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These Elections Will be Fought Dirty and in the Shadows. VoteWatch Will Help Shine a Light
We need your help to follow the money, call out corrupt campaigning, and monitor voter suppression wherever it occurs
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‘Fighting the Five Giants: It’s Time to Renew Our Social Contract’
Every one of us will experience illness, damage, impairment, disability and, inevitably, old age, writes Penny Pepper
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Tucker Carlson Interview: Putin Reveals Inferiority Complex as He Blames Boris Johnson for Continued War
In his much-vaunted interview with the Russian leader, Tucker Carlson simply allowed Putin to repeat well-worn propaganda points. But who is Putin actually talking to?
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Brianna Ghey: ‘When the World Finally Saw the Person Her Family Always Loved’
Katherine O’Donnell delivers a powerful rebuke to the media and politicians for the ‘irrational, obsessional’ hatred and misrepresentation that Brianna Ghey and her family faced every day
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‘A United Ireland Border Poll is a Case of When Not If’
As Sinn Féin’s Vice President becomes First Minister, Northern Ireland is closer to a border poll vote than ever before, argues Emma DeSouza
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‘The Feudal Leasehold System That Threatens a Repeat of the Grenfell Disaster’
A blaze in a West London block of flats last week reveals how the leasehold system is still putting lives at risk, writes Labour MP Barry Gardiner
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‘Sudan is Neither Cursed nor a Lost Cause’
Barney Cullum argues that Sudan’s corruption-fuelled civil war has a large cast of enablers, including British businesses, undermining the health of the nation
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‘UK Elections Could Cause Britain’s Support for Ukraine to Falter’
A surge for right-wing populist party Reform UK at the election could mean anti-Ukraine positions become mainstream
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Morgan On Marcus Rashford: Did Someone Say ‘Hypocrisy’?
A recent column by the former Editor of the Daily Mirror on the superstar footballer revealed more about himself than the 26-year-old England player, writes Mic Wright
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Music in Schools: A Plea
In the wake of Lord Melvyn Bragg’s House of Lords debate on the vital importance of the arts to the UK’s society and economy, composer Howard Goodall makes an urgent call for the Government to rethink its proposed further reduction of resources for musical education
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Keir Starmer and the Labour Party – Press and Pundits Running Out of Dirty Tricks
Veteran media observer Tim Fenton watches as the right wing press paints itself into a pre-election corner
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Four Years On: Kemi Badenoch’s Sketchy Brexit Benefits
Four years on from leaving the EU, the Department for Business and Trade’s overview of Brexit tells a powerful story – of fiction
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‘From Deepfakes to Assault in the Metaverse: The Urgency of Ethics in AI’
Deepfakes depicting Taylor Swift being assaulted in the stands at a NFL game demands a debate about regulating artificial intelligence, writes Patsy Stevenson
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The International Court of Justice on Gaza: ‘Good, but Not Good Enough’
The compromise ruling from the ICJ in the Hague could slow the violence against Gaza’s citizens, but catastrophe still looms
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‘Media Bill Votes Will Show Us the Real Keir Starmer’
How far will Labour go to appease the billionaire press ahead of the general election? We are about to find out, writes Brian Cathcart
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‘The UK’s Immigration System is Islamophobic and Racist. Expanding Prevent into it Will Re-traumatise Refugees’
The extension of the controversial counter-extremism program into immigration and asylum processes risks embedding racism at our borders
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‘To Restore Trust, Rip Up the Astroturf’
As fake grassroots organisations continue their culture war – we need to fight back, writes Otto English
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As US Aid to Ukraine Stalls, Europe Takes the Lead
The EU and the UK are supporting Ukraine at a crucial juncture in its war against Russia, argues Mark Temnycky.
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Democratising the NHS: Beyond ‘Whatever the Board Wants’
Top-down management culture at NHS trusts needs to change to include frontline staff and patients on their boards, argues Alicia Clegg
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Why Is Boris Johnson Endorsing a Second Trump Presidency in the Name of Ukraine?
Donald Trump has not stood up to Vladimir Putin and will not stand up to Russian President if he returns to the White House, writes Paul Niland
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The Post Office Scandal: Why Do Miscarriages of Justice Take So Long to Expose?
Veteran Crime Reporter Duncan Campbell examines the sad history of wrongful prosecutions and the decline of deeply researched investigations
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How Long Can the UK Government Ignore the Collapse of Governance in Northern Ireland?
