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Dover Insider: ‘95% of Problems Caused by Brexit’
A customs officer explains why lorries are piling up around the port, and the mood among those working on the front line
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Why is Vladimir Putin Existentially Threatened by Ukraine?
As the drumbeats of war grow louder, Paul Niland explains that while Ukraine provides no military threat, its growing democratic and anti-corruption culture terrifies the Kremlin
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UK’s Record on LGBTIQ Rights Under Fire Alongside Russia, Hungary and Poland
A new report from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe takes aim at hate speech, vilification and scapegoating of LGBTI people in the UK
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‘Keep Watch Over Us’ – A Plea from the Women Abandoned in Afghanistan
Meet eight Afghan women still fighting for their rights in face of Taliban repression. Interviews and photos by Angelo Calianno
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‘I Don’t Know What Will Happen Next’, says Afghan Interpreter Beaten by Taliban
The Home Office launched its Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme this month, as Afghans who worked with the British and remain in the country face violence and fear
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Why is Rupert Murdoch’s Media Parroting Russian Propaganda Over Ukraine?
CJ Werleman considers the past dealings of the media mogul and Russian President – and how this could be impacting the decision to allow Fox News to question US support for Ukraine over a likely Russian invasion of the country
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The Killing Fields: Further Details of China’s Uyghur Concentration Camps Emerge
As China mounts the Winter Olympics, CJ Werleman considers the weight of evidence that exists about the Chinese Communist Party’s abuses in Xinjiang
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A Broken State: A Visit to the Epicentre of the War in Afghanistan
Francesca Borri reports from Sangin, a place scarred by the events of the past 20 years, and considers what the American legacy is for a country now in chaos
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Liz Truss: The Tufton Street Candidate
Sam Bright unravels the ties between Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss and Westminster’s network of opaque libertarian think tanks
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Arron Banks versus Carole Cadwalladr: the First Two Days
John Sweeney gives his first impressions of the landmark libel case taking place in Court 13 of the Royal Courts of Justice
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US Law-Makers are Blacklisting Renewable Energy Efforts
Thomas Perrett reports on the efforts of corporate lobbyists to stymie US President Joe Biden’s climate ambitions
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: The Race War
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda delve into what happened on 6 January 2021 at the US Capitol and investigate how the white supremacist aims of the insurrectionists have led to a far-right capture of education policy
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Millions of Pro-Trump Americans Support Political Violence – But Not Who You Might Think
CJ Werleman unpicks the insights from a new report into who took part in the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 and what this tells us about the growing pro-Trump far-right movement in America
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Oil, Gas and War: Putin’s Choices in Kazakhstan and Ukraine
Nikola Mikovic looks at the Kremlin’s response to two crises on the borders of Russia, and sees strategic energy reserves as a key factor in its decision making
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: How QAnon Went Mainstream
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda report on how the extremist QAnon conspiracy theory has captured the Republican Party and had devastating human consequences
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The Taliban Protection Racket
As the Government launches a new Afghan Resettlement Scheme, desperate refugees expose the Taliban’s violence and their fears for families left behind
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: How the Far-Right Won on Abortion
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda examine how far-right aims on abortion expressed by the ‘mob’ at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 have become the policy of the Republican elite
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: The Militarisation of Far-Right Resistance
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda delve into what happened on 6 January 2021, exposing both the militarisation of the insurrectionists and the failures of the security forces to respond to a war-like threat
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Conservative Succession: The Failures of Liz Truss
Sam Bright examines the record of the Foreign Secretary, as she eyes-up Boris Johnson’s throne
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: The Dark Money Funding Trump’s Coup
On 6 January 2021, far-right groups and Donald Trump supporters invaded the US Capitol in an attempted insurrection. One year on, Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda delve into what happened that day and expose how far-right aims expressed by the ‘mob’ have become the policy of the Republican elite
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Will the World Stand Up and Recognise that Taiwan Does Not Belong to China?
