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Race Against Time: Top Scientific Minds Demand Action on ‘Last, Best Chance’ Climate Bill in Parliament
Nobel laureates join chorus of 1,000+ scientists urging Parliament to prioritise far-reaching Climate and Nature Bill as environmental tipping points loom
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Oasis ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Row: ‘How a System Meant to Balance Supply and Demand is Being Used to Exploit Consumers Everywhere’
The Government has announced it will include dynamic pricing in a consultation into ticket resale websites after hundreds of complaints over Oasis ticket sales. But that’s just the start
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How Russians Went from Outrage at Putin’s War in Ukraine to Not Caring – and Why Those Feelings will Outlive his Presidency
Denis Zakharov has been monitoring the changing attitudes of Russians to the war in Ukraine on social media. They’ve only got worse
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Labour Member Dale Vince’s Ecotricity Donated Thousands to the Green Party Last Year, Records Reveal
Exclusive: Green Party donation by major Labour funder has only just come to light
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Everything that is Wrong with the TV Industry and Why No One is Watching the News
Carol Vorderman’s Alternative Mactaggart lecture on how snobbery turned people off TV
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FIFA Urged to Ban Israel this Week for Killing Hundreds of Footballers and Destroying Almost Every Sporting Space in Gaza
The governing body is due to make a decision before the end of August. Israeli football officials claim FIFA will find ‘all our arguments justified’
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‘The Paralympics not Being Broadcast on the BBC Shows the Underlying Societal Bias Against People With Disabilities’
Examining the ‘lazy framing’ around disability in sport where the focus is often on ‘the accident, the drama, the blood, the pain’ and not the competition
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Reform UK Repays £200k to Side-Lined Leader Days After Nigel Farage Dethrones Him
Eyebrows raised as accounts show Reform UK rushed to repay £200,000 to Richard Tice, just a week after Nigel Farage took control of the party
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‘The Doors are Wide Open for Ukraine to Deliver a Devastating Blow to Russia – if Only the West Would Let Them’
There are 245 key Russian facilities Ukraine could strike today. It has the capabilities, but not the permission. Why deny them?
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‘Elon Musk Must Take a Net-Zero Approach to Violent Hate Speech to Save his Businesses and Credibility’
Elon Musk’s relationship with X is a commercial and political disaster. He badly needs an off-ramp
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Israel Accused of Killing Palestinian Journalists in ‘Unprecedented Numbers and Targeting Their Families’
A report last week suggested 115 journalists and media workers had been killed since 7 October 2023, but others say the number is as high as 171
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‘Kamala Harris Casts Herself as the True American Patriot in Barnstorming Democratic Convention Speech’
Where Biden’s campaign erred in building up Trump as a larger-than-life threat to democracy, Harris and other speakers sought to take him down with a series of jabs
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Conservative Party Membership May have Dropped Below 100,000 as Supporter Income Plummets
The figures do not bode well for Rishi Sunak’s party
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What Russia’s Proposed Red Sea Naval Station Could Mean for the Sudan War
Whether the development has an impact on the conflict or not – it seems to represent a diametric shift in the Kremlin’s involvement in Sudan
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‘Prison Doesn’t Work – it Won’t for Those Jailed for the Riots Either’
Keir Starmer was applauded for appointing a prisons minister who believes only a ‘third of inmates should actually be in jail’. Where was this mantra when the PM declared rioters should feel ‘the full force of the law’?
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Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party is Bankrolled by One Man, New Accounts Reveal
The single donor has also backed an anti-vaxxer, pro-Brexit candidates and the Conservatives
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Democrats Show Off A United Front at ‘Big Tent’ Convention – But Divisions Remain Over Gaza
The Democrats are showing “unprecedented” party unity this week – but the Uncommitted Movement has signalled that the fight over Gaza is far from over.
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‘How Lawsuit Against AI Music Will Offer Little Help to Smaller Labels and Independent Artists’
As a lawsuit against music generation startups Udio and Suno makes its way through the courts, an AI song in Germany has already made the Top 50
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Councils Across UK are Holding Fire-Sales of Public Assets from Libraries to Farms – Often with No Consultation
Councils are flogging off local treasures as cuts continue to bite. This is a list of just some of the assets currently on the market
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Right-Wing Broadcasters Post ‘Absolutely Pointless’ Race Hate Disclaimers on Social Media Amid Jail Terms for Riots Incitement
Dan Wootton, Beverley Turner, David Vance have posted the disclaimer which legal experts have said offers no protection from the law
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Survivor of Alleged Rape to Sue Police Claiming ‘Failure to Properly Investigate Breached Human Rights’
Jan Cruickshank alleged that a male workmate sexually harassed her in person and via text messages for three years before raping her in spring 2015.
