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Articles predominantly based on historical research, official reports, court documents and open source intelligence.
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Department of Health has ‘No Assessment or Analysis’ on Effect of No Deal Brexit on Death Rates
Concerns have been raised by doctors and academics about the potential implications of both a lack of supply of medicines and a decline in wider public health following a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
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Pro-Trump Entities Weaponising Twitter to Promote a Hard Brexit, New Analysis Shows
The same online forces supporting the policies of US President Donald Trump are also bolstering those of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to an expert examining propaganda on social media.
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Government Covering Up £100m Brexit Consultancy Contracts
Six global accountancy firms have won 96% of Brexit contracts, according to the Commons’ Public Accounts Committee. Whitehall has been condemned by a powerful all-party committee of MPs for being over secretive about the award of nearly £100 million of management consultancy contracts to handle Brexit. The Commons’ Public Accounts Committee has accused Whitehall of…
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Brexit Disaster Capitalism: £8 Billion Bet on No Deal Crash-Out by Boris Johnson’s Leave Backers
While the Prime Minister defies the law and insists Britain will leave the European Union on 31 October, his backers stand to make billions out of the disaster.
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A Constitutional Crisis? Boris Johnson’s Suspension of Parliament Ruled Unlawful
Will the UK Supreme Court agree with Scotland’s Court of Session when it makes a final decision on the proroguing of Parliament next week?
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Therese Coffey: The Worrying Votes and Views of Boris Johnson’s Latest Right-Wing Appointment
Following Amber Rudd’s resignation from the Cabinet over the Prime Minister’s plans for a ‘no deal’ Brexit, a hardline figure has been handed her job at the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Putin’s Funding of Italy’s Far-Right: The Pivotal Role of Aleksandr Dugin
Zarina Zabrisky provides a timeline of Aleksandr Dugin’s career and his connections to Russian Intelligence.
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‘Incontinent Mendacity’: Prime Minister Lied About Plans to Suspend Parliament, Court Documents Suggest
James Doleman on explosive revelations from Scotland’s Court of Sessions as Boris Johnson faces a legal challenge over proroguing Parliament.
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BBC Finally Insists Opaquely Funded Think Tanks Declare their Interests
After Carole Cadwalladr challenged Director General Tony Hall over dark money lobbyists, the BBC have responded with new guide lines.
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Transgender Discrimination Case Against The Times Thrown Out
An employment tribunal found that the newspaper did not unfairly dismiss or victimise Katherine O’Donnell as a transgender employee.
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Who’s Behind Boris Johnson’s Coup? The Murky Lobbyists Who’ve Taken Over the Government
Simon Roach reveals the main players and interests in the Boris Johnson regime – and most lead back to Vote Leave and Donald Trump
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Joseph Mifsud’s Lawyer Incorporated Delaware Company Days After Mifsud Met Papadopoulous
Forensic News has obtained corporate documents are shedding new light on Stephan Claus Roh, a Swiss-born international lawyer and the “money behind” Maltese professor Joseph Mifsud.
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Parliament’s Financial Watchdog Launches Investigation into Boris Johnson’s No Deal Brexit
“Lessons can still be learned from the previous period of ‘no deal’ planning, where in some cases rushed decisions meant taxpayers’ money was not spent well,” says National Audit Office.
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‘It’s Not Democracy and It’s Not the Law’ – Legal Action to Stop Boris Johnson Suspending Parliament for No Deal Brexit Given Go Ahead
A cross-party group of 75 MPs argued that proroguing Parliament would be a breach of the British constitution.
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Good Cop, Bad Press: How a Key Witness in the Daniel Morgan Murder has been Silenced for 7 Years
Peter Jukes, host of the hit Untold: the Daniel Morgan Murder podcast, looks at a recent damages claim and a further twist in this decades-long saga.
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‘A 17-20% Drop in Contracts’ – The Brexit Exodus has Already Begun
British manufacturing already suffering from as Boris Johnson gambles on a ‘no deal’ crash out of the European Union.
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Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage’s ‘World for Brexit’: What is their Opaque New US Lobbying Group About?
In the wake of Labour concerns about ‘dark money’ influencing British elections, Turlough Conway looks deeper at Nigel Farage’s US registered World for Brexit.
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HMRC Staff Diverted to Brexit Work has Boosted Tax Credit Error and Fraud, Report Finds
£1.46 billion has been paid out in tax credits erroneously as civil servants are tasked with dealing with Brexit matters, according to the National Audit Office.
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Darkness Descends: Government Suppressing People’s Right to Know
Iain Overton explains how the Freedom of Information Act used to be a useful tool for journalists to hold power to account. No longer.
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Boom in Car Tax Evasion as Tax Discs Disappear
Half a million cars avoiding tax is leading to over a hundred million pounds of lost revenue reports David Hencke. The abolition of the need for every car and van in the UK to display a car tax disc has led to the tripling of the number of untaxed cars and soaring prosecutions and fines…
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Is Nigel Farage Fit to be the Next US Ambassador?
With the Brexit Party leader mooted to take up the position of our Man in Washington, Byline Times has some important security and background checks for him.
