SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
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Tens of Thousands Expected to ‘Vote Swap’ as Brits Forced to Game the Voting System
Voters are about to hack First Past the Post on an epic scale
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The ‘Spiral of Silence’ and the Rise of the Bots
Explained: How malicious bots and other automated programmes are used to spread misinformation – and how widespread they are
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General Election 2024: ‘Forget Tactical Voting we’re Calling for People to Push Back Against our Rotten System and Fight FPTP’
This election Compass is only backing candidates who recognise the “farce” of FPTP and will push to remove it in the next parliament
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Conservative-Donating Government Trade Advisor David Meller a ‘Nasty Piece of Work’ Who ‘Encouraged Workplace Bullying’ of his Son
“The way David Meller speaks about his own family members when they are not around shows his true colours”
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‘The Great Noticing’: What the Reaction to Keir Starmer’s Friday Night Dinners Tells us About the Hypocrisy of the Conservative Press
As Labour heads towards Government, large parts of the press are suddenly starting to notice things they have spent the past 14 years ignoring
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Farage’s Reform in Line for Millions of Pounds in Taxpayer ‘Short Money’ Funding If It Picks Up Seats in Election
The party says it will ensure taxpayers’ money is never wasted
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A ‘Russia Hoax’ or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
Islamophobia, the Great Replacement Theory, and GB News are key elements in the Russian propaganda networks supporting the Reform Party
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‘Wales Could Lead the Way Across the Globe if it Criminalises Political Lying’
A dishonest doctor gets struck off the medical register. The banker who steals from his clients goes to jail. A deceitful military officer gets cashiered. Why should politicians not expect to play by the same rules?
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Barriers to the Ballot: How Voter ID Marginalises Disabled People Who Feel It’s ‘Another Way Their Voice is Suppressed’
‘They have voted at every opportunity and have actively sought out and studied the various political parties, claims and policies. Once voter ID came to this country, they found the ID process a challenge’
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The Likely Labour MPs Who Lobbied Against Key Party Policies – Amid Concerns of ‘Whole New Raft of Scandals’
Prospective Labour candidates have worked as lobbyists for trade bodies and companies that will have a vested interests in shifting the party’s key election pledges in government
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More Than 130 Reform Candidates Ignoring Electoral Commission Rules on Anonymous Donations
Candidates have raised tens of thousands for Nigel Farage’s party despite failing to explain how they will vet donors, amid claims the party doesn’t have ‘millionaire’ funders
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Another Reform Candidate Who is Former Conservative Councillor Accused Of Sharing ‘Fascist’ Content
As Nigel Farage’s party is embroiled in another racism scandal at the national level, Byline Times reveals its candidate in Richmond Park has previously come under fire for sharing content from Generation Identity and regularly makes racist social media posts
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A Tale of Two Very Different Debates: Biden and Trump’s Horror Show, Sunak and Starmer’s No Surprises
From lies, incompetence, porn, and golfing bravo in the US – to dull and boring, with a side of rude and shouty in the UK
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Another Time Nigel Farage Worked with a Putin Ally to ‘Harm Democratic Governance’ – and Refused to Speak About it
Heidi Siegmund Cuda revisits that time Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was part of an operation to divide California known as Calexit, which collapsed after it was revealed to be funded by Russia
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The Politics of Farage and Reform is No Joke of a Matter – The Established Media Must Learn Its Lessons and Start Holding Them to Account
The normalisation of racism and dog-whistles will only get worse if the press continues to treat Farage as an entertaining figure representing the ‘real views’ of the British people – it must stop, writes Byline Times’ Editor
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Former Green Councillor in Party Target Seat Threatens Legal Action Against Co-Leader Over Expulsion Amid Trans Rights Row
Then-councillor Jude English was suspended by the Greens shortly before the May elections, over transphobia allegations (she denies wrongdoing)
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Over a Million Voters Risk not Having Voter ID on Election Day in ‘Completely Unacceptable Situation’
“It is clear that voter ID rules are having a disproportionate and damaging impact on our elections and should be scrapped by the next government”
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Rainbow-Washing and Not Enough Real Reporting: Pride Month and the Media
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on the shortcomings of Pride Month when it comes to journalism and the corporate world
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‘Labour Should Fight Nigel Farage in Clacton – We’re Sitting on a Democratic Powder Keg and the Reform Leader has the Match’
“We’ve heard a lot in the campaign about D-Day. If ever there was a time to fight them on the beaches, then this is it.”
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Voters Say They Aren’t Hearing Enough About the Climate in This Election, Amid ‘Silence’ on Issue in BBC Debate
The final head to head debate between Starmer and Sunak didn’t have a single question on climate or nature.