CJ Werleman assesses the likelihood of President Xi Jinping launching a Chinese invasion of the island state based on a widely unchallenged falsehood of territorial claim
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A New Year of Repression in Hong Kong
Stuart Heaver reports on the arrests of Hong Kong journalists, academics, lawyers and opposition politicians under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law
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Otto English’s 2021 Round-Up: Part Two
Euro 2020, a manufactured ‘culture war’, anti-vaxxers, a rare resignation and the fall of Kabul – the summer of 2021 was an eventful one
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Otto English’s 2021 Round-Up: Part One
Brexit, Coronavirus, insurrection – the first five months of the year were packed with concerning developments on many fronts
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‘If Someone Told Me to Go Back and Live In Romania, I Would Really Struggle’
Hardeep Matharu speaks to Romanian-born Labour county councillor Dr Alex Bulat about damaging political narratives around migration, the insidious nature of British prejudice and why she has always felt more at home in the UK
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Coming in from the Cold: the Brexit Reset Needed After the Resignation of Lord Frost
Mike Buckley explains why he has helped to set up a new Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations
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Jobbik: What Does it Take to Deradicalise a Far-Right Party?
Jobbik was once considered to be the greatest threat to Hungarian democracy – now it is part of an alliance trying to save it
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Thirty Years On From the End of the Cold War, the UK Must Support Post-Soviet Success
Sir Ciarán Devane, former chief executive officer of the British Council, explains why Britain must not abandon the states that achieved independence from the Soviet bloc
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How The Great Replacement Went Mainstream
The far-right conspiracy theory has jumped off the dark web message boards and into political parties around Europe
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‘An Entirely Hollow Promise’: Home Office Narrows Eligibility Criteria for Vulnerable Afghans
An update to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy will make it much harder for Afghans who worked with and for the British to seek protection here, say campaigners
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The Brexit Slump: UK-EU Trade Continues to Lag As New Regulations Loom
A new House of Lords report exposes the economic aftershocks of Brexit, highlights David Hencke
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Turkish Military Targeted by Sinister Algorithm Following 2016 Coup
A complex algorithm is being used to determine whether military personnel were involved in trying to overthrow the Turkish Government – with devastating consequences, reports Stephen Delahunty
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Islamophobia in America’s Democratic Party
CJ Werleman explores how a campaign to challenge the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco was roiled by contesting claims of misogyny and anti-Muslim bigotry
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On Brexit, Boris Johnson is Starting to Face the Consequences of his Actions
At home and abroad, the Vote Leave Government’s honeymoon period is over, reports Mike Buckley
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The New Strategies of Hindu Supremacists in Britain
Explores how the drive to get ‘Hinduphobia’ recognised as a form of religious persecution has spread from India to the West
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Brexit Trade Deals Failing to Deliver a Dividend, Report Says
The reality of ‘Global Britain’ is failing to match the rhetoric, reports David Hencke
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‘They Will Kill Us While We Wait’: A Military Family Trapped in Kabul
As the fiasco of UK Government’s evacuation of Afghanistan is exposed, Byline Times speaks to the son of a family terrorised by the Taliban because their father worked for the British Army
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When it Comes to Undermining Judicial Independence, are the Conservatives Looking East?
Proposals to allow Government to overrule judicial review findings reflect a growing authoritarian tendency in the Conservatives – just look at Poland and Hungary
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Britain’s Superiority Complex Over Corruption is Baseless
Joe Walsh compares the treatment of ministers, when they became embroiled in accusations of cronyism, in the UK and South Africa
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The UAE has Stabbed Kashmir in the Back
A new infrastructure deal between Dubai and New Delhi is a staggering blow for the Muslim majority territory’s aspirations for self-determination, says CJ Werleman
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The UK Must Act Urgently to Stop Conflict in Bosnia
Labour MP Fleur Anderson implores the Government to learn from history in its approach to rising tensions in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Advertising Watchdog Looking Into Evening Standard’s Relationship with Saudi Arabia
Following a special investigation by Byline Times, the Advertising Standards Authority is reviewing material published by the London newspaper around the COP26 UN climate change summit
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UK Bought £500 Million of COVID Tests Six Days After US Drugs Agency Warning
A federal agency warned US consumers ‘not to purchase or use’ certain tests by the firm, days before the UK purchased devices worth hundreds of millions, Sam Bright reports
