Subscriptions
SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
-
Rory Stewart’s Misguided Gap Year Politics
Musa Okwonga unpicks what the MP’s recent comment about encountering “three sort of minor gangsters” reveals about his entire approach to politics – and what it might mean for London’s diverse capital.
-
Johnson, Gove, Cummings: The Trio Behind a Law-Breaking Campaign Obstructing Further Investigation – What are they Hiding?
MP Ian Lucas asks why Boris Johnson and his team will not appear before Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee to answer his important questions about electoral law.
-
Spooking the Spooks: Media Complicity and Security Concerns over Lebedev and Johnson
Otto English looks at the relationship between the son of a KGB spy and the Prime Minister and how it raises troubling questions about the closeness between media owners and politicians.
-
Government Found Out Over £100 Million Advertising Campaign – But Is the Truth Even Murkier?
Former Saatchi & Saatchi marketing director, Stephen Colegrave, continues to dig into how political advertising has gone rogue.
-
What Next for Post-Brexit Britain? A Lost Decade of Division
Gareth Roberts examines what could lie ahead for the UK if Boris Johnson’s deal is passed and the country leaves the EU early next year.
-
The Housing Crisis is Driving People to Live in their Cars – Can Labour Fix It?
Jake Lynch examines whether Corbyn’s Green New Deal could provide solutions for those who are falling through the cracks.
-
‘The Idea is Trump and Boris are Alpha Males and their Ludicrous Sex Drive Tells You they are Winners’
As part of her Why Masculinity Matters series, Hardeep Matharu speaks to cultural commentator and writer Peter York about why ideas of toxic masculinity seem to be more relevant in politics than ever.
-
Sandhurst Earns Millions Teaching Overseas Troops – Including Many from Countries of ‘Human Rights Concern’
Soldiers from countries including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Saudi Arabia have attended Britain’s top military training centre – is it professionalising despots?
-
FIRTASH: How the Trump Impeachment Scandal Leads back to British Brexiters
The oligarch at the centre of the Trump-Ukraine scandal is linked to the Vote Leave campaign and the Conservative Party. Steve Komarnyckyj unravels the background of Dmytro Firtash.
-
‘It’s Men. That’s the Common Denominator in Crime and We have to Address It’
As part of her Why Masculinity Matters series, Hardeep Matharu speaks to Frances Crook, chief executive of the UK’s oldest prison reform charity, about why masculinity must be discussed by those in power if we are to effectively address crime.
-
Fracked Off: Official Watchdog Slams Government Fracking Plans
The Conservative administration’s policy to expand hydraulic fracking to 20 sites is in disarray because of a slew of planning objections and worries about decommissioning.
-
The Curious Tale of the Russian Spy’s Son and the Man who Would Be King of the World
With Rupert Murdoch and the Barclay Brothers pulling out all the stops to back the Prime Minister, one crucial media player with a very interesting background is often overlooked.
-
Court Refuses to Let Boris Johnson Off the Hook over Brexit Extension
“The sword of Damocles” remains over Boris Johnson’s head as the highest court in Scotland rejected the government’s call to end a legal action over a Brexit extension reports James Doleman.
-
Brexit will be a Time to Celebrate for Organised Crime and those On the Run
Duncan Campbell considers what the end of the UK’s participation in the European Arrest Warrant will mean for people involved in organised crime being brought to justice.
-
It is 99.9% Likely Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party Hid Impermissible Donations – and PayPal Can Prove It
With PayPal set to give evidence to the DCMS select committee in two weeks, Turlough Conway, who broke the Brexit Party funding scandal on Byline Times, says they can provide answers to where the money came from.
-
Has Political Advertising Gone Rogue?
ephen Colegrave, who worked for global advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi for a decade, considers whether political advertising has gone beyond any regulation or fair play and what this might mean for the future of democracy.
-
The Shady ‘Shadow’ Trade Authority: A Costly Example of Government’s Hollow Brexit Posturing
Sarah Hurst on her afkaesque experience of waste and confusion at the new Trade Remedies Authority.
-
Brexit Chaos has Already Cost UK Science ‘€0.5 Billion a Year’
The Royal Society has highlighted the toll already taken by Brexit on the science sector as the “brightest and best” minds opt to stay away from Britain.
-
Boris Johnson Backtracks over Pledges on Pensions Scandal and Social Care
The Prime Minister’s Queen Speech and recent announcements are a long way away from the commitments he was declaring during his leadership election.
-
Northern Ireland Matters in Brexit – But So Do Jobs, Wages and Public Services in the Rest of the Country
Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London, on what Boris Johnson’s Brexit may mean for the UK as a whole.
-
Big Boris and Brexit Doublespeak Surround Us – Where Does the Truth Lie?
Otto English considers how we have entered into an Orwellian world in which Brexit governs all and its supporters attempt to convince us daily that night is day and day is night.
