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Rewarding Failure: NHS Whistleblowers Let Down by Trusts Selected for Accolades
Stephen Colegrave investigates the shortlist for a prestigious healthcare whistleblowing award and finds serious shortcomings in those picked for the prize
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How ‘Dictator Dan’ Defied a Dangerous Murdoch Media and Led Australia to COVID Victory
CJ Werleman charts the success of the state of Victoria in getting a grip on the Coronavirus – despite the efforts of the right-wing media to discredit its popular left-wing Premier Dan Andrews
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Beyond Bullying: Home Office Renews Hostile Environment for Asylum Seekers
David Hencke exposes a highly critical parliamentary report describing the ‘aggressive and hostile’ stance by Priti Patel’s department during the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Australia has Revealed its Part in Afghan War Crimes, Now the UK Must Face Up to Its Own
After damning revelations of war crimes committed by Australia’s special forces were revealed to the public it is time the British Government faced up to its own bloody history in the Middle East writes Steve Shaw
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Why is Britain Not Sanctioning the Architect of China’s Most Orwellian Policies?
A Chinese Communist Party official, widely believed to be the mastermind of Beijing’s most draconian policies in Xinjiang and Tibet, needs international pressure applied to him over his systematic repression, say campaigners
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Frontline Workers Failed By Wasteful, Inefficient £15 Billion PPE Procurement Effort
The majority of protective equipment bought by the Government still hasn’t arrived, the National Audit Office has revealed
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Hong Kong Activists Face Jail As Pro-Democracy Movement Fades
Today, activists for democracy in the former British colony find themselves with no protests, no opposition law-makers and, soon, without their influential leaders
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Memetic Warfare: How the Targeted Propaganda of QAnon Weaponised COVID-19
Daniel Morrison looks at the Trump campaign origins of the ‘gamified’ global conspiracy theory which has now evolved into active Coronavirus denialism
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Hidden Trauma: Accident and Emergency Nurse Reveals Abuse of Disabled by Family Carers
Stephen Colegrave speaks to an Accident and Emergency nurse who has witnessed the unreported abuse of vulnerable people
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Russia Could Have Betrayed Armenia for Oil and Gas
Nikola Mikovic examines whether Russia’s decision not to support Armenia could have been linked to lucrative energy deals with Azerbaijan
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Extreme Anti-Abortion Group’s New ‘Missional Network of Pregnancy Support’ Revealed
Sian Norris reports on plans for the provision of new services by a group which links abortion with Satanic Ritual Abuse, believes delaying abortion decisions is justified, and links it to suicide
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‘Institutionalised Impunity’: Chilean Police Shooting at Children’s Home Sparks New Wave of Unrest
Carole Concha Bell reports on another atrocity as Chile’s billionaire President Sebastian Piñera allows police violence to return to the horrific levels of the Augusto Pinochet regime
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Behind Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party: The Latest in Politainment
A key figure in Britain’s ‘culture war’ is being spearheaded by a PR group with ties to Vote Leave donor Jeremy Hosking
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Britain’s Cyber Security Operations Undermined by Swanky Spies
David Hencke reports on parliamentary criticism of GCHQ’s decision to use a large portion of its new budget on swish new London offices
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Brazil Welcomes Chinese Investment Regardless of the Consequences
Monica Piccinini charts the rise of Chinese investment in Brazil and how important it is becoming for the economy and the Brazilian Government
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The Civil War That Threatens to Destabilise the Horn of Africa
Steve Shaw reports on the civil war that exploded in one of Africa’s most stable countries in the shadow of the US election, and now threatens to spill across borders
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Australia’s Worrying Reaction to the Special Forces War Crimes Report
CJ Werleman reports on how the Australian right-wing press appears to be minimising the shocking murder of 39 Afghans
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‘Retraumatising Survivors’: Is Scottish Football Marking its Own Homework over Historic Child Abuse?
