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Reality TV Star Accused of Serious Allegations at Crisis-Hit Care Home for Vulnerable Girls
The proceedings can only now be reported in full following a successful Open Justice appeal by Byline Times
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How the Media Distorts the Public Debate on Irregular Migration in the UK
New research shines a light on how a disproportionate focus on ‘small boats’ by the press and politicians shapes how migration is seen by the public
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Dazed and Confused: How the World Must Respond to Trump’s Assault on the Global Trading System
Former EU Trade Negotiator John Clarke on how to counter the method behind the madness of current US trade policy
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Trump’s Mob Rule: An Offer We Can Only Refuse
If Europeans come from Venus, Peter Jukes observes, it’s only because they are aware (unlike Elon Musk) of the bleak devastation of Mars
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Starmer’s Moment of Truth: ‘Britain Must Align Itself with Europe’s Regulated Capitalism and Collective Security’
The PM’s pronouncement that Britain need not choose between the US and Europe is ‘downright reckless’ and an ‘exercise in dangerous delusion’, argues Clive Lewis
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Free Speech Union to Work With Elon Musk as X Owner’s Influence in UK Spreads
Toby Young said he hoped it would be the first of ‘many’ legal collaborations between X and his organisation
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Leading Economists Rebut Business Lobby’s Claims Workers’ Rights Bill Will Cause ‘Havoc’
Open letter argues stronger worker protections boost productivity and create economic stability as Labour MPs challenge Reform UK to clarify position on popular legislation
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New ‘Emergency Board’ Puts Pressure on Thames Water and Government Amid Court Chaos
Activists tap into public anger over ‘fundamentally broken’ water industry
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The Brutalist: How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s New World Order
For all its chaos in operation, Trump’s regime has a strategic rationale and must be fought strategically, argues Jon Bloomfield
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‘The Media is Misreporting Why People Aren’t Having Children’
These are the real reasons birthrates are falling, argue Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
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Keir Starmer’s ‘Geo-Political Minefield’ Between Donald Trump and Europe
With Starmer thrust into a damage limitation exercise by the Ukraine crisis, Chris Painter reflects on the fluctuating relations between British Prime Ministers and American Presidents.
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Conservative Peer Lord Feldman Helped ‘Good Friend’ of Michael Gove Win VIP PPE Deal
Documents released by the Covid Inquiry reveal a network of connections between senior ministers, advisers and those handed lucrative Covid contracts
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Needs Musk: Minister Pledges Crackdown on ‘Dark Money’ in British Politics
Keir Starmer’s Government looks set to close loopholes that would allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll UK political parties
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‘Anneliese Dodds’s Principled Resignation Should Be a Warning for Keir Starmer’
The International Development Secretary’s departure was overshadowed by world events this week, but it risks having a much longer lasting impact on the Government’s fortunes, argues Neal Lawson
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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is Now Britain’s Biggest Far-Right Threat, Finds Report
The ‘State of Hate’ report comes in the wake of last summer’s racist riots and growing waves of extremist sentiment stirred up by public figures like Elon Musk
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Conservative Fixer Lord Feldman Lobbied Boris Johnson to Push Through Dyson’s Ventilator Contract
Private messages between Boris Johnson and his team reveal they were “on a mission” to secure the contract with leading Brexiteer James Dyson
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Caught in the Net: Star Wars Tactics and Geopolitical Struggles in Kherson
An exclusive Byline Times interview with Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration
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UK’s £32m Investment in Peter Thiel-backed Autonomous Weapons Firm Revealed Amid Deepening Ties to Trump Administration
The contracts, seen by Byline Times, include £7 million for a fleet of near silent ‘ghost drones’
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Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules
Evidence published by the Covid Inquiry reveals that the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm
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‘It’s Time to End the Trump Denialism and Admit the US Is No Longer Europe’s Ally’
Keir Starmer’s attempts to be an “honest broker” with Donald Trump are doomed to failure, argues Adam Bienkov
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The British Press Has Been Given ‘Virtual Impunity’ for Bad Behaviour, Warns Media Regulator
The next big media scandal is only a matter of time, says independent watchdog, after successive governments refuse to further regulate the industry
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Millions of People are Unable to Vote in the UK, as Report Reveals Numbers of Foreign Citizens Disenfranchised by Seat
Some parliamentary seats have as many as 30,000 voting-age residents who are unable to vote
