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2020 SPOTLIGHT: The Government’s ‘World-Beating’ COVID-19 Failures and Lies
Stephen Colegrave tracks how Boris Johnson’s administration created the conditions for the worst public health disaster in living memory

2020 SPOTLIGHT: The Great Procurement Scandal
Sam Bright investigates the trends that underpin the Government’s outpouring of contracts to corporate giants and friends of the regime

Are Immunity Passports An Inevitable Solution to Continuous Coronavirus Waves?
Digital passes that confirm people are Coronavirus-free could be adopted as a tool to get societies back to normal – by governments and beyond, says Steve Shaw

As Trump Leaves, Republicans Will Shamelessly Fake Concern for Debt and Deficits
Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House in January will expose the Republican Party’s hypocrisy and duplicity as it turns its gaze to economic concerns for partisan gain once more, says CJ Werleman

The Hospital Bed Crisis Preceded COVID-19 – And Will Outlive It
Acute NHS hospital consultant David Oliver considers how the Coronavirus pandemic has exposed structural healthcare problems caused by years of neglect and underfunding

With a Vengeful Trump and Rampant Coronavirus, America’s Darkest Winter Begins
CJ Werleman explores the threats to Americans’ lives and that of their democracy which show no sign of diminishing soon

Lies, Damned Lies and Housing Statistics
Julian Mercer continues his investigation into the erroneous calculations underpinning the Government’s house building programme

Systemic Failings Mean Most Rapists Can Attack Women with Impunity
The dropped charges against the Conservative MP accused of rape reveal shortcomings which mean rape survivors rarely see justice done in England and Wales, reports Sian Norris
Long Shadows: Biden’s Choice for Attorney General is the New Battleground over Russian Interference
Robert Waldeck reveals how the shadow of the Republican Party’s disinformation campaign darkens the new President’s choice for the Department of Justice
The Student Grading Debacle Has Entrenched Social and Racial Inequality
Dr Suriyah Bi explains how this Summer’s grading fiasco renewed class discrimination, further disadvantaging young people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds
Change the Channel: The Beginning of the End for the Murdoch News Empire?
CJ Werleman reports on a tumultuous year for the Australian-born media mogul who has done more than any individual to push the anti-democratic agenda that culminated in Trump
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 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
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
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