Outside the system
Category: Europe
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American-Run European Far-Right Platform Books UKIP Leader Who Wants Reform and Restore United
The Republican founder of the new Rome think-tank oversees a global far-right group whose English co-ordinator ran as a Reform candidate
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UK Pushes Bulgaria to Sell Lukoil Refinery to British-Linked Buyer
Letters seen by Byline Times show the UK Government urging Bulgaria to engage with London- and Washington-linked bidders for Lukoil’s refinery as the Russian company’s UK sanctions waiver nears expiry.
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Reform UK Named ‘Authoritarian-Leaning’ Party in Index of Far-Right Cooperation Across Europe
Experts say Farage’s pact with Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is part of a pattern of far-right parties lending each other legitimacy before taking power
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Andy Burnham’s ‘Breathing Space’ Budget Leaves Britain Holding Its Breath
The huge conflict between the Prime Minister’s bold promise to rip up ’40 years of neoliberalism’ and the modest Budget measures announced by his Chancellor, will ultimately prove difficult to sustain, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘We Intend to Succeed’: French Student Protesters Explain Why They’re at the Barricades
French students in Paris tell Byline Times why they’ve joined the protests hitting the headlines around the world
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‘Trump’s Russia Strategy Is Opening Himself Up to an Inevitable Humiliation’
The US President’s abject surrender to Putin’s demands on Ukraine will only end badly for the White House, argues Paul Niland
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What Ukraine’s Strikes On Data Centres Really Revealed About Russian Information Warfare
Suggestions that Ukraine’s attack on a Russian data decimated social media ‘bots’ failed to understand how Moscow’s misinformation campaigns really work, reports Caroline Orr Bueno
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James Orr, Silence, and Sponsorship: Hungary Confirms End of Media Agreement with ‘Times Higher Education’
Orr, the former Reform UK policy chief, praised the Hungarian Government led by Viktor Orbán as a ‘counterexample to the ideology in my own country that rejects national pride’
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The BBC’s Dangerous Attempt to Balance Truth With Lies
When you have one side lying and the other side trying to tell the truth, the BBC’s misguided approach to balance inevitably favours the liar, argues former BBC reporter and producer Patrick Howse
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Brexit Turning Point as MPs Line Up to Make the Case for Rejoining the EU
Parliamentarians cite Russian interference and post-Brexit red tape, as Andy Burnham opens up a debate which Westminster has avoided for a decade
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‘Trump’s Crazy Russia Deal Leaves Kyiv Angry and Moscow Gleeful’
After a weekend of fast-paced madness, Paul Niland examines Donald Trump’s non-starting diesel deal and the ceasefire that never was
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‘A Clear Answer’: Russia Intervened in the Brexit Vote
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has broken ten years of establishment omertà over Putin’s plot to get Britain out of the EU, reports Peter Jukes
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Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran
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‘Why Andy Burnham Will Ultimately Back Rejoining the EU’
The logic of the Prime Minister’s argument that Brexit has done more harm than good only points in one direction, argues Simon Nixon
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Ukraine Comes Under Assault From Putin’s Terror and Trump’s Delusions
Paul Niland reports from Kyiv as the city comes under attack from Putin’s new strategy of ‘psychological terrorism’
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Why Canada Could End Up With a Better Deal With the EU Than the UK
As the UK continues to hesitate over drawing back towards the EU, Canada has spotted an opportunity, argues former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Evacuating Civilians from the ‘Kill Zone’ Under Threat from Drones in Eastern Ukraine
On a strip of territory where vehicles can be spotted and struck by drones at any moment, Theo Prouvost joins the volunteers risking their lives to rescue residents
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How Ukraine Is Now Targeting the Russian Economy
Ukraine’s targeting of massive warehouses belonging to an e-commerce giant aims to destabilise the banking sector and the entire Russian economy, reports Paul Niland
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Two Years On, the World Witnesses Human Safari in Kherson
A viral video of a drone attacking a vegetable seller at Kherson farmers’ market has brought Russia’s deliberate targeting of civilians, which Byline first revealed two years ago, to global attention, reports Zarina Zabrisky
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Six in 10 Russian Billionaires Are Still Not Being Sanctioned by the UK Government
A series of billionaires with ties to Britain remain untouched by the UK’s supposedly tough sanctions regime, reports Molly Gordon and Iain Overton
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Crimea Isolated: Putin’s Strategic Prize Turned Into a Strategic Weakness
As the governor of Russian-occupied Crimea declares a state of emergency, what are the options for Ukraine?