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The Attraction of Iran: The Middle East’s Locked Up Treasure Trove
It’s not just a wealth of natural resources that makes Iran such a target, but the fact they’re nationalised explains Adi MacArtney
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Civil Servants Enjoy Bumper Bonuses while Government Watchdog Slams ‘Errors’ which Punish the Poorest
Both overpayments and underpayments by the Department of Work and Pensions have soared to unprecedented levels according to the National Audit Office
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Science Hooker’s July Science Picks
A review of the most interesting news about science from around the universe by Byline Times’ science correspondent Adi MacArtney. Robo-fish Powered by Fluid Battery ‘Blood’. A 40cm soft robotic fish has been built that has no solid batteries but uses battery fluid like blood. This blood both propels the fish and stores energy. This…
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“Climategate” Email Hacking was Carried out from Russia, in an Effort to Undermine Action on Global Warming
Iggy Ostanin’s forensic work tracks early Russian hacking and interference in the climate change debate, which had an immediate effect on Donald Trump.
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The Extraordinary Cost of Chris Grayling – Part 2: 2016-2019
Part Two of David Hencke’s investigation into the human and financial cost of MP Chris Grayling’s long list of now infamous blunders – in his current position as Transport Secretary.
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SCIENCE HOOKER: Heated Hatred – Does Conflict Correlate with Climate Change?
Is climate change exacerbating armed conflicts around the world? Yes, but probably less than you thought.
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Brexit and Climate Science Denial: The Tufton Street Network
Mat Hope , of DeSmog, maps the shadowy network of lobbyists and politicians working together to push for environmental deregulation — all in the name of Brexit.
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Science Hooker’s June Science Picks
A review of the most interesting news about science from around the universe by Byline Times’ science correspondent Adi MacArtney
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Extensive Use By Mirror Group News Desks of Private Investigators Exposed in Court
Names of at least seven middle-managers found in a sample of 2% of private investigator invoices but the company’s lawyers say stories also came from public domain sources.
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‘An Abuse of Power’: Court Hears Government Knew Millions of Women were Being Robbed of their Pensions
A judicial review is told that millions of women born in the 50s were kept in the dark about losing pension rights.
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Brexit Party Candidates Elected to the European Parliament
Brexit Party MEPs will now sit in Europe’s highest law-making body as the elected representatives of the people of Britain. Who are they and why does it matter?
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The Extraordinary Cost of Chris Grayling – Part 1: 2010-2015
Part One of David Hencke’s investigation into the human and financial cost of MP Chris Grayling’s long list of now infamous blunders: first his time as Employment Minister and then Justice Secretary.
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EURO ELECTIONS 2019 – Turnout Analysis: Remainers Remained, but Leavers Left
As the dust settles from the EU elections Andrew Carter finds compelling evidence that the Brexit cause is faltering.
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Leavers Remain at Home for EU Vote
Andrew Carter explains why the data so far from local authorities on the European Elections turnout gives Remainers cause to be hopeful
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One Party, One Leader, One Hard-nosed Brexit – Farage’s New Party Constitution Laid Bare
In his efforts to woo Labour voters, Farage has refused to publish a Brexit Party manifesto, and no wonder – it has a constitution totally with odds the democratic principles and of which Robert Mugabe would have been proud.
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Apart from Finance, What Else Unites Farage’s Euro Elections Candidates? Climate Change Denial
Following our expose of finance and big business affiliations of 20 of the Brexit Party would be MEP’s, we’re happy to republish a DeSmog article on the other common thread: Meet the Brexit Party’s Climate Change Deniers
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Property, Finance, Hedge Funds, Lobbying, Media: a Guide to the Brexit Party’s Elite MEP Candidates
Byline Times provides a profile of twenty of Nigel “Man of the People” Farage’s candidates for this week’s Euro Elections, and they look very much like the elites he rails against.
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‘Scurrilous’ Evidence from Former News of the World Journalist in Pointless Court Case
High Court Judge describes court action as “futile” and characterises part of former tabloid journalist’s evidence as “irrelevant” and “scurrilous”.
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Times Editor’s Oligarch Friend Behind Controversial ‘Muslim Foster Parents’ Front Page, Tribunal Hears
Times editor John Witherow insisted that an award-winning journalist write a story about a “white Christian” girl’s placement with Muslim foster parents, in spite of his “significant misgivings”, because it had been handed to the editor by an oligarch friend, an employment tribunal has been told.
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DEMOCRACY IN DARKNESS: Brexit Impasse Freezes Anti Poverty Policies
Another day, another example from Parliament on how Brexit paralysis is affecting all levels of Theresa May’s government.
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Around the World in 16 Facts: PostCards from the Edge
Our Inside Whitehall correspondent David Hencke returns from a global tour with some short but shocking observations on climate change, Brexit and the rise of China.
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SCIENCE HOOKER: Understanding Extinction – the Facts Behind the Global XR Movement
Adi MacArtney shines some detailed light on the heated debate about the collapse of biodiversity in our ecosystems.
