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How One Campaign Illustrates COVID-19 Denialists’ Disinformation Tactics
NHS consultant David Oliver debunks false claims being made about Coronavirus legislation by ‘The People’s Brexit’ group
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Former ‘Test and Trace’ Boss Given Green Light to Lobby Government After Just Four Months in New Corporate Role
A senior member of Baroness Dido Harding’s team has joined a company previously awarded £140 million in COVID-19 contracts – and will be able to begin lobbying her former colleagues sooner than the rules usually allow
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Back from the Cliff Edge – But What Have We Learned?
Averted from a ‘no deal’ crash over the Brexit cliff, Peter Jukes wonders whether Britain can now learn some humility like the Earl of Gloucester in Shakespeare’s King Lear – a theme explored in the January print edition of Byline Times
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Government Snubs Russian ‘Sputnik’ Vaccine Despite Oxford Trials
Sam Bright and Steve Shaw report on the Government’s decision not to purchase doses of Russia’s vaccine despite the possibility it could be combined with the vaccine from Oxford University
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Labour and the Unions Must Heal Their Rift, For the Good of those Suffering During the Pandemic
Tensions between Keir Starmer and certain unions are getting out of hand, says Shahed Ezaydi
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£100 Million Deals for School Laptops Awarded to Conservative Donor’s Firm
As a shortage of laptops ostracises children from education, Sam Bright reports on new contracts awarded to a company with Tory ties
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Blinding Exceptionalism: The Insidious Attacks on British Democracy Are No Less Dangerous than Trump’s America
Hardeep Matharu explores why the attacks on the rule of law and accountability by Boris Johnson and his Government are not interpreted to be as alarming for the UK as the more overt destruction being waged by Donald Trump in America
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‘We’re Being Collectively Gaslighted’ NHS Staff React to Lockdown Sceptics
As the weekly “Clap For Carers” returns, Adrian Goldberg hears why a frontline hospital consultant is so angry at those who downplay the Coronavirus
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American Werewolf in London: Spurred by Brexit, the Right Fuelled a Petty Dictator
Donald Trump has defiled American democracy for the last four years, and Britain has been part of the mob, says Sam Bright
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Peter Thiel’s Tech Giant Palantir Extends its Reach into Local and National Government
David Hencke with more detail on the Government contract with Palantir and the involvement of the data science team behind the Vote Leave campaign
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‘Our Only Immediate Contact with the Virus Has Been Through School’
Sian Norris and the Byline Times Team talk to parents on the front line of COVID-19 transmission in Britain’s education system
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How Did the Government Get It So Recklessly Wrong on COVID-19, Children and Schools?
Despite evidence showing the risk of teachers catching the Coronavirus in schools and then passing it on to others in the community, the Government has ignored the issue at every turn, says Adam Hamdy
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New BBC Chairman has Donated Over £400,000 to the Conservative Party
The public service broadcaster’s new figurehead is a prolific Conservative Party donor, reports Sam Bright
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The Digital Divide: With Schools Suddenly Back in Lockdown, How Many Disadvantaged Students Actually have the Kit they Need?
A lack of online access exacerbates an existing equality gap between children in disadvantaged communities and their wealthier counterparts, reports Sian Norris
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‘Ludicrous’ Brexit VAT Change Wreaks Havoc on Businesses
Stephen Delahunty and David Hencke report on the changed rules stifling UK imports and exports in red tape
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In Its Search for Sovereignty, Britain has Defaulted to a Dangerous Sovereign
Jonathan Lis exposes the con at the heart of the Brexiters’ quest for independence – a quest that will hand more power to elites, not less
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Government Reveals Total Number of Private Sector Consultants Working for ‘Test and Trace’
There are more private sector consultants working for Baroness Dido Harding’s operation than civil servants working for the Treasury, reveals Sam Bright
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UK Faces Trade Boycott After Brexit VAT Change
Firms from around the world have decided to end deliveries to the UK rather than register with the country for VAT after regulations – which received next to no scrutiny by Parliament – became law last month
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Pleas to Open London’s Nightingale Hospital Fall on Deaf Ears as Hotels and Council Offices are Suggested for Non-COVID Patients
Steve Shaw reports on local councillors’ fears that services will soon be overwhelmed in Britain’s Coronavirus hotspot if the Government refuses to take urgent action
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Vaccine Minister’s Family Sets Up Medical Company
Nadhim Zahawi’s wife and two sons have established a new company called ‘Warren Medical Limited’
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Helluva Year! Boris Johnson’s 2020 Review
The Prime Minister has an ‘Australian Style’ litany of successes to celebrate in his first full year, as told to Otto English
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2020 SPOTLIGHT: The Government’s ‘World-Beating’ COVID-19 Failures and Lies
Stephen Colegrave tracks how Boris Johnson’s administration created the conditions for the worst public health disaster in living memory
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2020 SPOTLIGHT: The Great Procurement Scandal
Sam Bright investigates the trends that underpin the Government’s outpouring of contracts to corporate giants and friends of the regime
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Learning to Love: Liberating Speech from Hate Speech
Angelique Richardson explores how social media has fuelled its own Orwellian ‘two-minute hate’ and ways to combat the racial and social fragmentation it produces
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Rage as HS2 Attempts to Fell 300-Year-Old Veteran Oak
Stuart Spray has the details of HS2’s latest attempt to defile the British countryside
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Are Immunity Passports An Inevitable Solution to Continuous Coronavirus Waves?