Rather than adapting to a new political landscape, leaders are laying roadblocks in place, writes Emma DeSouza
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Street Drugs that Pose the Greatest Threat in 2024
The impotent ‘War on Drugs’ policy pursued by the Government won’t work without an attitudinal shift, argues Ian Hamilton.
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‘Morals More Akin to the Mafia’: Former Minister on Illegality at the Murdoch Empire
From politicised phone hacking to aiding and abetting insurrection, the lawless threat of Murdoch’s organisations to democracy is only now becoming clear
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The Palestinians and Israel: A Modern Day ‘Trail of Tears’
The treatment of Native Americans more than 100 years ago cannot provide an exact comparison to the situation of Palestinians today – but there are striking similarities, writes Alexandra Hall Hall
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Taiwan Elections: Democratic Progressive Party Wins, But What Next?
Taiwan’s presidential election has strengthened its democracy, but could led to increased tensions with China
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Elon Musk’s War Against Science, Evidence and Objective Truth
Scientists are abandoning Elon Musk’s Twitter amid a “mass extinction event” on the social media network, says Philipp Markolin.
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‘Not a Bullet for Ukraine’: The Rise and Fall, and Rise Again, of Slovakia’s Populist Prime Minister
Robert Fico rode to electoral victory for the third time on a wave of strongman populism, media capture and pro-Russia rhetoric. But are the cracks beginning to appear?
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Johnson, Truss, Sunak: The Longest Parliament with the Lowest Results
Seemingly lasting an eternity, Professor Chris Painter dissects the failures of governance of the 2019-2024 Parliament, in response to momentous events
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The Post Office Scandal: A Prosecuting Barrister’s Regret
Gareth Roberts reflects ruefully on his own part in the wrongful conviction of an innocent sub-postmaster and looks at what should be done to exonerate each of them
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Loyalty to the NHS Won’t Stop an Exodus of Underpaid Junior Doctors
The National Health Service is under threat unless the Government starts properly paying its workforce, reports Michaela Makusha
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We Need to Talk About Long COVID: A Sufferer on the Silence Around the Public Health Crisis
Cat Fraser, who has lived with the chronic illness for years, says it’s time to get Long Covid on the agenda and give its many victims the support they need.
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‘Sunak’s Election Date Guessing Game is Another Attempt at Distraction from his Government’s Incompetence’
The speculation will suck up the political oxygen and only serves to benefit the Prime Minister, writes Jonathan Lis
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‘Starmer’s Refusal to Confront the Press Isn’t Just a Mistake – It’s Irresponsible’
If the Labour Leader does not embrace media reform now, he never will – and the entire country will be far worse off as a result, writes Brian Cathcart
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Sexual Assault in the Metaverse
As the first police investigation into the gang-rape of a girl’s VR avatar is launched, Patsy Stevenson asks what is being done to protect women and girls in the virtual world.
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Russia’s Goals in Ukraine: Debunking the ‘Special Military Operation’
Almost two years after its full-scale invasion, Paul Niland examines what Russia claims is the purpose of waging war on Ukraine
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Camila Batmanghelidjh was Loudly Vilified – and then Silently Vindicated
Dr Mine Conkbayir reflects on her time working with the founder of Kids Company and the fight for justice that continues after the campaigner’s death
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‘Keir Starmer is Using Right-Wing Methods in Service of a Few Tamer Left-wing Hopes’
Labour needs to make bold moves if it is to achieve a victory worth having, argues AC Grayling
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‘Culture Thrives On Dialogue and Difference’: Seasons Greetings From Byline Times
An end of year reflection from Peter Jukes, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Byline Times
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‘A Disunited Kingdom? For Younger Minorities, Britishness is an Identity We Can Work With – A Quest for Englishness Must Confront This’
Developing a stronger sense of Englishness cannot merely be looked at through a political lens – our identities are personal and multiple, conflicting and shifting, writes Hardeep Matharu
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‘A Disunited Kingdom? Britain is Built on Forgetting Our Imperial History’
Maintaining the illusory story of what Britain was is integral to the illusion of what Britain is – and the maintenance of political and economic hegemony, writes MP Clive Lewis
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‘A Disunited Kingdom? Reclaiming an Englishness Hijacked by the Right’
At the heart of our political crisis is how England, in particular, has struggled to find its way in the modern world, writes MP Caroline Lucas
