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Brexit Border Delays Expose the Lie at the Heart of Vote Leave
Boris Johnson’s promise that Brexit would make Britain an “outward-looking” prosperous nation is now exposed as the lie it always was, reports Adam Bienkov
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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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‘The Brexit Lies that Literally Made Us All Poorer’
Iain Overton examines the lack of consequences for the Brexiters that promised us sunny uplands
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The NHS and Brexit: What We Now Know
Sam Bright examines the contribution of Brexit to our current healthcare crisis
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Kemi Badenoch Carries on Liz Truss’ Tufton Street Traditions
The International Trade Secretary is due to speak at a Koch-founded libertarian ‘think tank’, reports Sam Bright
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‘The Myth of a Benign Brexit Immigration Policy’
Martin Shaw replies to economist Jonathan Portes’ recent Byline Times article, which argued that the Government’s post-Brexit immigration system is a ‘rare success’
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This Septic Isle
Brexit is compounding, not relieving, the UK’s slurry of economic and environmental problems, says Rachel Morris
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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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The ‘Far-Righting’ of the Conservative Party
Martin Shaw considers how the Conservatives have incorporated radical right-wing politics since the onset of the great Brexit debate
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Penny Mordaunt is the Heir to Boris Johnson’s Lies
One of the leading candidates to become Prime Minister is refusing to withdraw a series of false claims she has made during the contest, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Britannia Unchained Gang: Why the UK’s Next Prime Minister May Well be Its Worst
Replacing a self-interested opportunist with doctrinaire ideologues will be nothing to cheer about, argues AV Deggar
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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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Who Are Johnson’s 22 Big Money Backers? And Did They Influence the No Confidence Vote?
Sam Bright and Max Colbert dig into the potential impact of Tory donors on the survival of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister
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The Single Market Taboo Won’t Last Forever
Martin Shaw explains why a softer Norway-style Brexit was derailed by Boris Johnson’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, and how the tide may be slowly turning
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The Cost of Brexit: Brits Say EU Exit Drove up Prices, New Poll Finds
An exclusive poll for Byline Times finds that seven-in-ten voters believe leaving the EU has made life in the UK more expensive
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Conservative and Vote Leave Links to Remote Learning Organisation Set to Become a Government Body
Sascha Lavin investigates the political ties of an online education provider that has won millions in state contracts
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How the French Far-Right Is Copying the Digital Campaigning Tricks of Brexit
A new report into Eric Zemmour’s social media in the run-up to the French elections shows how Britain’s Leave campaigns during the EU referendum created a controversial template
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Laura Kuenssberg’s Time as BBC Political Editor has been a Catastrophic, Systemic Failure
Thanks to managers at the BBC, the outgoing Kuenssberg repeated lies rather than challenging them, says former BBC journalist Patrick Howse
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Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
2016 EU Referendum, 2020 US Presidential Election, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Conservative Party, Democracy, Donald Trump, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Interference, Collusion and Alternative War, Leave.EU, Nigel Farage, Russia, The European Union, UK Politics, Ukraine, US Politics, Vladimir Putin, Vote Leave, War and Conflict -
Why We Should be Worried About Boris Johnson’s Civil Service Promotion of Gisela Stuart
Baroness Stuart’s crucial role in EU Referendum controversies should rule her out of a top position demanding impartiality and integrity, says former Labour MP Ian Lucas
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A Guide to the Radicalisation of the Conservative Party
Sam Bright digs into the recent history of Boris Johnson’s party, to explain why its centre of gravity has shifted markedly to the right
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The Online Arms Race Benefits the Conservatives at the Expense of Democracy
Former Labour MP Ian Lucas explores how politics is being warped by online surveillance, data harvesting and ruthless social media campaigning – and why opposition parties need to take action to tackle this
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From Conrad’s Kurtz to Enoch Powell: Conservatism Takes a Dark Turn to the Past
Under Boris Johnson’s leadership, the Conservative Party has reversed half a century of attempts at post-imperial reform, and – regardless of whether the Prime Minister stays or goes – is now embarked on an ethno-nationalist, protectionist, statist project, with major institutional changes afoot, observe Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu
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The Populist Alliance: How Vote Leave Came to Rule British Politics
