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‘We Want the Ability, Space & Time to Retell Our Own History’
Melissa Chemam speaks to campaigners and creatives taking part in Black History Month in Bristol, where the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was brought down in June and discussions about past and present racism continue to run deep
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The Nuclear Treaty Dividing the World
As the latest United Nations nuclear treaty is on the eve of coming into force, Stephen Colegrave looks at how it might finally end the ethical and moral case for nuclear weapons
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Imperial Amnesia Strikes Back: ‘Racism in America Nothing to do with Us’
In a debate on the UK’s Black History Month, Kemi Badenoch highlighted the Government’s colonial arrogance by deflecting attention and throwing its ‘special’ ally under the bus
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Business Associate of Government ‘PPE Tsar’ Awarded £300,000 Contract
The man leading the Government’s personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement has seen an internal contract handed to a close business associate
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Fighting Fascism and Britain’s ‘Divide and Rule’
Jan Fuscoe, of the Brick Lane Project, tells the story of Balwinder Singh Rana, an Indian activist who has been fighting racism and structural attempts at division in Britain for decades
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OUR LIVES MATTER: Black History is Still Confined to the Margins of the Education System
Teacher Dr Cheryl Diane Parkinson explains how students are taught to equate Britishness with whiteness
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Government Gives Arms Industry Extra Tens of Millions of Pounds During COVID-19 Pandemic
Joshua Stein reveals how defence contractors are booming while the rest of the British economy suffers from the impact of the Coronavirus crisis
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‘No One Likes Us, We Don’t Care’ is No Way to Govern
Alex Andreou explains how, like Donald Trump, every positive quality that won Boris Johnson power turns into a negative when it comes to running a country
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UK Government Preparing for a Surge in COVID-19 Unemployment
David Hencke reports on official figures which predict unemployment levels tripling by the end of the year
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Corona Kingdom: UK Lockdown Rules as Seen by an Italian
Italian reporter Francesca Borri ventures to the UK and finds a country ravaged by contradictions, conspiracies and confusion
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The Government Tightening Its Belt with the North will Keep Us All in this COVID Chaos
By curtailing the furlough scheme, Rishi Sunak has undermined the trust on which Coronavirus restrictions operate, argues Sam Bright
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Why Is Homophobia Still an Explicitly Acceptable Prejudice to Hold?
Strictly Come Dancing’s first same-sex pairing is not the milestone those praising the decision believe it to be, writes George Attwood
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Boris Johnson’s Final ‘No Deal’ Onslaught Will Push Britain and Europe to Despair
Voters are walking away from the Brexit cause in droves, argues Mike Buckley, just as the Prime Minister makes his final case for a dramatic rupture
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COVID-19 and the Second Harrying of The North
Byline Times’ chief medical officer, John Ashton, looks at how the Government has lost popular support for its unequal tier system
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Is the Government in Breach of its Own Anti-Corruption Strategy?
Sam Bright reports on how Boris Johnson’s Government appears to be violating several elements of its own anti-corruption agenda
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Staggering Hypocrisy: The Institutions Financing Destruction of the Amazon While Promoting ‘Green Credentials’
Monica Piccinini reveals the hypocrisy of the financial institutions that are enabling the destruction of the Amazon rainforest
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‘Sack Serco’: Why Boris Johnson’s Addiction to Outsourcing Must End
The Government’s strategy of shelling out billions on private sector firms is not working, argues Labour MP Rachel Reeves
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Boris Johnson’s Biodiversity Hypocrisy
Stuart Spray looks at the discrepancy between the Prime Minister’s United Nations pledge to protect the environment, and his actions on HS2
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£2.3 Billion of PPE Supplied by Company With Just 25 Employees
The company has supplied a fifth of the Government’s PPE stockpile, yet virtually none of the contracts are publicly available, reports Sam Bright
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Despite its 80-Seat Majority, Boris Johnson’s Government is Rudderless
The Prime Minister has no guiding ethos other than self-aggrandisement, a fact that has plunged the Government and the country into disarray, argues Sam Bright
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Paying for COVID-19: Local Government Braces Itself for Second Wave of Austerity
After years of underfunding, local governments are being tipped over the edge by centralised COVID-19 incompetence, argues former council accountant Gary Gowers
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Why is the UK Taking So Long to Ban Conversion Therapy?
