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Free Speech or Hate Speech? The Billionaire Corporate Press Given a New Licence to Monster Minorities
Brian Cathcart on the press regulator IPSO’s decision to use the cover of press freedom to undermine the freedom of people whose gender, race, religion or sexual orientation the newspapers despise

The Times of Islamophobia: How the Demonisation Works
Moazzam Begg explains why Rupert Murdoch’s flagship newspaper had to make an apology to him and the advocacy organisation CAGE and argues that deeper questions about Islamophobia still stand

The Brexiters Who Fled Britain
With more jobs shipped abroad by the very people who supported leaving the EU, the Byline Times Team considers which members of the Brexit battalion have moved their residences or businesses to other shores

Starmer’s Strategic Silence on Brexit Is Not Enough
Mike Buckley argues that the Opposition must be able to provide a frank appraisal of the situation facing Brexit Britain and how the country can progress from its current state of crisis

Alt-Right Pseudoscience – Part 2: The Free Speech Union and Scientific Racism
Nafeez Ahmed reveals British commentator Toby Young’s defence of the Nazi-inspired Pioneer Fund and explores how discredited race science has been normalised under the guise of ’free speech’

Britain’s Last Day in Brussels: A Populist Punch-Up
As the end of the Brexit transition period fast approaches, Blaise Baquiche recalls the day British MEPs said goodbye in the European Parliament

Will Putin’s Russia Set Its Sights on Destabilising Moldova?
Nikola Mikovic reports on developments around Transnistria, Moldova’s Russian-sponsored breakaway region

George Eustice’s Trumpian Dog-Whistle Will Only Embolden the Far-Right
With the Government minister failing to condemn Millwall football fans’ booing of players taking the knee, Adrian Goldberg argues that this was no isolated incident
Advertisers and Football Bodies are Complicit in Gambling Addictions
Nathan O'Hagan argues that regulations on the gambling industry in football are not nearly enough to tackle addiction