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A Constitutional Crisis? Boris Johnson’s Suspension of Parliament Ruled Unlawful
Will the UK Supreme Court agree with Scotland’s Court of Session when it makes a final decision on the proroguing of Parliament next week?
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Hong Kong Protests: ‘The City is Starting to Feel Like a Police State’
Steve Shaw on worrying developments in Hong Kong residents’ fight for freedom – a quest which has now gone beyond concerns about the island’s controversial extradition bill.
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Netanyahu’s Claims of Voter Fraud are Undermining Israel’s Democracy – Not Just Helping him to Another Victory
By accusing Palestinian Israeli voters of trying to steal next week’s election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking a tip out of the Donald Trump playbook
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The Compromising of Our Civil Service with Propagandists Matters Now More than Ever
Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London, on why untruthful claims by civil servants in their quest to support government policy must be called out. “A free trade agreement between the US and the UK could increase trade between our two countries three to four times,” US Vice President Mike…
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‘Democracy Dies when Fact and Information is Denied’
Stephen Colegrave speaks to crossbench peer Lord Victor Adebowale about how our democracy is teetering dangerously on the edge of a cliff.
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The Day I Met Gavin Williamson – Westminster’s Machiavelli
Oliver Murphy begins his political reporting for Byline Times with a look back at his run-ins with our elected representatives.
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‘Incontinent Mendacity’: Prime Minister Lied About Plans to Suspend Parliament, Court Documents Suggest
James Doleman on explosive revelations from Scotland’s Court of Sessions as Boris Johnson faces a legal challenge over proroguing Parliament.
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Brexit Party Paypal Investigation: Rampant Impermissible Donations Revealed by Watchdog’s Visit Tip of the Iceberg?
Byline Times’ exclusive report on the loopholes in the Brexit Party PayPal funding led to a visit from the elections watchdog which subsequently revealed impermissible donations – but questions remain.
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Boris Johnson’s Rising Crime – The Lie Justifying the Proroguing of Parliament
Why the Prime Minister’s claim that his Government must tackle violent crime urgently by shutting down Parliament doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
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BBC Finally Insists Opaquely Funded Think Tanks Declare their Interests
After Carole Cadwalladr challenged Director General Tony Hall over dark money lobbyists, the BBC have responded with new guide lines.
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Marching for Freedom in Hong Kong
Steve Shaw reports from Hong Kong on the revolution sweeping the streets of the island and its fight for democracy.
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‘We Need a Moratorium on Facebook Political Ads to Keep our Elections Safe’
“Facebook should be nowhere near politics,” warns investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.
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Brexit Party MP Candidates – Chums and Comrades: The Intrigue Continues
Otto English’s investigation into the parliamentary candidates selected so far by Nigel Farage’s party – and those who paid the non-refundable £100 online application fee but haven’t made the cut.
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Ed Davey: ‘I’ll Push for Formal Remain Alliance if Johnson and Farage do Election Deal’
Stephen Colegrave speaks to Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat Party leadership contender about climate change, green party deals and what will happen if Johnson and Farage form an electoral pact. Ed Davey is preparing for an election. Not his party’s leadership election, but a general election. He knows that Brexit will be the big issue and…
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We Must Fight this Dangerous Attack on Our Civil Service
Dr Jennifer Cassidy on why Kim Darroch’s resignation after leaked emails revealed his criticisms of Donald Trump’s administration are such a blow for the rule of law.
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Who are the 112 Brexit Party MP Candidates? It’s Anyone’s Guess
Otto English on his attempts to discover who Nigel Farage’s parliamentary candidates – announced by the Brexit Party leader last month but never formally identified – actually are.
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The Clock is Ticking on Boris and Brexit, but Still No Headway on Confronting Electoral Wrongdoing
Even though they’re crucial to the security of future elections, the British institutions supposed to be safeguarding democracy are playing the game of passing the buck.
