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Turning the Chapter on the Johnson Years: My Wish List for our Next Prime Minister
Former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall explores how the UK could start rebuilding public trust in its institutions and our democracy following a turbulent few years

Truss and Sunak’s Hard-Right Economic Plans Will Only Deepen Cost of Living Crisis
With the UK heading for recession, the two remaining candidates to become Britain's next Prime Minister are committed to the same failed economic theories that created the current crisis, writes Thomas Perrett

There Can Be No Concessions or Negotiations with Vladimir Putin
Kyiv-based Paul Niland explores why recent calls for Ukraine to come to a 'peaceful compromise' with Russia – despite its unprovoked invasion of the country continuing – cannot be adhered to

Werleman’s Worldview: Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan will have Little Bearing on China’s Longstanding Imperialist Dreams
China has long determined to use whatever means necessary to attain total dominance over the Western Pacific, writes CJ Werleman

Why Boycotting Turkey should be a Feminist Demand
The feminist movement must show sisterhood with the Rojava Women's Revolution against Turkish repression, argues Rahila Gupta

Undiplomatic Dispatches: An Exclusive New Column by Alexandra Hall Hall for Byline Times
Byline Times is thrilled to announce a new column by former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall only in its monthly print edition. Here she explains what readers can expect

Warning Signs for Climate Action: The Environmental Records of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss
Neither of the candidates in the running to become the next Prime Minister can back up their rhetoric with actions on the climate emergency

Is Johnson’s Plan for the House of Lords the Greatest Attack on British Democracy?
Britain's parliamentary democracy cannot allow one-party dominance in the way the Prime Minister intends for the upper chamber, says barrister Gareth Roberts