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Unaccountable Chaos: Scathing Lords Report Criticises Government COVID Response
Downing Street dodged Parliament and sowed confusion, a new House of Lords review has concluded
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Boris Johnson Misled MPs Over Unusable PPE
The Government’s most senior Health official has contradicted the Prime Minister’s claims, reports Sian Norris
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God Save the Queen: Still Jousting in the Junior Common Room
Otto English doesn’t think the latest skirmish in the culture wars is a ‘dead cat’ but shows a generation of politicians bereft of ideas and obsessed with campus politics
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The Euros Present Another Chance for Conservatives to Advance their Culture War
Shane Thomas explores how notions of race, Englishness and football could be weaponised by the Prime Minister during Euro 2020
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How Will Johnson Get the Economy Out of the Mess Created by Brexit and COVID?
The UK’s economic future is less certain than it has been at any time since the 2008 financial crisis, says Mike Buckley
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Not the Royal Yacht Britannia: Waiving the Rules
Otto English celebrates another costly Boris Johnson project because this time the British people might just cotton on to the cavalcade of nonsense…
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Exhaustion Sustains Authoritarianism: Why the Government Will Never Allow a Four-Day Week
Maheen Behrana explains how Britain has longer working hours than any EU country and why the Conservative Party is so rigidly wedded to keeping it that way
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Conservative Pragmatism Knows Islamophobia Helps Win Elections
Amidst new claims that Muslim members of the Conservative Party were deliberately excluded from an inquiry into Islamophobia, Faisal Hanif explores why its findings will make little difference
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‘Farms Will Not be Able to Survive This’: Farmers Speak Up About Brexit’s Damaging Impact
As the details of Boris Johnson’s trade deals are unveiled, two farmers spoke to Byline TV about the pessimistic post-Brexit future of their industry
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Why the Conservatives Became the Animal Friendly Party
Dominic Dyer considers why it matters that the Labour party has lost the initiative on wildlife protection and animal welfare
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Revealed: Michael Gove and Priti Patel Linked to Israeli Military Charities and Netanyahu Propaganda Video
Nafeez Ahmed on the lobbying connections of the only two ministers to have met in private with the Israeli Prime Minister
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When Will the Government Finally Start Taking Airborne Transmission of COVID-19 Seriously?
With doctors suspended from Twitter for raising the need for good ventilation systems, and Dominic Cummings telling MPs that the Government failed to properly explain to the public that the Coronavirus is an airborne virus, when will Boris Johnson’s administration face facts? asks Mike Buckley
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Why Johnson’s Meeting with Viktor Orbán Is Provoking Controversy
Hungary’s authoritarian Prime Minister will meet Johnson at Downing Street – but what will the pair find to talk about? Sian Norris sums up the controversies surrounding Viktor Orbán
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A Very British Trump – A Leader Captured by Media
‘Britain Trump’ was how the former US President once described Boris Johnson. Now Dominic Cummings’ testimony has confirmed our worst fears, writes Peter Jukes
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A State No Longer Fit For Purpose
Professor Chris Painter argues that the British state, long creaking, has been put under intolerable pressure by Boris Johnson’s Premiership
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The Contradictions of Dominic Cummings
The Prime Minister’s former chief aide helped to create the system that he now rightly denounces, says Sam Bright
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Report into Conservative Party Finds Majority of Complaints Relate to Anti-Muslim Discrimination
The Singh investigation reveals that comments made by the Prime Minister gave an impression of insensitivity towards the Muslim community, Sian Norris reports
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Every MP Who Cares About Democracy Must Unite to Stop the Government’s Attacks on its Foundations
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock and Kyle Taylor set out the case for cross-party co-operation to protect the electoral integrity of our political system
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The UK-Australia Trade Deal: A Tale of Brexit Insanity
Otto English dissects the disadvantages that a free trade agreement between the two countries would bring to the UK
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Was Signing Trade Deals with Modi More Important to the Government than Stopping the Spread of the Indian COVID Variant?
