Democracy in Danger

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.

While the Prime Minister defies the law and insists Britain will leave the European Union on 31 October, his backers stand to make billions out of the disaster.

Stephen Colegrave speaks to crossbench peer Lord Victor Adebowale about how our democracy is teetering dangerously on the edge of a cliff.

James Doleman on explosive revelations from Scotland's Court of Sessions as Boris Johnson faces a legal challenge over proroguing Parliament.

Byline Times' exclusive report on the loopholes in the Brexit Party PayPal funding led to a visit from the elections watchdog which subsequently revealed impermissible donations – but questions remain.

The threats posed by technology to our democratic processes will only get worse in the years to come unless action is taken, MP Damian Collins warns.

After Carole Cadwalladr challenged Director General Tony Hall over dark money lobbyists, the BBC have responded with new guide lines.

"Facebook should be nowhere near politics," warns investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.

Otto English's investigation into the parliamentary candidates selected so far by Nigel Farage's party – and those who paid the non-refundable £100 online application fee but haven't made the cut.

In the wake of Labour concerns about 'dark money' influencing British elections, Turlough Conway looks deeper at Nigel Farage's US registered World for Brexit.

Kyle Taylor of the Fair Vote campaign says the war of words between Scotland Yard and the Electoral Commission over electoral law breaking proves Britain needs urgent legislation.

Even though they're crucial to the security of future elections, the British institutions supposed to be safeguarding democracy are playing the game of passing the buck.

Though most people assume Steve Bannon-style populism arrived with Brexit in 2016, the planning, the people, and the project first came together three years earlier.

The judge who led the Public Inquiry into Press ethics has revealed he ‘knew’ some national newspaper editors were lying to him under oath about phone hacking, Byline Times can report today.

Now the Electoral Commission has agreed it's likely that the Brexit Party broke electoral laws during the European Elections, it is legally obliged to return impermissible donations with 30 days of receipt.

Turlough Conway, who broke the story of the Brexit Party's questionable PayPal funding structure, provides an analysis of what must now be done to safeguard our electoral processes.

Shahmir Sanni reveals how two of the contenders to replace Theresa May cannot absolve themselves of responsibility for wrongdoing during the EU Referendum.

Brexit Party MEPs will now sit in Europe’s highest law-making body as the elected representatives of the people of Britain. Who are they and why does it matter?

Turlough Conway, who broke Byline Times' exclusive investigation into the Nigel Farage and PayPal affair, says the Electoral Commission have a duty to check key elements in the Brexit Party's funding.