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Revealed: Peter Mandelson’s Russian Connections and Palantir Lobbying Links
The disgraced peer was appointed by Keir Starmer’s Government despite warnings about his role on the board of a Russian defence conglomerate linked to Moscow’s early-warning missile systems
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Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney Ignored Warnings About Peter Mandelson’s Epstein and Russia links
Documents reveal Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US was rushed through despite warnings about the “reputational risks” of his financial and personal ties
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Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory
A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov
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Green Party’s Gorton and Denton Candidate Hannah Spencer Attacks the Media’s ‘Misogynistic’ Coverage of Her Campaign
“I’ve faced a lot of criticism for my appearance, my hair, my relationship status… all the things that I just haven’t seen about people like Matt Goodwin,” Spencer tells Byline Times
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Exclusive Poll: Anti-Reform Tactical Voters Poised to Defeat Nigel Farage’s Party in Gorton and Denton By-election
Greens and Labour are in an effective dead heat against Reform UK, with tactical voters leaning towards Zack Polanski’s party
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‘Keir Starmer’s Government Is Ignoring Growing Demands to Come Clean on Russian Interference in Our Democracy
A long-promised bill to clean up the funding of British politics and protect against foreign interference has failed to deliver, argues Sergei Cristo
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Colonel Keir Starmer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Prime Minister’s allies believe he has survived the attempted coup against him, but few outside Downing Street expect him to last for much longer, reports Adam Bienkov
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The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer’s chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
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‘The Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Is an Opportunity for Starmer to Radically Reform Our Broken Politics’
The Prime Minister should use this moment to shine a light on the dark forces corrupting our democracy, argues former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Thiel Spokesman Denies Former Israeli PM’s Claim Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Palantir Founder’s Venture Fund – But Confirms Epstein was a Limited Partner
A former Israeli Prime Minister and intelligence chief described Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein as “owners” of a venture fund. The founder of Palantir, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson, has denied the claim – but emails reveal how Thiel cultivated Epstein as a business partner
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The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their position for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
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Keir Starmer’s Brutal Treatment of Andy Burnham Has Destroyed All Illusions About His Premiership
The true motivations of this Prime Minister can now be seen by all, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
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Four Day Weeks, Andy Burnham and the Death of Labour Dreams
On policy and raw politics, Keir Starmer’s leadership is crushing dreams of a better world, argues Mainstream co-founder Neal Lawson
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What Keir Starmer Should Have Done With Andy Burnham
The PM’s decision to block Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election risks handing the seat to Nigel Farage, and ultimately triggering his own downfall. It didn’t have to be this way, argues Adam Bienkov
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Mark Carney’s Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned
The Canadian Prime Minister’s powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues Simon Nixon
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It’s Time for an Apology From the Trump Apologists
The politicians and commentators who mocked those warning about the threat posed by the US President as being “hysterical” need to face up to their own role in the calamity now unfolding, argues Adam Bienkov
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The EU’s ‘Farage Clause’ Shows the Damage Reform Is Already Doing to the UK
As well as making us poorer each year, Farage’s Brexit is also making us more vulnerable to those who wish to do us harm, argues Chris Grey
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Keir Starmer Says ‘All Options Are on the Table’ to Stop Elon Musk’s Grok Creating Deep Fakes of Children
The Prime Minister’s spokesman told Byline Times that X’s creation of sexual deep fakes was “completely unacceptable” but did not commit to direct action against the company
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‘Keir Starmer Must Stop Chasing Reform’s Cruelty and Embrace the Compassionate Politics His Own Voters Demand’
New polling suggests a progressive majority could come back to Labour if the PM embraces a more compassionate form of politics, argues Jennifer Nadel
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Keir Starmer Is Setting a Trap for Nigel Farage With Foreign Interference Inquiry
As Reform opens the door to crypto donations, the Government is finally starting to take action against the threat of foreign financial interference in our politics, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Government’s ‘Integrity Gap’ Is Leaving the Door Open for Nigel Farage
