Honestly held opinions and provocative argument based on current events or our recent reports.
Older generations need to recognise the massive sacrifices being made by their children, argues Alex Andreou
Kseniya Kirillova explores why the widespread protests in Belarus following its rigged Presidential Election provide an opportunity for Vladimir Putin
With the UK officially now in recession, and carrying the worst COVID-19 death rate per million, Mike Buckley argues that the rot set into the British state years ago
In the wake of a popular uprising against President Lukashenko, Steven Komarnyckyj looks at the important differences with the overthrow of Ukrainian President Yanukovych in 2014
The architects of COVID-19 chaos are sacrificing asylum seekers to cover up their own mistakes, argues Isobel Ingham-Barrow
Boris Johnson’s administration is using the oldest trick in the book: scapegoating migrants to conceal its mistakes, argues David Barker Flores
Outsourcing responsibility for exploitation in the fashion business will not build trust or improved conditions, argues Luke Smitham
Coronavirus has presented the latest opportunity to blame Muslims for a national catastrophe, argues Amina Shareef
Russia’s foreign policy seems based on nihilism according to Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee but Misha Glenny argues that Putin is much shrewder than that
A poor diet of news, like a poor diet of food, puts people at greater risk of suffering from COVID-19, argues Sam Bright
CJ Werleman explores why the Australian journalist Jonathan Swan was able to sidestep deference and put the American President on the spot as others have been unable to do
Leighton Andrews explores the consequences of the Prime Minister’s empty rhetoric on how to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
Alex Andreou dissects how the Vote Leave Government’s latest hollow message around the Coronavirus is devoid of any real meaning and betrays the contempt it holds the British public in
CJ Werleman considers how alarming environmental developments have been sidelined again as the world deals with the Coronavirus crisis
Otto English smells something in the air tonight…
The slapdash reimposition of lockdown measures by Boris Johnson’s administration exposes its real attitude towards its new ‘Red Wall’ voters, argues Sam Bright
Airbrushing the crimes of European history fuels the structural racism and conscious apathy we see in modern Britain, argues Khadija Akhi Uddin
James Wallbank explores how Systems Thinking can help the public to understand the methods of the Prime Minister and his chief advisor –and why they must not be mistaken for buffoons
Northern Ireland has been marginalised and maligned throughout the Brexit process, and will soon see the consequences
With more than $10 trillion of investment planned around the world in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Stephen Colegrave considers whether this money can be used to halt climate change
Sam Bright tracks the global expansion of data mining company Palantir during the Coronavirus pandemic
Creating a fuller, fairer picture of British history requires urgent reforms to the National Curriculum, explains Dr Cheryl Diane Parkinson
Their reaction to the assault on left-wing commentator Owen Jones proves that many far-right-wing commentators secretly approve of silencing those who oppose them
The contrast between Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon is driving Scotland towards independence, argues James Melville and Kat Cary
Otto English compiles the epic accomplishments of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, during his first year as Prime Minister
With articles by its chief reporter Andrew Norfork continuing to land The Times in trouble, Brian Cathcart asks how long can this go on?
With proposals for teachers to predict student grades, concerns have been raised about how bias will effect the life chances of those from poor and minority backgrounds
Snobbery towards working-class consumers won’t fix the fast fashion industry, argues Molly Greeves
Sam Bright explains how Brexiters are desperately trying to warp the findings of the Intelligence and Security Committee’s long-awaited report into Russian influence in British political and public life
Jon Bailes considers how free we really are under the free market system and whether the Coronavirus crisis will have revealed this to the public with far-reaching consequences
Churchill Fellow Nishtha Chugh argues that Britain will only truly understand its imperial history with a fuller appreciation of its wartime leader’s legacy
Amina Shareef predicts that the return of Begum to challenge the revocation of her citizenship will unleash another wave of ruthless demonisation and internal exile for British Muslims
CJ Werleman considers how the Coronavirus crisis has given Beijing further motive to assert itself militarily in the Indo-Pacific region
Continuing Byline Times’ series dedicated to giving a platform to new voices of colour, S Dorothy Smith from Virginia argues symbolic gestures alone won’t improve the lives of African Americans
COVID-19 is accelerating the attempts of big tech companies to harvest our data, writes Tanya O’Carroll.
Mike Buckley argues that the UK may have the freedom Brexiters promised, but no idea what is in its best economic interests
Kseniya Kirillova explores how the most powerful threat to Donald Trump’s re-election are critiques from moderate conservatives like the Lincoln Project
It’s almost impossible for someone from an under-privileged background to reach the ‘elite’ and acquire a platform. This is the real ‘cancel culture’ scandal, argues Sam Bright