Even despite the resignation of Lord David Frost, the hard Brexit project has been enshrined into Britain’s political institutions with far-reaching consequences, says former Labour MP Ian Lucas
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The Disaster that Dare Not Speak Its Name
From the October print edition of Byline Times, Jonathan Lis explains how Brexit has distorted British politics to such an extent that its untruths will now keep everyone trapped in its chaos
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The Vote Leave Regime Knows Our Election System Can Be Corrupted – So Won’t Do Anything to Change It
Former Labour MP Ian Lucas – author of the forthcoming book Digital Gangsters – says Downing Street knows that British politics is broken but has a stake in preserving this
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£515 Million-a-Week Hit in UK Exports to Top European Partners
New Government data shows rapidly falling trade with countries on the continent, reveals Sam Bright
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Even as the World Burns, Johnson has to Play his Anti-Immigrant Fiddle
The Prime Minister activated his base in the one way he really knows how, when he claimed that the fall of the Roman Empire has great lessons for today’s climate emergency, says Hardeep Matharu
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A Winter of Discontent? Maybe. A Frozen Government for Sure
Peter Jukes looks at the differences between the crises of the 1970s and the current state of Brexit Britain – and finds some surprising but chilling echoes
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Cummings’ Brexit Confessions Reveal the Hollow Heart of a Hallowed Project
Jonathan Lis explains how the admissions of leading Brexiters five years on expose the continuing corruption of British politics by outright lies
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Subverting the ‘Will of the People’: How Brexit Sowed the Wind
Chris Grey explores the forces unleashed by Brexit and how they reveal the weaknesses of Britain’s unwritten Constitution – vulnerable in its reliance on norms and conventions to deliver representative democracy
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Revealed: The Involvement of Palantir and Faculty in the UK Public Sector
Peter Thiel’s Palantir and an AI-company linked to Dominic Cummings combined have won public sector contracts worth over £100 million – including contracts connected to NHS data. Max Colbert reports with The Citizens
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Vote Leave’s Tearing Up of the Rules Comes Back to Bite its Leaders
The ‘culture war’ waged by Boris Johnson and Priti Patel relies on fear and silence – which is why Tyrone Mings’ intervention has been so powerful and unprecedented, says Sam Bright
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From Machiavelli to Winnie the Pooh. Johnson’s Unfitness Confirmed – But Why Only Now?
Otto English dissects Dominic Cummings’ latest revelations about the Prime Minister’s character and his own role in Boris Johnson’s rise
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Voter Fraud is a Fallacy: These Are the Real Dangers to British Democracy
Sam Bright explains that there are more investigations into the Prime Minister’s conduct than annual voter fraud convictions, and lists the genuine threats to democracy in the UK
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Britain’s Political Media Corruption: A Coalition of the Guilty
From Leveson to Brexit, phone-hacking to Cambridge Analytica, Peter Jukes sees a consistent theme – parties on the run from the rule of law. And how Dominic Cummings could end the cycle of corruption
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Project Fear – The Writing Was Always on the Wall
By dismissing all the warnings about the threat to peace in Northern Ireland posed by Brexit, Boris Johnson has put lives in danger in the name of power and ideology, says Otto English
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Vote Leave Data Firm Scores £2.4 Million Government Contract to Research ‘Online Harms’
Formerly known as ASI Data Science, the company once responsible for spreading Vote Leave’s propaganda is now being paid for research into harmful digital content reports Sam Bright A controversial data firm that worked on the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 EU Referendum has won a £2.4 million Government contract to research “online harms”. […]
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Cummings and Cain Held Private Meeting With New BBC Boss on Day of Internal Market Bill Vote
Sam Bright reports on how the Prime Minister’s former top advisors met with Tim Davie on the day of a Brexit vote that threatened to break international law
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Exporting Lies: How Brexit Deceit is Affecting My Balance Sheet
Eighth-generation oysterman Tom Haward explains how Brexit is pummelling the fishing industry
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Another Suppressed Report: Facebook and the Brexit Data Breach
Former Labour MP and Digital Culture, Media and Sport Committee member Ian Lucas looks at diluted parliamentary oversight after two landmark reports on dirty data and dark money
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The Reckoning: Brexit and the Legacy of Lies
Chris Grey explains how Britain is only at the beginning of counting the mounting costs of leaving the EU
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‘I Was Taken Along on the Ride’: Fishing Merchant’s Regret at Voting Leave After Brexit Ruins his Business ‘Almost Overnight’
In an exclusive interview with Byline TV, Ian Perkes reveals why he would now vote differently in the EU Referendum if he could turn the clock back
