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The Problems Plaguing the UK’s Post-Brexit Trade Deals
Sam Bright summarises the key issues with the UK’s attempts to forge new economic alliances after leaving the world’s largest trading bloc
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COVID Variants Demand Stronger Safety Measures for Children
We should be concerned, not just for children’s ability to spread the Coronavirus but also their capacity to suffer from it for years to come, says Mike Buckley
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Priti Patel’s Interference is Jeopardising the Future of Independent Panels
David Hencke explains why the Home Secretary’s intervention in the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel report is so unprecedented and disturbing
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Did Murdoch or the Met Delay the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Report?
Peter Jukes, co-author with Alastair Morgan of Who Killed Daniel Morgan and the Untold Murder podcast, gives his personal take on the unprecedented intervention of the Home Secretary in the publishing of a report into the unsolved 1987 crime
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The Colombia Uprisings Offer a Warning About Post-Pandemic Unrest Across the Developing World
Protestors are facing physical and sexual violence amid police crackdowns of anti-Government dissent, reports Nadja Sieniawski
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The Government Wants to Sell Your GP Medical Records – Here’s How to Opt-Out
Phil Booth sets out how people can protect their privacy following NHS Digital’s announcement that patients’ GP data will be shared
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The UK-Australia Trade Deal: A Tale of Brexit Insanity
Otto English dissects the disadvantages that a free trade agreement between the two countries would bring to the UK
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The Daniel Morgan Independent Panel and Press Misconduct: What Might the Government Be Trying to Hide?
Astonishing corruption surrounds the infamous 1987 murder, and a lot of it connects to national newspapers. Brian Cathcart considers what the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel report might have to tell us
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Is Priti Patel Intervening to Stop Report into Daniel Morgan Murder Finally Confirming Institutional Corruption in the Media and Police?
Eight years after it was established, the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel is finally ready to release its findings into the unsolved 1987 murder of the private detective. So why has the Home Secretary now delayed its publication to ‘review’ its contents?
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The Murdered and the Martyred: Armenia’s Political And Spiritual Crisis
Six months after losing the Nagorno-Karabakh war, Armenia is a nation in crisis. With the US recognition of the Genocide, Tom Mutch asks whether they can begin to heal
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Child Offenders Spending 23 Hours a Day Locked in their Cells During Coronavirus Crisis
David Hencke reports on worrying developments in a longstanding issue: how the criminal justice system treats children and young people in offenders’ institutions
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Ten Years On from the Winterbourne View Scandal, A Human Rights Approach to those with Complex Needs is Still Missing
Saba Salman reports on how the Government could provide specialist support in a creative, humane way which takes people out of institutions and puts the individual at the centre of their care
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A Day in the Life of Prisoner ‘Socrates’, Cell Number 607
Iain Overton recounts the story of Oleh Galzyuk, who was imprisoned in the Donbas region of Ukraine for more than two years for writing about the conflict raging in the region
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The DUP Takes A Backwards Step Just As Times are Changing in Northern Ireland
Emma DeSouza reports on the election of the Democratic Unionist Party’s new leader and its implications amidst declining support for unionism as a whole in Northern Ireland
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Lost in the Storm: Arts Venues Re-open Too Late for Some Migrant Artists
Professor Sara Jones and Dr Kinga Goodwin reflect on how xeno-racism, Brexit and the Coronavirus are causing central and eastern European artists to say goodbye to the UK
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Was Signing Trade Deals with Modi More Important to the Government than Stopping the Spread of the Indian COVID Variant?