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The Transatlantic Triumph of Trumpism: Boris Johnson – A Plan Years in the Making
Though most people assume Steve Bannon-style populism arrived with Brexit in 2016, the planning, the people, and the project first came together three years earlier.
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THE UPSIDE DOWN: The Limits of Charm – Britain’s Worst Ever MP
John Mitchinson on the life and times of Ignácz Trebitsch and the prescient lessons our politicians can take from his grisly demise.
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Brexit Party’s PayPal Funding Methods Slammed by Elections Watchdog – But What Needs to Happen Next?
Turlough Conway, who broke the story of the Brexit Party’s questionable PayPal funding structure, provides an analysis of what must now be done to safeguard our electoral processes.
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Rory Stewart’s Development Department ‘Spinning Landmark Report to UN on UK Poverty’
Civil servants in the Department for International Development ‘only wanted to hear good news’ to pass on to the UN, says disability charity.
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‘Boris Johnson and Michael Gove Must Have Known About Illegality’: Why the Two Vote Leave Leaders are a Threat to Democracy
Shahmir Sanni reveals how two of the contenders to replace Theresa May cannot absolve themselves of responsibility for wrongdoing during the EU Referendum.
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The Last Straw? In Defence of the Milkshake
The milkshake has emerged as a potent tool in showing the Far Right in the UK for what they are – cowards and frauds, argues Mike Stuchbery.
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“Never Seen Anything like it”: The Funding of the Brexit Party Needs Urgent Investigation
After Byline Times’ exclusive investigation into Nigel Farage’s claims of unprecedented crowd funding and donations to his new party, we call for an urgent and thorough investigation from the Electoral Commission
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‘Dodgy Money and Dirty Data’: MP Looking to Future-Proof Elections Suspicious of ‘Brexit Cover-Up’
In an exclusive interview, Labour MP Stephen Kinnock questions why nothing has been done about allegations of electoral wrongdoing in the 2016 Referendum and speaks about how his new parliamentary inquiry will be on the case.
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Brexiter Psychosis: Delusions, Self Deception and Britain’s Political Disorder
Psychologist and therapist Emmy van Deurzen argues that, beyond the lies and propaganda around Brexit, something more dangerous may be at play – self-deception.
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Europe Votes to Protect Whistle-blowers – but will the UK Play Ball Beyond Brexit?
MEPs have backed “Daphne’s Law” amid concerns over the treatment of citizens and journalists who expose corruption and malpractice in the public interest. But key exemptions remain in place.
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Democracy in Danger: ‘Online Harms’ plan fails to tackle threat posed by ‘Dark Ads’
As Whitehall publishes plans to tackle online abuse, Conservative and Labour big-hitters issue stark warning over UK elections
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BACKDOOR BREXIT – Parliament Stumbling into International No-Man’s Land
Alex Varley-Winter on the Lost Week in Westminster, as Britain faces ‘Third Country’ Limbo, 10000 tons of Sheep and 2,000,000 tons of Landfill.
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Democracy in Danger: How Safe is Britain’s Next Election?
With the country on the edge of a snap general election or second referendum in an age of digital psyops, is our electoral system equipped for votes to be free and fair?
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Don’t tear up our last shred of constitutional legitimacy
For too long we’ve relied on unwritten norms to underpin our governance – norms of honesty, shame, resignation or apology for misleading parliament and the public or breaking ethical rules and professional guidelines… We need a written constitution to protect the public…
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THE UPSIDE DOWN: Early and Often – A Short History of Fixing Elections
John Mitchinson on the not-so-recent history of rigging the vote, bribing voters with booze and voter suppression, using whiskey
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Democracy isn’t just about VOTING – Lord Adebowale on the limits of the British ballot box
Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive of the charity Turning Point and crossbench peer in the House of Lords, questions whether Britain actually is a democracy. I am sitting and writing this in a great bastion of the British Establishment, the walls thick with books describing the lives of earls, dukes and the entitled going back…