-
Julian Assange to Stay in Prison While his Fight Against Extradition to the US on Espionage Charges Continues
The WikiLeaks founder appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court this morning via video link from Belmarsh Prison.
-
‘Back to 60’ Pensions Scandal: 1950s Women Launch Crowdfunder to Bring Appeal
A campaign group determined to secure compensation from the Government for 3.8 million women, born in the 1950s, who face a six-year delay in getting their pensions is continuing its fight.
-
‘A Sikh Man Standing Up for Muslim Women Mattered in Exposing Boris Johnson’s Divide and Rule Dog Whistle Politics’
Hardeep Matharu sat down with MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi to discuss his passionate taking down of the Prime Minister and his derogatory comparisons labelling Muslim women as letter boxes and bank robbers.
-
Will Brexit Lead to Separate Time Zones in Ireland?
A new European Union directive aims to abolish daylight saving time, which could result in a one hour time difference between the north and south of Ireland following the UK’s exit from the EU.
-
Political Education Could Do More for the Many than Abolishing Private Schools
Helping more people to understand how our democracy works should be a greater priority than abolishing elite schools, Rik Worth argues.
-
Court Asked to take EU Brexit Extension into its Own Hands to Keep in Check Boris Johnson’s “Trumpian” Tactics
James Doleman reports from Scotland’s Inner House of the Court of Session on another legal wrangle involving the Government on Brexit.
-
Rape and Grooming Gangs: How Islamophobic ‘Sex Crimes’ Propaganda Fuels the Far-Right
CJ Werleman on how women are weaponised in racist myths as victims of Muslims, with the result more women are subject to racist attacks.
-
‘He Must Comply’: Court Assured that Boris Johnson Will Ask EU for Brexit Extension if No Deal Reached
“It would be destructive of one of the core principles of constitutional propriety… for the Prime Minister or the Government to renege on what they have assured the court,” Lord Pentland ruled.
-
Government Refuses to Make EU Brexit Extension into Legal Pledge
Boris Johnson’s Government found itself back in court today – this time refusing a request to make its Brexit extension plan into a legal order.
-
‘Back to 60’ Pensions Scandal: The Fight Isn’t Over, 1950s Women Vow
The battle for 3.8 million women to be compensated due to a rise in the pension age continues, reports David Hencke, despite yesterday’s High Court ruling dismissing their case.
-
The Dangers of Priti Patel’s Racial Gatekeeping
Musa Okwonga examines how politicians with immigrant backgrounds are using this identity to win popular support for regressive policies against minority groups.
-
The Nasty Party has Returned and Bigotry is All it has Left
Otto English explores the Conservative Party’s transformation into a platform for right-wing populism – and how so much has been lost as a result.
-
Foreign Interference: Trump Leans on Johnson to Meddle in Mueller Probe
Donald Trump, currently mired in new allegations of using Ukraine to interfere in the next US election over the summer, was at the same time reportedly asking the British Prime Minister to help discredit the report of Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel tasked to investigated Russian interference in the US. A heavily redacted version of…
-
Why Do Land Values Matter?
Tom Cordell examines the approach taken to create modern homes in Liverpool where, although land values are low, there are still challenges to overcome.
-
How We Came to Forget: Imperial Amnesia Helped Propel Brexit – It’s Time to Set the Historical Record Straight
Hardeep Matharu explores a new National Trust project designed to shed light on the colonial roots of country houses and the need for a more honest, less mythical discussion of Britain’s past.
-
Brexit Disaster Capitalism: Government Doffs Tinfoil Hat at Questions over Hedge Funds and Conflicts of Interests
Concerns first raised by Byline Times about the hedge funds and City backers donating to Boris Johnson were discussed in an Urgent Question in Parliament today.
-
The Populist Right Weaponising Animal Rights
With the 2019 Conservative Party Conference focusing on animal welfare, Nick McAlpin warns that unscrupulous elements are currently preying on animal welfare.
-
Incendiary Politics: How to Stop Fanning the Flames
Do not follow Bannon and Trump into the furnace of extremism. However outraged and provoked we feel, we must not rise to the bait of Johnson and Cummings.
-
David Cameron was in Bed with the Press – Why is he Airbrushing Out his History as a Media Puppet?
Brian Cathcart reviews former prime minister David Cameron’s autobiography and the crucial omissions about phone hacking and the Leveson Inquiry.
-
Boris Johnson: The Mask Slips and the True Face of Populism Reveals Itself
Otto English calls time on the eccentric Etonian image of ‘Boris’ and sees Johnson’s antagonism and disdain for Parliament as a dangerous parallel with 1930’s Germany.
-
Cabinet Ethics Probe into Johnson’s Hedge Fund Backers
Byline Times has information that the prime minister’s backing by hedge funds invested in a hard Brexit is coming under scrutiny by the Cabinet Office.
-
The MP Bridging the Great Brexit Divide
Stephen Colegrave speaks to MP Geraint Davies whose support has increased amongst his predominantly Leave electorate, even though he strongly supported Remain.