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Bangladesh Unrest Fuelled by Far-Right Videos as new Interim Government Given ‘Historic Opportunity’ to set New Direction for Country
While the violence that erupted in July and early August cooled off, social divisions have since become more pronounced and for some, it has become an opportunity to be exploited
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‘Rushed’ Airport Sell-Off Sparks Anger as Councils Push Through Privatisation to Plug Shortfalls
Concern is growing over a Conservative-led council’s opaque plans to privatise Cornwall Newquay Airport. It’s part of a bigger picture across England
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Met Police Strip Search Detainees 80% More Than Other Forces – as Report Details Controversial Tactic is Still Being Misused
A report by the Children’s Commissioner found that kids as young as eight have been strip-searched every 14 hours under police stop and search powers
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Self-Harm Rates in UK Immigration Centres Soar Following Report That Found ‘Worst Conditions Ever Seen’
In July a report on the UK’s largest immigration detention centre found it was “filthy” and “dilapidated” and had drug problems
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‘How the Conservative Party Helped Cause the Riots and why Their Islamophobic Rhetoric Won’t Change’
Ironically, the riots during a leadership election give the party a unique opportunity to turn a page and turn their back on Farage-type populism. The signs are they will not take that opportunity
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Ousted MP Liz Truss Accused of Being in ‘Denial’ About Defeat as she ‘Clings to Constituent Casework’
Defeated Ex-PM Liz Truss is apparently refusing to hand over issues she was dealing with as a Norfolk MP to her Labour successor
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‘Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive is Vladimir Putin’s Emperor Has No Clothes Moment’
It is the first occupation of Russian territory since the Second World War – and it has created a myriad of problems for Putin
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‘Investigation into Israeli Soldiers’ Sexual Assault of Palestinian Detainee is the Tip of the Iceberg’
CCTV footage has emerged allegedly showing Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee. Human rights groups say the abuse has been ‘going on for decades’
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Who’s a Bigger Threat? ‘Eco-Terrorists’ or Thugs’?
Some have criticised two-year sentences handed out for violent disorder during the riots as excessively harsh. But weeks earlier, Just Stop Oil protesters received four and five-year terms for a peaceful protest
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Over 2,300 Afghan Allies and Their Families Currently Housed in UK Military Sites, MoD Reveals
Many of these highly skilled former soldiers, including a former major general, are now working in low-wage jobs such as cleaners or delivery drivers due to current rules
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From Russia with Riots: Hostile States ‘Relentlessly’ Seeking to Sow Division, Leading Anti-Corruption Figures Warn
A Government spokesperson told Byline Times tackling foreign interference is an ‘absolute priority’
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How US Religious Groups are Exporting Conversion Therapy to Europe
Facing increasing opposition in America from LGBTQ rights activists, growing numbers of US Christian organisations are looking further afield to countries in Europe where their ex-gay message has a better reception. A conference is due to take place in Poland in October
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Just Stop Oil’s ‘Whole Truth Five’ to Appeal Years-Long Sentences after Sun Journalist Exposed M25 Disruption Plans
The five activists face the “longest ever” jail terms for peaceful protest, and international NGOs have rallied behind them
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UK COVID Inquiry Branded ‘Shameful’ for Excluding Voices of Children With Long COVID
Long Covid Kids and Long Covid Scotland met the legal tests of having ‘significant interest’ in matters being investigated, but they were not granted core participant status
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Leading Labour MP Brands Twitter Owner Elon Musk a ‘Dangerous Narcissist’ as She Calls for Clampdown on Online Hate
Dawn Butler is running to lead the House of Commons’ committee on science and tech
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‘Why the Online Safety Act Won’t Stop Type of Misinformation that Sparked Riots – the Government Must Create New Legislation’
When the riots stopped conversation moved to the Online Safety Act with suggestions changes would be made ‘if necessary’. Prime Minister Keir Starmer also pledged to ‘look more broadly’ at social media
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Israel Accused of Carrying Out Campaign of Accelerated Ethnic Cleansing in the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank
Over 600 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since Hamas’ deadly attack – but residents fear a worse wave of violence lies ahead as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah and Iran intensify
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‘Citizens’ Assemblies Could Wake Keir Starmer up to Reversing Brexit ‘
Polls show the public would now vote to rejoin the EU, so why isn’t the Prime Minister listening?
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BBC Blocks Peace Organisation’s Advert in Proms Guide Despite Planning to Broadcast ‘Anti-War’ Piece
The Pacifist group Peace Pledge Union and its associated peace education charity argue that its advert was “in no way polemical”.
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Reform UK Facebook Groups Rife with Far-Right Sentiment and Support for Riots
From conspiracy theories to spats over Tommy Robinson, Reform UK supporter groups are kicking off amid Britain’s racist riots
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The Populist Right: What is it, Why it’s on the March and How to Stop it
An exclusive extract from The Little Black Book Of The Populist Right which is available for purchase now
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‘Anti-Muslim’ – Isn’t There a Word for That?
How the media spent days failing to call the far-right riots exactly what they were – Islamophobic
