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Falling for Farage
With Reform UK’s victory in England’s recent local elections, significant – and surprising – sections of the media are also now embracing Nigel Farage’s politics. Adam Bienkov reports
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Disappointment in Dartford –Triumph for Reform
All three seats representing the town on Kent County Council turned light blue in England’s recent local elections. Sean Byrne-Roberts and Matt Gallagher met some of its residents to find out why
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Can Journalism and Democracy Survive Social Media?
Byline Times was invited to the 2025 Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London in May, held each year to honour the legacy of the editor widely regarded as a giant of post-war journalism. Here are the highlights from some of the speakers on the day
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‘I Was Targeted by a Hostile Crypto Spambot Swarm That Revealed How X’s Algorithm Has Been Truly Broken’
The automated block attack tricks the algorithm into thinking your account should be suppressed, reports Iain Overton
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Science Fiction Gets to Truths Journalism Misses
Catherine Mayer introduces a prescient extract from her book Time/Life, recently published in paperback
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News In Brief – Catching Up With Old Friends
The Conservative Covid cronyism revelations continue.
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The Trump Bump Becomes the Trump Slump
With voters in Canada and Australia opting for non-populist liberal candidates – and the worsening US economy hitting Donald Trump’s approval ratings – how long will the American President be able to keep spinning his policies in his political favour? CJ Werleman reports
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‘How Trump Fumbled the Ukraine Peace Talks in Istanbul and Emboldened Putin — Yet Again’
The Kremlin is now so emboldened by the Trump administration’s position that it’s as if three years of Ukrainian resistance, backed by the West, never even happened, writes Chris York from Kyiv
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A Coalition of Contradictions: Who Is Voting for Reform?
The divergent drivers behind the different groups supporting Nigel Farage’s party show its appeal as a disruptor to traditional two-party politics – and its vulnerabilities. Olly Haynes reports
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Low Voter Turnout Challenges Populists’ Claims to Speak For the ‘Silent Majority’
As the recent local elections in England show, Reform UK candidates standing in most seats has not led to more people turning up at the ballot box, writes Chris Grey
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‘MPs Need to Listen to the Scientists, Not the Oligarchs’ — Scientists Sound the Climate Alarm at Westminster
Chris Packham was joined by more than 150 scientists in a demonstration urging Westminster to start listening to the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change
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The British Political-Media Class’ Mainstreaming of the Populist Radical-Right