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Dismay as Starmer Backs Westminster’s ‘Winner Takes All’ Voting System as Labour Eyes Big Majority
During his Labour leadership election, Starmer hinted at backing proportional representation. But he now appears to support continuing with Westminster’s First Past The Post voting system
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Conservative Party Blitzes Facebook with Hundreds of ‘Desperate’ Campaign Adverts Falsely Claiming Labour Plans to Hit Drivers With a ‘National ULEZ’
Rishi Sunak’s party has been accused of lying to the public after posing as independent fact checkers during the BBC Leaders Debate
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Labour Urged to Increase Support for Ukraine and Play ‘Leading Role’ in Ensuring It Can ‘Defeat’ Russia
An appeal, backed by prospective Labour MPs and members of the Trade Union Movement, has identified a number of key changes it wants a Starmer-led government to make to ensure that Ukraine wins the war
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Conservative Donor and Government Trade Advisor ‘Caught on Tape Attempting to Secretly Take £100,000’ From Fellow Tory Donor and Business Associate
David Meller CBE allegedly appeared to acknowledge on the recording that the money belonged to Michael Sherwood and asked that the request be kept “secret”
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Vulnerable Children Still Barred From Celebrity-Run Children’s Care Home After Scathing Tribunal Judgment
A judge has ruled that Ampika Pickston’s AP Care Homes Ltd has a ‘very serious history of failure in a very short time’
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The Veteran’s Vendetta: ‘Why Johnny Mercer’s Attacks on a Former Serviceman and Political Rival Are So Problematic’
Mercer has said it is the ‘long-standing policy of successive governments not to comment on the activities of our Special Forces’ – but expects his political rival, Fred Thomas, to deviate from it
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Julian Assange’s Wife Urges Supporters to Keep ‘Eyes’ on Case as He is Freed from UK Prison and Set to Appear Before US Judge
The WikiLeaks founder is currently on his way to the Northern Mariana Islands where he will plead guilty to a single charge before returning to Australia
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New Parliament To Be Loaded with MPs From Water Industry – Amid Concerns ‘Bias’ Won’t Help Combat Sewage Discharges
‘There is a long history of industry leaders and lobbyists becoming politicians. In principle, this can be beneficial – but rarely is’
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Top Banker Who Advised Gambling Commission to Award National Lottery to Czech Company Was Helping Winner Just Weeks Before
The Gambling Commission is being sued for mishandling the bidding process – which comes as it investigates suspicious betting activities ahead of the General Election
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The Conservatives Claim a Website Design Firm They Handed £100,000 in Taxpayer Cash is ‘Independent’ but it’s Listed at an Address Owned by a CCHQ Staffer
Records seen by Byline Times throw doubt on the party’s claims about the tech firm employed by Conservative MPs
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The 1900 Club and the Conservative Party: An Inside Look at the Secretive ‘Dining Club That Does More Than Dine’
A recently unearthed booklet on The 1900 Club sheds some light on the history of the organisation and its ties to the Conservative Party
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‘Britain’s Long History of Corruption and Cover-Ups and the Dire Consequences for Those the Government Chooses to Ignore’
If a likely new Labour government wants to truly mark a difference from the Conservatives, it needs to fix the systemic failings, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Veterans Won’t Be Able to Use Veterans’ ID Cards to Vote in General Election – Despite Rishi Sunak Claiming he is ‘Proud of Our Record Supporting’ Them After Skipping D-Day Event
A leaked memo by Veterans’ Affairs Minister Johnny Mercer revealed Rishi Sunak’s circle initially denied requests to allow the cards to be accepted over fears it would ‘open the floodgates’ to student ID cards
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The Conservative Voters Secretly Hoping for a ‘Wipeout’ of Rishi Sunak’s Party
Exclusive new polling finds that even among current Conservative voters, many believe a wipeout for the party would actually be a “positive” result
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‘A Person Lost Everything and We Call It Illegal Migration? It’s Not Fair’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on the more positive narratives around refugees that journalists could disseminate – and why they selectively choose not to
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‘Elections are a Chance to Make Money’: How the Conservative Spivocracy Cashed in
The Conservative election betting scandal is just the tip of the iceberg from a party whose senior figures and donors have treated their time in Government as a ‘gift that keeps on giving’
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‘It’s Far More Complicated Now Because of Voter ID’: Unprecedented Challenges Facing the Poll Workers Who Deliver Our Democracy
Matt Gallagher examines elections staffs’ repeated warnings of electoral ‘delivery failure’
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How Labour’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ Could Mark a Turning Point for the UK Trade Union Movements
The question for workers and bosses alike is not whether change is coming, but how far-reaching and transformative it will be
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Overseas Voters Could Swing UK Election in Seats Around the Country – Latest Figures Revealed
Around a quarter of a million Brits living abroad could vote on 4 July, affecting results in areas they no longer live
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Voter ID: Hundreds of Thousands Risk Being Turned Away From Polls, Leading Human Rights Group Warns
Human rights group Liberty says there is a “huge risk” of large numbers of voters being denied their democratic rights
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Tactical Voting and the Tyranny of the MRP
Tactical sites should acknowledge the limitations of MRP projections for their advice, and look hard at how – and whether – they should publish the MRP data, and be more willing to press their manual override buttons
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Nigel Farage Claims ‘Corruption’ in the UK’s Postal Vote System – and Suggests Trump Lost to Biden due to ‘Ballot Harvesting’
Nigel Farage echoes Trump supporters’ conspiracy theories about electoral fraud in 2020 and makes unevidenced claims of corruption in the UK postal voting system
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BBC Question Time: Analysis of Guests Over Nine Years Suggests Overuse of Right-Wing Voices
Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture can reveal some troubling insights into the flagship political debate programme
