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Compassion-Free Conservatism: ‘Suella Braverman Uses Vote Leave Playbook Against Vulnerable Refugees’
The new ‘Illegal Migration Bill’ is using the same dishonest tactics used to take Britain out of the EU to secure the Conservatives a fifth election victory, writes Adam Bienkov
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Rishi Sunak’s Brexit Deal Shows what Britain Lost by Leaving the EU
In seeking praise for repairing some of the damage caused by Brexit, Rishi Sunak’s revised deal only highlights what we lost through cutting ties with the EU, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘With the Northern Ireland Protocol Deal, Sunak has Recognised Peace is Hard and Conflict is Deadly’
Do Boris Johnson, David Frost and the ERG want Northern Ireland to be stuck in a similar spiral of distrust and possible resumption of violence as the Israelis and Palestinians, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Government Could Face EU Legal Challenge Over Anti-Strikes Legislation
The Minimum Service Levels Bill – and plans to scrap all ‘retained’ EU laws – could be in breach of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, reports Josiah Mortimer
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‘Is Ukraine on the Path of Shock Therapy?’
Victory for Ukraine is not just about defeating Russia but avoiding the path Putin’s country has taken with its economy, write Gerhard Schnyder and Simon Deakin
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‘A Blank Cheque Placed in the Hands of Ministers’: Lords Slam Government’s Plan to ‘Sunset’ Thousands of EU Laws
One of the central promises of Brexit is being violated by the Government, a new report has suggested
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Brexit Exposes the Government’s Failure to Train Specialist NHS Doctors
Ellie Newis digs into the post-Brexit recruitment and retention crisis in the NHS
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‘Brexit – Three Years On: The Lie So Etched on Britain’s Body Politic’
Jonathan Lis explores whether telling the truth about leaving the EU would take the entire establishment down too
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‘Britannia Chained: Brexit has Left the UK in a State of National Decline’
Three years on from Britain’s exit from the EU, the deep impact on our economy and national standing is now undeniable, writes Adam Bienkov
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Brexit – Three Years On: Reconnecting the UK with Europe
In a new report for the Compass think tank, Jon Bloomfield explores how post-Brexit Britain can build a better relationship with the EU
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Rees-Mogg’s Bonfire of Environmental Bureaucracy
Campaigners fear that laws put in place to safeguard the environment could be ‘accidently’ lost if the Retained EU Law Bill is implemented
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How the Gas Industry is Trying to Rehabilitate Fossil Fuels
Thomas Perrett reports on the new methods used by big energy associations to influence the media and those in power
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The UK and Ireland’s Brexit Divide Deepens
Emma DeSouza reports on the implications for remain-voting Northern Ireland and the Union of Ireland’s positive relationship with the EU, amid ongoing complications over the Protocol
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‘The Supreme Court’s Scottish Referendum Ruling Shows the UK is a Prison of Nations’
The Union is not based on consent – European leaders must now make it clear Scotland will be welcomed as the only country to be taken out of the EU against its will, writes Anthony Barnett
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A City Caught Between Industrial Change and Climate Change
Sam Bright examines how Britain can learn from the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, and how our recent political history provides a warning to the Dutch establishment
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‘Not Actually Very Good’: Britain’s Post-Brexit Trade Agreements with Japan and Australia
Ellie Newis reviews two of the flagship agreements that were supposed to reignite the UK economy
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Trump and Putin’s War on the ‘Green Agenda’
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the Russian energy giant Gazprom planned to control Ukraine’s gas and backed Donald Trump due to Putin’s existential fear of net zero
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Britain on the Brink: ‘It’s Not Just Liz Truss: it’s Brexit’
In his editorial from the October 2022 print edition of Byline Times, Peter Jukes argues that Liz Truss is ushering in the final phase of the Brexit project It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. When David Cameron took over as leader of the Conservatives in 2005, he wanted to transform its electoral reputation as the…
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Meloni’s Victory Shows Italian Fascism Never Truly Died
Angelo Boccato speaks to experts about the electoral success of Brothers of Italy
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Three Years On from ‘No Deal’ Emergency: Operation Yellowhammer is Our Reality
We are now living through the bleak predictions made in the Brexit contingency report in 2019, says TJ Coles
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Armenia is Turning its Back on Russia
The era of Russian dominance in the South Caucasus is coming to an end, reports Nikola Mikovic