Nabanita Sircar reports on the continued spread of the B.1.617.2 variant in Britain – which has led to a devastating second wave of the Coronavirus in India – and Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown
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Concerns About Voter Suppression Will be Dismissed as ‘Conspiracy Theories’ – But It Is a Real Threat to Our Democracy
Mike Buckley digs into the motivations behind Boris Johnson’s proposal that a form of ID should be shown by people voting in future elections
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‘Government Could Have Saved More Than 100,000 Lives During Pandemic’, Says Former Chief Scientist
Sir David King speaks to Byline Times about herd immunity, private sector outsourcing, the vaccine roll-out, and future threats
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Downing Street Refurbishment Conducted by Firm With Conservative Links
Two Tory peers and a Government ‘advisor’ have close ties a firm tasked with revamping Downing Street, Sam Bright reveals
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Corruption Doesn’t Come With One Clear Smoking Gun – Which Is Why It’s So Hard to Expose
Iain Overton on investigative reporting, systemic nepotism and why the ‘War on Woke’ is a smokescreen
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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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What Does Boris Johnson’s Great ‘Levelling-Up’ Really Look Like?
Jonathan Portes examines the real forces at play, which will require addressing, as part of the Prime Minister’s flagship policy for his new ‘Red Wall’ constituencies
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‘Woke Youth’ and ‘Traditional’ Labour Voters Are More Similar Than You May Think
Maheen Behrana explains how the new working class is heavily populated by young people in urban areas, paying extortionate rents and working in the gig economy
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Labour’s Lost Heartlands: A Tale of Neglect, Decline, Rage and Revolt
Lauren White analyses why areas afflicted by poverty and deprivation have voted Conservative for the first time
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Labour Losses: Changing Demographics and the ‘Values Divide’
Keir Starmer’s mission is clear, even if his party’s execution has been lacking in this election campaign, argues Mike Buckley
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Boris Johnson is Bombproof, While Labour Runs Out of Second Chances
Keir Starmer’s side must reckon with the reasons why it lost to a party that has had 150,000 people die on its watch, says Sam Bright
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A Smokescreen for Tragedy: The Human Cost of Populism
The ultimate cost of corruption, incompetence, division and myth is always there, waiting to be brought home – as it has been for too many people in India and around the world during the Coronavirus pandemic, writes Hardeep Matharu
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Post-Nolan Cronyism: The 10 Year Conservative Campaign to Rig the Public Appointments System
The recent appointment of Government sympathisers to the BBC must be seen in the context of a years-long effort to wrest control of public bodies, says Julian Petley
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How Can Johnson Ask Donors To Fund Childcare as a Decade of Austerity Pushes Children into Poverty?
The news that Johnson ‘can’t afford to be Prime Minister’ rings hollow after a decade of austerity-driven child poverty, says Sian Norris
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Why Johnson’s Imperious Attitude Appeals to Our Secret Need for Subjugation
Jonathan Lis explores the source of the Prime Minister’s untouchability
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‘Gold Standard of Broadcasting Impartiality’? New BBC Board Member Sir Robbie Gibb Recently Championed Boris Johnson
The latest appointment to the BBC’s executive team said the Prime Minister has ‘all too often been misunderstood and maligned’ only four months ago, reports Sam Bright
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Will Johnson’s ‘Major Sleaze’ Allegations Stick when Chumocracy is Already ‘Just the Way the World Works?’
Maheen Behrana doubts whether Keir Starmer’s new barb will resonate with the general public
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Against the Wall: How Johnson’s Cronyism Contributed to his Woeful Mishandling of the Coronavirus Pandemic
From “she’s buying gold wallpaper” to “let the bodies pile high”, questions must be asked about the priority the Prime Minister gave to the pandemic when it emerged last year – at the same time as he was worrying about matters closer to home
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Firm Owned by Boris Johnson’s ‘Downing Street Donor’ was Allowed to Bid for £130 Million Public Contracts
A company founded and owned by Lord Brownlow has been awarded access to public contracts
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Boris Johnson is a Boarding School Survivor – That Should Concern Us All
Iain Overton draws on his personal experience to explore why the Prime Minister’s background may explain his mendacious approach to politics – and life
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David Cameron Spent £93,000 of Taxpayer Cash on Downing Street Residence Renovations During Austerity Years
The former Prime Minister spent significant sums upgrading his living quarters while preaching public-sector restraint, Sam Bright reports
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‘The Government has to Listen to Us’: Boris Johnson Dodges Seventh Invite to Meet the COVID Bereaved
Tom Charlesworth speaks to the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK group about the Prime Minister’s refusal to meet with it and the National COVID Memorial Wall it has created to honour each victim of the virus
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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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Vaccines Versus Variants: The Vital Flaw in Johnson’s COVID Roadmap
Mike Buckley explores how the Government is taking a big risk in staking Britain’s return to normality almost solely on vaccines