Digital passes that confirm people are Coronavirus-free could be adopted as a tool to get societies back to normal – by governments and beyond, says Steve Shaw
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Labour Must Confront the Conservatives’ Immigration Lies Or Continue to Lose
The likes of Boris Johnson, Priti Patel and Nigel Farage will continue to capitalise politically on Labour’s unwillingness to portray immigration as a benefit to Britain, argues Mike Buckley
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‘Strongmen’: How a Crisis in Masculinity Paved the Way for Fascism
Heidi Siegmund Cuda speaks to the historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat about the new global rise in authoritarianism and why the recent defeat of Donald Trump in the US Presidential Election was so significant
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Byline Times’ Christmas Cheer: Nine Reasons to Stay Hopeful
A Goodwill Message from the Byline Times Team
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The 12 Contracts of Christmas
Byline Times and The Citizens catalogue the 12 most notorious contracts awarded to private sector firms during the Coronavirus pandemic so far
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Emerging From the Christmas Mire
The Government may not seem like it cares much for its people, but the common humanity which has emerged in this challenging year can still be celebrated this Christmas, says Reverend Joe Haward
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British Banks Tied to A Military Accused of Genocide
Steve Shaw reports on the loans that connect British banks to a telecommunications firm that provides money for Myanmar’s military, which has been accused of genocide
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The Hospital Bed Crisis Preceded COVID-19 – And Will Outlive It
Acute NHS hospital consultant David Oliver considers how the Coronavirus pandemic has exposed structural healthcare problems caused by years of neglect and underfunding
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The Other Calais Crisis
Kevin O’Hara reports on a recent trip to Calais and the brutal conditions faced by asylum seekers
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How the Chaos of Brexit has Turned Off Euroscepticism Elsewhere
Sian Norris took the temperature of Euroscepticism in EU countries and found that Brexit wasn’t inspiring copycats across the continent
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Journal of the Plague Year: And What to Expect in 2021
Byline Times’ chief medical officer, Professor John Ashton, looks back on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and warns that –without radical change – next year will be even bleaker
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The Government Created the Conditions for the New COVID Strain to Emerge
Epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani and neuroscientist Hisham Ziauddeen explore how the new variant of the Coronavirus in Britain is likely to have developed and warn that an urgent Zero COVID strategy is the only option to prevent it happening again
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The Sidelining of Parliament During the Twin Crises of COVID and Brexit Could Set A Dangerous Precedent
With a highly virulent new strain of the Coronavirus circulating rapidly and a hard Brexit imminent, why have MPs not been recalled to Parliament in this time of national emergency?
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‘Eat Out to Help Out’ Scheme ‘Epidemiologically Illiterate’ As Sunak Failed to Consult Scientists, New Report Reveals
While the Chancellor avoided consulting experts, other ministers used them as scapegoats – as chaos reigned in Downing Street, a damning new report into the pandemic suggests
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‘Really Scary’ and ‘Utterly Reckless’: Schools Feeling Exposed to COVID-19 by Government Centralisation
Sian Norris reports on confusion and concern in the education system as key workers accuse Gavin Williamson’s department of incompetence and failing to listen
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300 Scientists Reveal how Boris Johnson has Locked Britain into a Cycle of Draconian Lockdowns
Nafeez Ahmed reports on a new statement published in the Lancet which explains why the Government’s flawed Coronavirus response is likely to lead to repeated waves of the virus and lockdowns – risking lives and livelihoods
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The Sick Man of Europe Again: The Mutant Etonian Variant of English Exceptionalism
Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu argue that the Coronavirus itself is the main beneficiary of Boris Johnson’s neo-imperial policies leading to the inevitable ‘cordon sanitaire’ around Britain even before a hard Brexit
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UK ‘Mega Lab’ Cut Working Hours Last Week Amid ‘Shortages’
Byline Times understands that one of the UK’s largest ‘Lighthouse’ labs was forced to scale down its operation last week, despite surging demand