Nabanita Sircar reports on the continued spread of the B.1.617.2 variant in Britain – which has led to a devastating second wave of the Coronavirus in India – and Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown
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Modern History Has Robbed Palestinians and Muslims of Friends and Allies
From Palestine to Myanmar, Xinjiang to Kashmir, CJ Werleman sees a pattern of persecution driven by Gulf rivalries and post ‘War on Terror’ geopolitics
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Concerns About Voter Suppression Will be Dismissed as ‘Conspiracy Theories’ – But It Is a Real Threat to Our Democracy
Mike Buckley digs into the motivations behind Boris Johnson’s proposal that a form of ID should be shown by people voting in future elections
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Police Scotland Free Home Office Border Force Detainees in Kenmure Street Stand-Off
James Doleman witnessed an extraordinary confrontation in Glasgow between Border Force officials and a spontaneous local protest
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‘Gaslit by Government’: NHS Staff Tell of Mental Health Impact of PPE Shortages
As the Good Law Project and EveryDoctor UK take the Government to the High Court over PPE, Sian Norris talks to staff working on the front line without protection
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BBC’s ‘Three Families’ Shows How the Fight For Abortion Rights in the UK Continues
A primetime drama about abortion in Northern Ireland shows that there is more work to be done to protect a woman’s right to choose in the UK, Sian Norris argues
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‘Government Could Have Saved More Than 100,000 Lives During Pandemic’, Says Former Chief Scientist
Sir David King speaks to Byline Times about herd immunity, private sector outsourcing, the vaccine roll-out, and future threats
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An Israeli War Against Gaza Will Create an Unprecedented Humanitarian Catastrophe
CJ Werleman assesses the claims and counterclaims of Hamas officials and Israeli politicians and sees little hope for civilians
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The Israeli Government’s Actions in Gaza and Jerusalem Test Joe Biden’s Legacy
The escalating conflict between Israeli forces, Palestinians and now Israeli Arabs makes the US President’s ‘bothsiderism’ increasingly untenable, says Jonathan Fenton Harvey
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‘Home Office Wants to Make It Harder for Modern Slavery Victims to be Recognised’
Stealth legislation that will come into force on 25 May, along with the New Plan for Immigration, could lead to victims of modern slavery spending longer in immigration detention, reports Sian Norris
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COVID Variants and a Third Wave: Scientists Warn Government Is ‘Sleepwalking into Disaster’
Coronavirus variants could lead to a ‘treble size’ third wave, warns SAGE, if Britain’s roadmap out of lockdown loosens all restrictions too early, reports Dr Nafeez Ahmed
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Downing Street Refurbishment Conducted by Firm With Conservative Links
Two Tory peers and a Government ‘advisor’ have close ties a firm tasked with revamping Downing Street, Sam Bright reveals
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The Facebook Oversight Board is itself an Information Operation
Caroline Orr shows how the political havoc caused by Mark Zuckerberg – the most powerful non-state actor in the world – is baked into his business model
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Voter Fraud is a Fallacy: These Are the Real Dangers to British Democracy
Sam Bright explains that there are more investigations into the Prime Minister’s conduct than annual voter fraud convictions, and lists the genuine threats to democracy in the UK
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What Does Boris Johnson’s Great ‘Levelling-Up’ Really Look Like?
Jonathan Portes examines the real forces at play, which will require addressing, as part of the Prime Minister’s flagship policy for his new ‘Red Wall’ constituencies
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‘Woke Youth’ and ‘Traditional’ Labour Voters Are More Similar Than You May Think
Maheen Behrana explains how the new working class is heavily populated by young people in urban areas, paying extortionate rents and working in the gig economy
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The Charmed Life and Strange, Sad Death of the Quilliam Foundation
Nafeez Ahmed analyses the rise, decline and sudden fall of Maajid Nawaz’s government-backed counter-extremism think tank
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Who is Behind Spain’s Anti-Rights Movement?
In the first of a series, Sian Norris reports on the global network behind Spanish-founded anti-rights platform CitizenGO – friends with the far-right Vox Party
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Windrush Fear Drives Record Number of European Applications for British Citizenship
A lack of trust in the Home Office has caused EU migrants to seek permanent status in the UK, reports Joshua Stein
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Free Speech or Hate Speech: Internal Home Office Report Exposes Britain’s Hate Crime Problem
A previously unreleased document lays out the realities of discrimination in modern Britain
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Top World Health Organisation COVID-19 Advisor Bankrolled by Great Barrington Declaration Successor Organisation
Nafeez Ahmed raises asks why the global health body is seeking input from scientists linked to the discredited theory of herd immunity by natural infection
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Avoidable Sabre Rattling in Jersey Can’t Hide Brexit’s Impact on Fishing
Gunboats patrolling Jersey’s waters was avoidable, yet the fracas with France is one of many Brexit-related issues plaguing the fishing industry, David Hencke and Sian Norris report
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UNESCO Names Brexiter Arron Banks as ‘Prime Instigator’ of Online Harassment Against Female Journalist
A report into online violence against women journalists finds political actors and right-wing media play a significant role in spreading disinformation and inciting harassment, Sian Norris reports
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‘We’re Balancing the Books on the Backs of the World’s Poor’: Former Conservative Minister Speaks Out Against Foreign Office Cuts
Adrian Goldberg reports on the potential loss of hundreds of thousands of lives due to changes in UK policy
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Could Its COVID Catastrophe Save Indian Democracy from Fascism?
CJ Werleman explores how the gross mismanagement of the Coronavirus’ second wave in India may have created serious problems for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-populist Government
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Government Cuts to Reproductive Health Funding Fit into an Anti-Rights Agenda
The international aid cuts to reproductive health services put women’s lives at risk and reflect the anti-rights positions of more than one Conservative donor, Sian Norris reports
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From Cameron to COVID: 10 Years of Broken Transparency Promises
John Lubbock explains how the Coronavirus pandemic has unravelled the Government’s glib commitment to openness over public contracts
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The Party Chasing Labour in the North of England
Sam Bright speaks to the founder of the Northern Independence Party about Hartlepool, Keir Starmer, and social media campaigning
