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Reform Chairman Bans Green Councillor From Calling Out ‘Neo Nazi’ Photograph
Party accused of curbing free speech after silencing Green councillor who raised Reform councillors’ appearance with neo-Nazi figure
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The Property Moguls and Landlords Funding Reform UK Who Would Gain From Its Housing Policies
EXCLUSIVE: More than half of Reform UK’s corporate donors are property and construction figures who are set to benefit from Farage’s deregulation plans
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Pubs Shut and Streets Close Amid Heavy Police Presence for Oxford Union Tommy Robinson Debate
The world’s most prestigious debating society hosts the far-right agitator just days after his return from Moscow and questioning under anti-terror legislation
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‘Makerfield Is the Right Seat for Andy Burnham to Contest – Precisely Because It Isn’t Safe’
To beat the threat from Reform UK, Labour has to take it on where Farage’s party could be at its strongest – this is exactly what the Makerfield by-election asks Andy Burnham to do
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Reform Councillors Pose with Banner Saying They’d ‘Rather Vote for Jimmy Savile than Labour’
Reform hit by backlash in the Makerfield by-election as they’re accused of “making light of one of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles”
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Nigel Farage’s ‘White Minority’ Prediction Came From the Racist Eugenics Movement
The Reform leader’s discredited ‘Great Replacement’ claim that white people will become a minority in the UK can be traced back to the heart of the eugenics movement, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Civilian Return from Occupation: Addressing a Policy Challenge in Ukraine’s EU Accession
As negotiations open on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, Zarina Zabrisky reports on a key human rights challenge which must be addressed by the Ukrainian Government
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Covert Domestic Influence: How Trump’s White House is Using Disinformation Tactics Against US Citizens
Caroline Orr Bueno reports on leaked documents suggesting Trump’s administration is engaged in an extraordinary abuse of power
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GB News Presenter Denied Racist Violence in Belfast Was a ‘Riot’ and Claimed ‘Not a House Has Been Burnt Down’
Bev Turner told her viewers that the Belfast violence amounted to mere ‘skirmishes’ despite hundreds of masked men terrorising migrants and ethnic minority people in the city
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Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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Andy Burnham Backs Political Donations Cap to Stop ‘Undue Influence’ by Big Money Donors
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Ministerial hopeful backs calls to stop billionaire donors from buying our politics, putting him at odds with Keir Starmer’s Government
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Keir Starmer Urged to Stop London Event ‘Promoting Land Grab’ in Occupied Palestine
Human rights groups urge ministers to shut down ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’, promoting sales in illegally occupied West Bank settlements
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Reform Councillor Who Slammed Angela Rayner on Tax Owed HMRC Over £250,000 Through Failed Firms
Wigan Reform councillor David Bowker railed against the former Deputy Prime Minister, whilst repeatedly leaving taxpayers out of pocket himself
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Big Oil Employees Wrote Paper Behind Kemi Badenoch’s North Sea Fantasy
The Conservative leader and her media supporters used a new study as evidence to support her plan to increase drilling in the North Sea, without declaring who was really behind it
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Reform UK Councillor Says Families Who Can’t Afford IVF Treatment ‘Should Not Be Bringing Babies Into the World’
Bridget Porter backs cuts to fertility treatment funding in Kent saying that those on low incomes should “cut their garment according to their cloth”
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The Neo-Nazi and Far-Right Coalition that Converged on Southampton Over Henry Nowak’s Murder
There were Nazi salutes and ‘White Power’ chants on the streets of Southampton, after the Reform UK leader called for “pure cold rage” in response to Nowak’s death
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Peter Mandelson, the New Statesman, and How the ‘Soft PR’ Sausage Gets Made
Mic Wright looks at evidence of backroom media wheeler dealing revealed in the recent tranche of documents released to Parliament
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Criminal Checks for MPs, Donations Caps and Electoral Reform: Labour Rebels Push for Tougher Elections Bill
From banning crypto and oil company cash to radical reform of our voting system, Labour backbenchers are testing how far their own Government is willing to go to protect British democracy, reports Josiah Mortimer
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‘My Personal Pride and Joy’: Mandelson’s UK Palantir Deal
The former US Ambassador considered a £750m MOD deal with the US tech company his landmark achievement. But how was it achieved?
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Anger Over Oxford Union’s Tommy Robinson Invite Amid Suggestions of GB News Deal
The Union now denies that GB News— whose presenter Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg sits as a trustee of the Union’s governing charity — is set to film the far-right activist’s appearance, but concerns remain
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Keir Starmer’s Government Allows UK’s Biggest Polluter to Power AI by Burning Wood
Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs accuse Drax of ‘sleight of hand’ as it sidesteps £460 million government subsidy conditions in order to power AI
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All the Big Government Reforms the Media is Missing During Keir Starmer’s Leadership Crisis
No 10 says its plan for the UK is starting to work but will anyone hear about it?