Adrian Goldberg reports on new concerns about the Independent Review into Sexual Abuse in Scottish Football
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British Troops Could be Made to Take a Bullet for French President Macron
Martin Jay writes that Boris Johnson could be about to make a terrible mistake by committing troops to fight in Mali for French national interests
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Saudi Arabia’s War on Academics, Intellectuals and Human Rights Defenders
Days before Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 Summit, British MPs have been told the kingdom is experiencing one of the worst periods of repression in recent times, reports Steve Shaw
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Up to £1.1 Billion in Government PPE Contracts Awarded to Firms Linked to Religious Sect
Byline Times and The Citizens have discovered dozens of deals awarded to firms with apparent ties to a little-known Christian group
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Government’s Rushed, Biased Procurement Process Exposed by Spending Watchdog
A new National Audit Office report – which found that the Government established a ‘high-priority’ lane for PPE suppliers with political links – does little to dispel the notion of cronyism at the heart of the Boris Johnson administration, explains Sam Bright
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A Top Priority for Joe Biden: Stop Information Warfare
Zarina Zabrisky urges the President-elect and his team to counter one of the gravest threats to modern democracy
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Citizens Disunited: The End of the Transatlantic Trumpist Alliance
Peter Jukes looks at the rise and fall of the dark money and online culture war strategies that put Donald Trump in the White House and pushed Britain out of the EU
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Health Ministers’ COVID-19 Meetings with Conservative & Vote Leave Allies Revealed
MP alleges ‘special treatment’ as two former Vote Leave chiefs were drafted in by Matt Hancock’s department, reports Sam Bright
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Why the UK Could be the Source of the Next Pandemic
Intensive chicken farming in the UK is generating dangerous new viruses, reports Claire Hamlett
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Review of Controversial Prevent Strategy Being ‘Kicked into Long Grass’
Stephen Delahunty reports on developments with regards to an independent assessment of the Government’s counter-terrorism programme which was due to report in August
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Polish Women are Fighting Back Against Anti-Abortion Laws – But They Need Europe’s Support
Sian Norris reports on protests in Poland following the latest round of assaults on women’s rights by the Law and Justice Party and asks: why is the EU standing by and doing nothing?
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Trump’s Ability to Ignite a Vengeful Civil War Should Not Be Underestimated
CJ Werleman documents the violence which Trump supporters have already perpetrated around the 2020 Presidential Election and warns that the very real threat from right-wing terrorism is likely to be exploited by the President
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What I Learnt About the Great Procurement Scandal: Building ‘My Little Crony’
Sophie Hill explains how she found the Conservative Party, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings at the centre of her vast interactive map of Government contracts
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Trump’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal Could Inflame an Arms Race
Steve Shaw reports on Trump’s hopes for a major arms deal in the Middle East that could spark a broader race for military superiority
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Rage and Grief as Armenia Loses its War With Azerbaijan
After many bloody battles Armenia has lost its war with Azerbaijan, now the country is grappling with where to go from here. Tom Mutch reports from the country’s capital
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Murdoch: ‘Thug and Bully is Terminal Trouble for Democracies’, Says Former Australian Prime Minister
Speaking exclusively to the Byline Times Podcast, Kevin Rudd discusses his campaign to establish a Royal Commission into the need for media diversity in Australia
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Trump’s Coup was Predicted Four Years Ago: This is How it Might Succeed
An expert on US election law foresaw Trump’s attempts to use allegations of voter fraud, the military and Republican lawmakers to mount a coup , reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Democrats Resign as Beijing Signs Death Warrant for Hong Kong’s Democracy
The UK Government remains silent as politicians who refuse to accept China’s sovereignty over the city are purged, reports Steve Shaw
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson Confronted About the Great Procurement Scandal
The Prime Minister was finally forced to answer questions about his Government’s controversial, multi-billion-pound splurge on private sector contracts, reports Sam Bright
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Robert Jenrick: Government Suppress Key Documents from MPs in Constituency Payoff Scandal
David Hencke reports on accusations of ‘political bias’ on how public funds were allocated to constituencies by Conservative ministers
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Swedish COVID-19 Exceptionalism Manifests through US Election Interview
A Swedish journalist last week exemplified the nation’s dangerous, outlier approach to COVID-19, explains Kelly Bjorklund
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US ELECTION 2020: The Power of Populist Lies and the BBC’s Failure to Expose Them
The BBC’s coverage of the 2020 Presidential Election has further exposed its flawed quest for balance, argues Patrick Howse
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Putin Forced Armenia to Capitulate to Azerbaijan
As the US remains preoccupied with the presidential elections, Nikola Mikovic reports on how Russia appears to be resolving the conflict over the Armenian enclave
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The Other Global Health Crisis: Highly Hazardous Pesticides and Brexit Britain
Monica Piccininii reports on attempts to ban the export of dangerous chemicals, subverted by agrichemical businesses in the US and UK
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Chagos Islanders Seek Arrest of British Officials for ‘Apartheid’
Islanders forcibly expelled from a British colony in the Indian Ocean have filed charges with the International Criminal Court, reports Steve Shaw
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‘Informal Arrangements’ Used for Government PPE Procurement, Says Health Minister
Lord James Bethell’s comments appear to validate leaked documents revealing an expedited system of the awarding contracts to “high profile contacts” of the Boris Johnson administration