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‘Trump’s Embrace of Putin Should Push the UK Back Towards the EU’
The UK must accept that its economic and political interests now lean heavily towards Europe, argues Richard Barfield
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‘I went on Channel 4 Show Go Back To Where You Came From – There’s One Thing We All Agreed on’
Mathilda Mallinson was one of two pro-immigration cast members on the controversial Channel 4 show. She explains what the show taught her
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UK Taxpayers’ Cash Is Funding an Arms Firm Whose Biggest Shareholder Is Now Bankrolling Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
The UK Government’s big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit Reform UK’s biggest donor
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‘Reform’s Policies Are Dangerously Out of Step With Public Opinion and It’s Time the Media Started Scrutinising Them’
The British press has given Nigel Farage’s party a free ride for too long, argues Salman Shaheen
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The Utter Mismanagement of HS2 Is Now Damaging the UK’s Global Reputation, Say MPs
A new parliamentary investigation details the many billions of pounds wasted on a scheme, the exact future of which still remains in doubt, reports David Hencke
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‘Blind Rearmament Won’t Counter the Threats from Putin and Trump’
With the US potentially allied to Russia over the fate of Ukraine, there needs to be a root and branch rethinking of British and European security
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Kemi Badenoch’s Foreign Policy: ‘Channelling Her Inner JD Vance’
The former senior diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall sees signs of Trumpist culture wars and a woeful lack of realism in the opposition leader’s foreign policy set piece speech
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Kemi Badenoch Calls for Trump’s ‘Foreign Interference’ in UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands Deal
The Conservative leader’s spokesman backed a “foreign power” intervening in the UK’s sovereign interests
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Nigel Farage’s US Trip to Meet Elon Musk Was Partly Funded by a Convicted Felon
The Reform UK leader also accepted £91,000 for four hours work as a “brand ambassador” for a Mayfair-based gold bullion firm
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‘Keir Starmer Must Embrace Proportional Representation and End the Coercive Duopoly Throttling Our Democracy’
Britain will never truly change for the better as long as Britain’s deeply unfair voting system remains in place, argues Neal Lawson
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‘Keir Starmer Must Accept These Hard Truths Before Meeting Donald Trump’
Before the Prime Minister heads to Washington he must wake up to the fact that the UK’s real allies may now lie elsewhere, argues UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘How Powerful Racist Parties Are Weaponising Political Antisemitism’
Antisemitism shouldn’t be a contested issue, It’s racist hate and it’s on the rise, writes Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
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‘I Asked Nigel Farage’s Supporters What They Really Want and the Answers Were Alarming’
My time spent mingling with Reform supporters online revealed a lot about where the UK could be heading next, argues David Goff
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‘If We Let Domestic Abusers Skip Rehabilitation Courses Then Lives Will Continue to Be Lost’
Domestic violence charity Refuge’s CEO Abigail Ampofo says that the Government’s decision to end rehabilitation courses for some offenders is ‘deeply troubling’
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Trump-Supporting ARC Conference After Party Cancelled at London Nightclub Following Protests
Venue was set to host a cigars, cocktail and DJ night for British Trump-backers attending a conference addressed by Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch
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‘Wales Is Leading the Way on Ending Lying in Politics. Westminster Must Now Do the Same’
The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit, argues Jennifer Nadel
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‘Keir Starmer’s Blue Labour Strategy Is an Electoral Dead End for His Government’
Labour’s attempt to mimic Nigel Farage’s Reform on immigration is a fundamental misunderstanding of its electoral base, argues Neal Lawson
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‘The Neglect of Theatre in Britain’s Creative Life is Costing the Country Dearly’
The stories brought to life on the stage in the past allowed people to understand that politics is something that impacts on their lives, writes playwright Tim Walker
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UK Universities Accused of Training Police and Security Officers for Repressive Dictatorships Without Screening Students
Almost no checks are in place to ensure training is not used to clamp down on human rights and peaceful dissent, say campaigners
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Tommy Robinson Supporters Network Has Links to Neo-Nazi Groups and a Library of Terrorism Manuals
A Byline Times investigation finds members have access to an online library of bomb-making manuals, and instructions for assembling home-made firearms
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From Murdoch to Musk: Hacking the State
While the media mogul spent more than half a century building up back-door political influence, the social media broligarch stormed into the US Government in just two years. Peter Jukes explores how the use of power through media has evolved
