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Holocaust Memorial Site Provokes Row in House of Lords Amid Claims It Presents ‘Very Real Terrorist Risk’
Lord Carlile wants the memorial to be moved away from Parliament. Since it was originally proposed costs have almost tripled
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Climate Protestors Target Right Wing Think Tanks Demanding Labour ‘Cut Ties’ with Oil-Funded Lobbyists
Protesters from a number of different groups gathered outside 55 Tufton Street and the Policy Exchange on Wednesday
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Crackdown on ‘Westminster Influence’ Urged After ‘Extraordinary’ Number of Labour MPs Report Family Members Work as Lobbyists
‘The new Government should prioritise reforms to lobbying rules by introducing a comprehensive lobbying register to increase transparency over those seeking access and potential influence in Westminster’
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GB News Boss and Fossil Fuel Investor Paul Marshall Donates Huge Sums to Anti-Protest Think Tank That Influenced Government
Multi-millionaire hedge fund chief, who is set to buy ‘Tory Bible’ the Spectator, also funds organisation set up by controversial shock-jock psychologist Jordan Peterson
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Palestine Protesters Demand Met Police Backs Down on ‘Unjustified’ Restrictions Ahead of Major March
Palestine Solidarity Campaign hits out at ‘unacceptable’ orders from police to change protest times and routes at late notice
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Top Lawyer on Your Right to Protest, Legal Aid, Mouldy Housing and Fighting Racism
Christian Weaver represented the family of Awaab Ishak who died from a condition caused by black mould in his family’s social housing flat
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‘David Lammy’s Token Move on Israel Arms Licences is no Answer to Genocide – It’s a Form of Denial’
‘You do not respond to genocide with gestures; you do not continue to treat a state that is suspected of committing genocide as an ally; and cancelling a number of export licences does not cancel Britain’s complicity’
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Labour Needs the Muslim Vote to Stabilise its ‘Sandcastle Majority’
Sufyan Gulam Ismail offers some advice on how Labour can win back British Muslim voters after losing so many over the issue of Gaza
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Keir Starmer’s Partial Israeli Arms Embargo Has Pleased Nobody
The Government’s constant attempts to second guess its critics are only disappointing its supporters and emboldening its opponents
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Oasis ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Row: ‘How a System Meant to Balance Supply and Demand is Being Used to Exploit Consumers Everywhere’
The Government has announced it will include dynamic pricing in a consultation into ticket resale websites after hundreds of complaints over Oasis ticket sales. But that’s just the start
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Labour Member Dale Vince’s Ecotricity Donated Thousands to the Green Party Last Year, Records Reveal
Exclusive: Green Party donation by major Labour funder has only just come to light
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Smoking Ban: The Conservative Party Suffers a Severe Case of Smoke-Induced Amnesia
From smoking, to taxes, to cronyism, Rishi Sunak’s party is desperate for us to forget everything that happened until just last month
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Reform UK Repays £200k to Side-Lined Leader Days After Nigel Farage Dethrones Him
Eyebrows raised as accounts show Reform UK rushed to repay £200,000 to Richard Tice, just a week after Nigel Farage took control of the party
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Stark Figures Reveal How Many Londoners were Turned Away Due to Voter ID in General Election
Well over a thousand people ‘denied a vote’ due to issues with mandatory photo ID rules in the capital
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‘The Government Must act now to Bring Down Bills – and Ready our Communities for the Future’
Keir Starmer “must do more to help” families hit by higher energy bills this winter, writes Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer
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Conservative Party Membership May have Dropped Below 100,000 as Supporter Income Plummets
The figures do not bode well for Rishi Sunak’s party
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‘David Lammy has an Immediate Opportunity to end a Half-Century of Atrocities – and it is Very Straightforward’
Over 50 years ago, the UK and US governments conspired in secret for the UK to hold onto Chagos and expel its entire population
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Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party is Bankrolled by One Man, New Accounts Reveal
The single donor has also backed an anti-vaxxer, pro-Brexit candidates and the Conservatives
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Councils Across UK are Holding Fire-Sales of Public Assets from Libraries to Farms – Often with No Consultation
Councils are flogging off local treasures as cuts continue to bite. This is a list of just some of the assets currently on the market
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‘Rushed’ Airport Sell-Off Sparks Anger as Councils Push Through Privatisation to Plug Shortfalls
Concern is growing over a Conservative-led council’s opaque plans to privatise Cornwall Newquay Airport. It’s part of a bigger picture across England
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Met Police Strip Search Detainees 80% More Than Other Forces – as Report Details Controversial Tactic is Still Being Misused
A report by the Children’s Commissioner found that kids as young as eight have been strip-searched every 14 hours under police stop and search powers
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Government Approves Expansion of London City Airport, as Climate Campaigners Say Only ‘Private Jet Users’ Will Benefit
Secretaries of State allow passenger numbers to soar by 38% at business airport, despite objections from locals and climate campaigners
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Self-Harm Rates in UK Immigration Centres Soar Following Report That Found ‘Worst Conditions Ever Seen’
In July a report on the UK’s largest immigration detention centre found it was “filthy” and “dilapidated” and had drug problems
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‘How the Conservative Party Helped Cause the Riots and why Their Islamophobic Rhetoric Won’t Change’
Ironically, the riots during a leadership election give the party a unique opportunity to turn a page and turn their back on Farage-type populism. The signs are they will not take that opportunity
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Ousted MP Liz Truss Accused of Being in ‘Denial’ About Defeat as she ‘Clings to Constituent Casework’
Defeated Ex-PM Liz Truss is apparently refusing to hand over issues she was dealing with as a Norfolk MP to her Labour successor
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‘Keir Starmer Wants Police to Expand Use of Facial Recognition Technology Across UK – He Should Ban it Altogether’
The PM announced plans for ‘wider deployment’ after the riots – but it is a ‘deeply flawed’ technology ‘technically and legally, and impacts entire communities’
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The UK’s Race Riots: A Trial Run for Another US Insurrection?
