million PPE Contract to One-Month-Old Firm
New details of the procurement scandal emerge, after Boris Johnson is asked about the questionable awarding of Government contracts at Prime Minister’s Questions
Boris Johnson Under Pressure to Explain Questionable PPE Procurement Deals
Rushanara Ali MP has sent a letter to the Prime Minister, asking him to explain questionable COVID-19 contracts, including two deals exposed by Byline Times
EXCLUSIVE ‘They Are Naïve to Potential Abuse’: Centralisation Under Cummings
Insiders reveal a clash between Civil Service impartiality and Cabinet Office concentration of power, reports Sam Bright
Defunding the BBC Will Lead to a Zombie Democracy
An emaciated BBC would spur partisan ‘news’ riddled with conspiracy theories, argues Sam Bright
EXCLUSIVE Government Procurement Scandal Continues with £43.8 Million PPE Contract for Dormant Firm
New documents reveal that TAEG Energy has earned more than £52 million in Government deals in total for the supply of personal protective equipment during the Coronavirus pandemic