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EU Visa Ban on Russian Tourists: Unleashing the Full Arsenal of Democracy
With EU Ministers set to make a decision tomorrow, Benjamin Tallis argues that there is a liberal case for a Russian visa ban, and the opposition to it reveals a weakness in European democracy
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‘The Government’s Post-Brexit Immigration Policy is a Rare Success’
Jonathan Portes answers the criticisms of those who claim that what the Brexit campaign was really promising was lower levels of immigration
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‘Global Britain’, and its New Blue Passport, is Falling Behind
In terms of its access to the world, the UK is struggling to keep up with its peers, observes Professor Christopher Phillips
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Detained da Vincis: The Artist Asylum Seekers Trapped in Lithuania
Last summer, 4,000 people seeking asylum arrived in Lithuania and were placed in immigration detention. While the future is uncertain, many are using art to process fear and trauma
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Bendy Bananas and the Myth of Draconian EU Laws
James Grace explores the number and nature of EU rules on the UK statute book
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Nazi Speeches and Fascists Return: Europe’s Summer of Turmoil
While we’ve all been distracted by Westminster drama, what’s been happening across the Channel? Sian Norris takes a look at the latest political news from Europe
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Cruel Britannia and the ‘Global Britain’ Fallacy
The rhetoric and the reality of post-Brexit Britain are more distant than ever, notes Rachel Morris
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Vote Leave’s Immigration Hypocrisy
TJ Coles unpicks how Brexiters have approached immigration in office, after using it as a scare campaign for so many years
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Boris Johnson’s Only Legacy Will be Failed Vanity Projects and a Large Bill
For a man so obsessed with his own image, the outgoing Prime Minister will leave few relics behind him, reports Adam Bienkov
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Conservative Leadership Contest: Another Populist Pageant?
They’re off! As candidates vie to replace Boris Johnson, Sam Bright predicts they’ll all appeal to the three Conservative commandments of nationalism, Brexit, and Thatcherism
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Why Brexit is No Longer Boris Johnson’s Superpower
Sam Bright reviews exclusive polling for Byline Times, revealing the public’s newfound pessimism towards Brexit
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The Impact of Brexit in Six Charts: From Trade Slumps to a Weaker Pound
TJ Coles reviews the ways in which leaving the EU has made Britain poorer
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The Big Thing Wrong: How Brexit Undermined the UK’s COVID Vaccine Rollout
James Grace addresses Boris Johnson’s falsehoods about the impact of the EU on the speed of our jabs
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Pledging to Rejoin the European Single Market would be a Brave Move from our Opposition Parties
As Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood calls for the UK to rejoin the EU Single Market, a Liberal Democrat peer asks cautious opposition parties to consider its benefits
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Law-Makers Must Wake Up to the Threat of Artificial Intelligence
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act will allow the creeping increased use of AI by law enforcement agencies to continue, reports Catherine Connolly
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From Rwanda to Northern Ireland: The Failures of the Government Legal Department
Barrister Gareth Roberts assesses the breakdown in respect for the rule of law within Downing Street
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The Government Continues to Stoke Burning Embers in Northern Ireland
As Boris Johnson prepares to change the Northern Ireland Protocol, Jonathan Lis explores how his recklessness, a hard Brexit and lasting questions of identity are threatening peace once again
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European Parliament Appears to Censor Report on Press Censorship in EU
The European Parliament removed a reference to Greece’s low ranking on the Press Freedom Index
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‘Invisible People’: UK Adopts Greek Approach to New Asylum ‘Reception Centres’
Bea Tridimas reports on the imminent opening of a new type of asylum facility in rural Yorkshire
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Doubts Cast Over Home Secretary’s Claim that EU has Resettled Refugees in Rwanda
The Home Office’s evidence for the claim pointed to the UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Mechanism – but this scheme differs from the UK’s plans to resettle people who arrive in the UK ‘illegally’ to Rwanda
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Constitutional Culture Wars: Johnson’s Next Divide-and-Rule Campaign?
AV Deggar considers how the Vote Leave coalition may react to emboldened separatist forces in Scotland and Northern Ireland
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UK Regulators ‘Fumbling in Dark’ After Brexit, Report Finds
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee raises serious concerns around recruitment and information sharing at three of the country’s key watchdogs