Peter Jukes draws out the connections between the violence on Britain’s streets and the Capitol Insurrection
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Over 2,300 Afghan Allies and Their Families Currently Housed in UK Military Sites, MoD Reveals
Many of these highly skilled former soldiers, including a former major general, are now working in low-wage jobs such as cleaners or delivery drivers due to current rules
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Anjem Choudary’s Sentencing During Riots is a Timely Reminder of the Media’s Role in Promoting Hatred
Anjem Choudary was not a Muslim cleric as the media loved to present him, but the media’s cleric, a rent-a-gob, drinker and playboy turned cosplay Mullah.
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From Russia with Riots: Hostile States ‘Relentlessly’ Seeking to Sow Division, Leading Anti-Corruption Figures Warn
A Government spokesperson told Byline Times tackling foreign interference is an ‘absolute priority’
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‘UK Riots Were not Reflective of Working Class People or Working Class Ideals’
Right-wing commentators and politicians were quick to suggest the riots were caused by the working class being ignored – ignoring the fact they were ignited by misinformation spread by the far-right minority
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UK COVID Inquiry Branded ‘Shameful’ for Excluding Voices of Children With Long COVID
Long Covid Kids and Long Covid Scotland met the legal tests of having ‘significant interest’ in matters being investigated, but they were not granted core participant status
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Riot Act: Unpicking Matthew Goodwin’s Arguments in Defence of ‘White Anger’
The honorary professor attempted to explain why the riots swept across the UK – but did so using information selectively, choosing to emphasise certain details that supported his narrative
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Leading Labour MP Brands Twitter Owner Elon Musk a ‘Dangerous Narcissist’ as She Calls for Clampdown on Online Hate
Dawn Butler is running to lead the House of Commons’ committee on science and tech
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‘Why the Online Safety Act Won’t Stop Type of Misinformation that Sparked Riots – the Government Must Create New Legislation’
When the riots stopped conversation moved to the Online Safety Act with suggestions changes would be made ‘if necessary’. Prime Minister Keir Starmer also pledged to ‘look more broadly’ at social media
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‘The Tories Are Out But We’re Still Fighting for Our Disabled Community’s Rights’
Disabled people may have been cheering the end of Tory rule – but their trust has not been won by Labour, writes Penny Pepper
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‘Citizens’ Assemblies Could Wake Keir Starmer up to Reversing Brexit ‘
Polls show the public would now vote to rejoin the EU, so why isn’t the Prime Minister listening?
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BBC Blocks Peace Organisation’s Advert in Proms Guide Despite Planning to Broadcast ‘Anti-War’ Piece
The Pacifist group Peace Pledge Union and its associated peace education charity argue that its advert was “in no way polemical”.
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What the Fight Against Racism in the 1970s Can Teach us About Defeating Fascists in 2024
The events of the past two weeks have been eerily reminiscent of the violent rise of the far-right National Front
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UK Riots: How the Right-Wing Press Fought to Stop Laws to Combat Online Disinformation
The story of how the Conservatives exempted their media supporters from laws against spreading dangerously false information online
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Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson
Robinson has been blamed for stoking the unrest, but the tentacles of disinformation are global. Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection
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‘How the Conservative Party and the British Press Normalised a Climate of Racism’
Riots swept across the UK, sparked by misinformation and propelled by the former Government’s long history of dividing the country
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‘I Predict A Riot: The Manufacturing of Islamophobic and Anti-Migrant Hate On Our Streets’
We must be honest about the fact that it is not only fringe rabble-rousers who have engaged in this damaging rhetoric, writes Adeeb Ayton