Two years after the Government pledged to end the controversial practise, Molly Greeves hears from survivors about their experiences
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Government Dodges PPE Procurement Scrutiny
Boris Johnson’s administration is stubbornly refusing to answer questions from MPs about the PPE procurement scandal, reports Sam Bright
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Priti Patel’s Proposals for Prison Ships Show No Lessons have been Learned from the Windrush Scandal
The Home Secretary’s recent actions suggest that her department is nowhere close to dismantling the ‘Hostile Environment’
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Did the Right Experts Advise Boris Johnson on how to Tackle COVID-19?
Byline Times’ chief medical officer John Ashton looks at how England has been on the back foot in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic since the first cases were recorded at the end of January
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Koch-Funded PR Agency Aided Great Barrington Declaration Sponsor
The company Emergent Order has provided extensive multimedia public relations support services to a network of climate science deniers bankrolled by the Charles Koch Foundation, Nafeez Ahmed reports
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Looming Brexit Catastrophe for Booming UK Services Sector, Warns Lords Report
One of the UK’s best exports is at risk of being sabotaged through Brexit negotiations, peers claim
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The North Will Soon Be Calling Last Orders on Boris Johnson
The Government’s contempt for the North has been exposed, and we won’t forget in a hurry, writes Jane Thomas
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Cutting the Fringe: The Media is Chasing Clicks Rather Than Reflecting Science
Amplified by the media, fringe scientists are allowed to present simplistic yet dangerously shareable solutions to complex problems, reports Zack King from Independent SAGE
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Government Targeted by Fraudsters and Counterfeiters During First COVID-19 Wave, Insider Claims
HMRC is investigating cases of fraud by health equipment importers, a procurement insider suggests
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The Internal Market Bill is a Legal Wrecking Ball
Stephen Delahunty reports on the concerns of senior public lawyers about the disputed Internal Market Bill
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Climate Science Denial Network Behind Great Barrington Declaration
The ‘think-tank’ behind the Great Barrington Declaration is part-funded by right-wing American billionaire Charles Koch
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Government Cultural Recovery Spend Leaves North Out in Cold
The Government’s new bid to save cultural institutions is heavily concentrated in the South of England, reports Sam Bright
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Brexit Spin Masters Jump on Unconvincing Cambridge Analytica Conclusions
Former MP Ian Lucas scrutinises a recent letter from the Information Commissioner addressing the links between Cambridge Analytica and the pro-Brexit campaigns
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COVID-19 and the End of Economic Fatalism
In the global response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Anthony Barnett sees an epoch-defining moment as governments are forced to put people’s health and wellbeing before market fundamentalism
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Daniel Morgan Independent Panel: ‘A Jigsaw with a Million Pieces’
As the public inquiry draws to a close, Duncan Campbell reports on the testimony of former Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook who has been silenced for nearly nine years
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Fox in Ermine: From Revolutionary Communist to Lady Buckley
Otto English charts the rise of a brand new member of the unelected, unaccountable House of Lords
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£70 Million Government PPE Contract for Small ‘Luxury Packaging’ Firm
The Government awarded the deal to a firm with just £46,000 in the bank, reports Sam Bright
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How Can Power Be Snatched Back from this Vote Leave Government?
Mike Buckley argues that only Conservative MPs worried by the Boris Johnson administration can now save the country from further wrack and ruin through its handling of Brexit and the Coronavirus
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Solidarity Forever? Len McCluskey’s War on Labour Electability
The Unite union’s decision to cut funding to the party led by Keir Starmer has come at a time when it is finally looking capable of winning power again, argues Sam Bright
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Fraudsters Could Have Claimed ‘Billions’ From Sunak Loan Scheme
A new report has crystallised concerns that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Coronavirus loan scheme left the taxpayer exposed to fraud
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Chinese University Associated with Uyghur Repression Signs Partnership with Exeter
Academics at Tsinghua University in Beijing have been accused of fuelling China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims by laying the intellectual foundations of the minority’s abuse
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Spitting Image: Why Politicians Collude with their Latex Lampoons
As the classic TV puppet satire show returns, Jon Bailes thinks satire needs to get much more serious