By offering watered down Faragist rhetoric combined with a programme of managed decline, Keir Starmer’s Government has left a political vacuum which the Reform leader is now stepping into, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
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‘Keir Starmer’s Brexit Blind Spot Leaves Britain With a Major Missed Opportunity’
It was striking that the most impressive recent speech on Britain’s future in Europe came not from our current Prime Minister, but from one of his Conservative predecessors, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Seeker Military ‘Warehousing’ Plans Delayed Amid Opposition by Labour MPs
Home Office sources tell Byline Times that local Labour MPs are opposing plans by the Home Secretary to use barracks and army bases to house asylum seekers amid rising community tensions
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Budget 2025: ‘Rachel Reeves Bakes an Economic Pudding With No Theme’
The seeds of the Government’s current political and economic difficulties were sown a long time ago, argues Neal Lawson
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The Good News in Rachel Reeves’ Budget
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor’s annual statement, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘Scrapping Jury Trials Is an Attempt to Fix a Broken Justice System by Smashing It to Pieces’
Taking away the fundamental right to be tried by a jury of your peers would be a disastrous move by Keir Starmer’s Government, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
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Labour’s Biggest Problem Is Not a Lack of Leadership but a Lack of Ideas
Until Keir Starmer’s party decides what it really stands for, the question of who leads them will remain a hollow one, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘The UK’s Suspension of Intelligence Sharing Over Trump’s Caribbean Boat Strikes Risks a Transatlantic Rift’
Keir Starmer’s Government risked being implicated if the President’s attacks were found to break international law, reports Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘How to Stop Labour’s Autumn of Discontent Turning Into Farage’s Winter of Despair’
Keir Starmer’s Government must learn the lessons of history, or risk paving the way for an authoritarian future under Nigel Farage and Reform, argues Neal Lawson
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Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit Is Bad, Let’s Make It a Bit Worse’ Strategy
The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It’s time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage’s damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘Morgan McSweeney’s Factional Labour Takeover Has Left Keir Starmer Looking Increasingly Alone’
Labour’s conference showed a party leadership doubling down on a strategy that has left the Prime Minister with few remaining supporters either in or outside the party, argues Neal Lawson
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Feeling Blue: Lord Glasman on Why He Backs Shabana Mahmood Over Nigel Farage
The ‘Blue Labour’ founder, credited with pushing the party to the right, singled out Keir Starmer’s “tough” new Home Secretary for praise
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Keir Starmer’s Farage-Dominated Conference Takes Labour Up a ‘Darker Path’ Towards a Reform Government
The Prime Minister’s condemnations of Reform’s racist rhetoric, was undermined by him accepting the central premise of Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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The Integrity Gap: How We Built the Authoritarian Future We Fear
Labour MP Clive Lewis argues that the collapse of public trust in Government is the product of corporate power being wired into the architecture of the state
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Conservative Government Left Behind £200 Billion of ‘Unachievable’ Infrastructure Projects
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable”
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Nigel Farage’s Reform a Bigger Far-Right Threat Than the BNP, Says UK’s Leading Anti-Racism Campaigner
Hope not Hate’s CEO Nick Lowles says Reform’s rise is mainstreaming ideas that were previously taboo even on parts of the far-right
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Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage’s Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?
Keir Starmer’s Government’s refusal to explicitly condemn the Reform leader’s plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘My Government Must Quit Twitter and Call Out Elon Musk’s Far-Right Hate’
Labour MP Noah Law explains why it’s time for Keir Starmer to start treating the billionaire X owner as the ‘foreign extremist’ he now is
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From Epstein to Starmer: Mapping Peter Thiel’s Web of Influence in the UK
The tech billionaire Trump-backer is rapidly gaining influence over politics and public services in the UK, reports Peter Jukes
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‘Peter Mandelson’s Sacking Is an Opportunity for Keir Starmer to Rethink His Trump-Pandering’
Starmer must square his claimed disgust about Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, with his embrace of Trump, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Keir Starmer’s Reluctant Sacking of Peter Mandelson Over Epstein Connections Gives the Lie to His ‘Crackdown on Cronyism’
The Prime Minister and his advisers spent years dismissing questions about Mandelson’s relationship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
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‘There Is Still Time to Save the Labour Party From Itself and Forge a New Political Mainstream’
Keir Starmer is presiding over the decline of social democracy in Britain, but an alternative path is still possible, argues Neal Lawson