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Reform-Run Council Cuts Opposition Time to ‘Make Way’ for Lord’s Prayer and National Anthem
Christian Nationalism in action: “prayers and songs prioritised over a water catastrophe” claim opposition councillors
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The Three Sharp Points of the Ukrainian Trident
Paul Niland explains how short, medium and long term drone and missile attacks are turning the tide in Ukraine’s defence against Russian invasion
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Nigel Farage Took £50,000 from Crypto Firms Then Said He Was ‘Not Aware’ of the Industry Funding His Party
The self-proclaimed ‘straight-talking’ Reform UK leader has been far from straight about who is funding his attempted rise to power, reports Iain Overton
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Times Journalist Reveals Westminster Fake News Scam
Stories quoting three sources can be nothing of the sort, according to the Times parliamentary sketch writer: they are all from the same person – a single Labour spin doctor
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Reform Council Sacks Long-Serving Vicar as Standards Chief, in Wave of Cuts to Scrutiny
Reverend Canon Hilary Barber says he was given no warning or thanks by Nigel Farage’s party for his years of service
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Reform UK’s ‘Meta Glasses’ Councillor Who Was Accused of Shaming Disabled Man and Dyslexic Colleague Is Put in Charge of Special Educational Needs
Sam Journet has been accused of bullying, intimidation and filming residents and staff with Meta-style camera glasses
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Ofcom Upholds Met Office Complaint Against Talk TV for Claiming Forecaster ‘Made Up’ Temperature Data
Exclusive: Broadcast regulator censures now-sacked Mike Graham’s show for unfairness to Met Office in landmark case
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Reform UK Councillor Shares Racist and Islamophobic Content and Backs Tommy Robinson
The newly-elected Wakefield councillor repeatedly shared extreme and racist content, and backed multiple far-right figures
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Reform UK Councillors Told to Speak Only to GB News’ as Party Shuns Local Press
Local news editor in Ipswich says Reform party chair instructed his councillors to shut out the press in favour of only speaking to the right-wing news channel
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‘Flag Man’ Behind Nazi-Linked Anti-Migrant Protests Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Woman
Craig Kitts, who says he is fighting to ‘protect our women and children’ from migrants, admitted to assault by beating
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Reform UK Councillor Who Claimed Social Media Post Had Been ‘Misinterpreted’ as Racist Shared Multiple Other Offensive Posts
Posts uncovered by Byline Times show newly-elected Reform UK Councillor Ken Tranter comparing Muslims to cockroaches, who would “take over” the country
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How Tommy Robinson Disguises White Supremacism In the Coded Language of Anti-Islam Politics
Robinson repeatedly uses “native” for white, “invader” for non-white and “African” and “Somali” for black across 140 posts examined by Byline Times
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Toxic Pesticides Could Be Banned From UK Farms as Government Urged to Align With EU Rules
Ministers are considering a new report by a cross-party body which recommends closer alignment with European rules on limiting the use of harmful chemicals in our agriculture
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10,000 People Sign Official Petition Demanding Government End ‘Capture of UK Democracy by Media Billionaires’
Ministers will be forced to respond to the proposals for a new ‘Media Sovereignty Act’ after campaigners passed a key threshold
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The More Than 30 Scandal-Hit Reform Candidates Elected Last Week
Voters last Thursday returned dozens of Reform councillors who have variously pushed Islamophobia, antisemitic conspiracy theories, Covid denial and praise for Tommy Robinson and Enoch Powell
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Ukraine’s ‘Frozen’ Frontlines Are Shifting Significantly
A series of drone attacks on Russian oil facilities by Ukraine been a more significant blow to Putin’s war machine than Western sanctions
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Reform UK Treasurer and Donors Share London Address with Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Reform UK’s Treasurer and three other donors have handed £1.55 million to Nigel Farage from Britain’s most expensive apartment block which is home to sanctioned Russian oligarchs and massive post-Soviet wealth
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Reform UK Candidate Accused of Mocking Disabled Residents as ‘Benefit Scroungers’ and ‘Skanks’
Harry Phillips, who is standing for Nigel Farage’s party in Surrey, allegedly described a constituent and his wife as ‘ponces of society’ in leaked messages seen by Byline Times
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‘There Is No Land Called Palestine’: The Reform Pastor Preaching the End Times in Coventry
Reform candidate John Quintanilla tells his congregation that Islam brings “darkness” and the existence of Palestine is a “media lie”
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Reform UK Candidate Shared Antisemitic and Anti-Muslim Posts And Campaigned for Far-Right Restore Britain
Caspar Thomas, who Nigel Farage’s party says has now been expelled following inquiries by Byline Times and HOPE not hate, shared posts including grossly offensive racist slurs
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Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church
For a year-and-a-half, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right activists. Now, this newspaper’s findings cast fresh doubts on Farage’s claim that he refuses to associate with extreme elements of the populist right