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Tulsi Gabbard Revives Russian Disinformation Campaign About Ukraine Biolabs
As one of her last moves as head of the US intelligence community,Tulsi Gabbard propped up a Russian disinformation campaign that was used by the Kremlin to justify its illegal invasion of Ukraine four years ago
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Civilian Return from Occupation: Addressing a Policy Challenge in Ukraine’s EU Accession
As negotiations open on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, Zarina Zabrisky reports on a key human rights challenge which must be addressed by the Ukrainian Government
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The Three Sharp Points of the Ukrainian Trident
Paul Niland explains how short, medium and long term drone and missile attacks are turning the tide in Ukraine’s defence against Russian invasion
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Toxic Pesticides Could Be Banned From UK Farms as Government Urged to Align With EU Rules
Ministers are considering a new report by a cross-party body which recommends closer alignment with European rules on limiting the use of harmful chemicals in our agriculture
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Ukraine’s ‘Frozen’ Frontlines Are Shifting Significantly
A series of drone attacks on Russian oil facilities by Ukraine been a more significant blow to Putin’s war machine than Western sanctions
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All The Kings’ Horses and All the Kings’ Men Can’t Put the US-UK ‘Special Relationship’ Together Again
It will take far more than some clever speechifying from the King to repair the deep damage the US President has done to relations with his country’s former closest ally, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘If Anyone Can Become an Englishman, What is an Englishman?’: Reform UK’s James Orr on the ‘Great Replacement’
Nigel Farage’s Head of Policy endorsed extremist ‘Great Replacement’ theory, called for the reversal of a quarter-century of British migration, and named himself UK chair of a pan-European far-right alliance, in conversation with now deceased ‘MAGA’ activist Charlie Kirk.
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Hope and Heartache in Chernihiv
As 175 Ukrainian POWs are returned to Chernihiv, desperate families continue to search for their missing loved ones, Kris Parker reports
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Escaping the Drone Siege in the Humanitarian Catastrophe of Oleshki
Zarina Zabrisky speaks to Ukrainians about the horrors of an underreported genocide taking place right now in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region
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Matt Goodwin’s Lucrative Hungarian Fellowship Could Be in Line for the Chop Following Orbán’s Defeat
The Orbán-controlled body for which the Reform UK and GB News commentator is a ‘visiting fellow’ is facing investigation over alleged misuse of public funds
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Spy Games and the Global Far Right Loom Over Historic Hungarian Election
As Viktor Orbán trails in the polls he is seeking help from the global far right and the intelligence services, reports Ábel Bede
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Trump’s Iran War Threatens a Refugee Crisis on a Scale That Dwarfs Syria
A former senior US defence analyst warns that the assault on Iran risks causing a refugee crisis up to four times larger than what happened during the Syria conflict
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Operation Epic Fury: A Mass of Shifting Objectives
Dr Charles Kriel looks at the Iran War as an information operation and identifies what the West still refuses to understand about it
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Ukraine Launches Landmark Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’
With environmental damages now estimated at £108 billion, Ukraine is hoping to pioneer the global prosecution of ecocide as a weapon of war
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Paul Conroy: ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be In Hell With’
John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer, Paul Conroy
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How Kherson Became a Live Testing Ground for Drone Defence Against Russia’s ‘Human Safari’ of Ukrainians
Zarina Zabrisky reports from a bomb-shelter in Kherson on the cutting edge technology being used to protect Ukraine from Russia’s onslaught
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The EU’s ‘Farage Clause’ Shows the Damage Reform Is Already Doing to the UK
As well as making us poorer each year, Farage’s Brexit is also making us more vulnerable to those who wish to do us harm, argues Chris Grey
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Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Is an Existential Threat to NATO and Europe
The US President’s plans to capture Greenland pose a grave threat to Europe’s future that its leaders can no longer afford to ignore, argues Simon Nixon
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What Putin Really Wants From Trump’s Ukraine ‘Negotiations’
For the Russian leader, Trump’s proposed ‘peace deal’ is merely a way to continue his war by other means, writes Denis Mikhailov
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‘The Trump Administration Must Abandon Its Delusions About Destroying the EU’
The European Union is far stronger and more united than those inside the Trumpian echo chamber have fooled themselves into believing, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Funding ‘Violence and Death’ on the French Border, Say Human Rights Groups
Billions of pounds is being spent on anti-migrant measures which campaigners warn are contributing to dozens of deaths of vulnerable people seeking to come to the UK
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Trump Envoy Has Financial Ties With Former Adviser to Putin’s ‘Money Man’ Now Leading Kremlin Peace Talks
Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations
