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Identity, Empire and the Culture War

Byline Times explores the weaponisation of Britain's past as a key tool in a dark project of division and distraction

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Young People As Prime Targets: Student Loan Hike is the Latest Frontier of the Conservative ‘Culture War’

, 19 April 2022
By allowing student loan debt to soar, the Government is seeking yet more division between young and old, says Maheen Behrana

How has the Black Lives Matter Movement Influenced British Education?

, 12 April 2022
Dr Cheryl Diane Parkinson considers how grassroots campaigners are applying anti-racist principles to the schooling system

Boris Johnson is Fighting a ‘Culture War’ to Cling On to Power

, 11 April 2022
The Prime Minister's divisive comments about trans people are part of a broader attempt to replace his losing political war with a winning cultural war, reports Adam Bienkov

The Church of Putin

, 8 April 2022
Reverend Joe Howard explores how the Russian President has won support from US evangelicals and his playbook matches that of the European far-right

Backwards Britain: Having Rejected a European Future, We Can Only Hark Back to an Imperial Past

, 5 April 2022
Hardeep Matharu explores how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has exposed the UK's perilous retreat – at a time when collaboration and a new vision of itself is required to navigate the dangerous realities of a changing world
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EXCLUSIVE GB News Lost £3 Million Before Launch

, 1 April 2022
Sam Bright tracks the financial fortunes of the right-wing broadcaster

Are the Royals Trapped in a Gilded Cage – Or Is Britain?

, 31 March 2022
Is the Royal Family trapped by Britain's past or is the problem our inability to conceive of a social order without monarchy?

Jeremy Clarkson, The Sunday Times and the Slave Trade: Some Basic Failures of Journalism

, 24 March 2022
In his eagerness to whitewash British history, Clarkson didn’t do quite enough research to get his facts straight, says Brian Cathcart

Opening Our Eyes to the Cost of Empire: Why We Must Demand the Return of Nigeria’s Benin Bronzes

, 16 February 2022
Paddy Docherty explains how research for his book on the 1897 invasion of the Kingdom of Benin left him ashamed – an emotion he believes must be converted into action

The Far-Right Attack on Education From Poland to the UK and US

, 8 February 2022
The superintendent of Poland's Małopolska province is seeking to ban anti-racist, pro-human rights groups from working with students – but the attack on progressive education goes beyond Polish borders

The Colston Four: It is the Attorney General Who Seeks to Set a ‘Dangerous Precedent’

, 10 January 2022
The four defendants were found not guilty of criminal damage for removing the statue of the slave trader in Bristol – the rule of law in Britain will be significantly eroded, says Gareth Roberts

‘A Deeply Dangerous Power Grab by the Home Secretary’: Conservative Peer Calls for Plans to Strip Citizenship Without Warning to be Scrapped

, 6 January 2022
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi told peers that immigrants' fears that future generations would be treated like outsiders and second-class citizens are not unfounded

Plans to Strip Citizenship Without Notice Must Kickstart A Popular Movement Against the ‘Hostile Environment’

, 4 January 2022
Building opposition to the Government's controversial Nationality and Borders Bill must go beyond a focus on its clause on citizenship deprivation, says Liam Shrivastava

Cambridge Faculty of Divinity Ignores Demands for Inquiry into Peter Thiel’s Far-Right Influence

, 23 December 2021
Cambridge University fails to answer questions raised by staff and students after Byline Times’ revelation that racist pseudoscience is being promoted on campus under the guise of ‘freedom of speech’

From Conrad’s Kurtz to Enoch Powell: Conservatism Takes a Dark Turn to the Past

, 23 December 2021
Under Boris Johnson’s leadership, the Conservative Party has reversed half a century of attempts at post-imperial reform, and – regardless of whether the Prime Minister stays or goes – is now embarked on an ethno-nationalist, protectionist, statist project, with major institutional changes afoot, observe Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu

The Nationality and Borders Bill is a Legacy of Empire

, 13 December 2021

Lessons Still Not Learnt From the Windrush Scandal

, 30 November 2021

Colonial Amnesia: The Forgotten Victims of Transportation

, 11 November 2021

A War Christmas: What Exactly Are We Remembering?

, 11 November 2021

Lost At Sea: Untethered Britain in the Age of Emotion

, 1 November 2021

Murdoch and Morgan: The Reunion From Hell

, 16 September 2021

Fake History: The New Brexiter Great Crusade

, 7 September 2021

Past Imperfect: Astroturfing History

, 2 September 2021

The Government is Crying Crocodile Tears Over Free Speech On Campuses

, 19 August 2021

Kicking Back: Why the Conservative ‘Culture Wars’ Backfired

, 26 July 2021
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