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A Fresh ‘Failing Grayling’ Ferry Fiasco?
A report by the Public Accounts Committee reveals that time is running out for the Transport Secretary to re-order contracts to bring in supplies if the Hallowe’en Brexit deadline is met.
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The Trials of ‘Tommy Robinson’: How Yaxley-Lennon was Always Going to be Convicted
Byline Times‘ court reporter James Doleman looks at Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s weak defence and shaky demeanour throughout his long-awaited contempt of court Old Bailey trial. It was an odd couple of days at the Old Bailey. When I arrived on Thursday morning, the first thing I saw was that the normally busy street was closed off…
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How the Shooting Down of a Malaysian Jet Reveals Corbyn’s Putin Problem
Paul Canning reveals the Labour Leadership’s alarming tendency to mitigate the crimes of the Kremlin.
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‘We would Rather Die Now than be Kept in Here Forever’ – Life Inside a Saudi Detention Centre for Rohingya Refugees
CJ Werleman documents his conversations with Faisal Thar Thakin, a Rohingya Muslim who has been held in the kingdom’s notorious Shumaisi detention centre for the past six years.
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The Myths of Immigration Just Don’t Add Up
Jonathan Portes, Professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London, on why the UK has long been a country shaped by immigration and immigrants – and how the reality of this is not as bad as the rhetoric portrays.
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Haringey – Reinforcing Not Breaking the Power of the Market Over Housing
Tom Cordell reports on an endangered proposal by local people in north London to force developers to provide genuinely affordable homes.
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Brexit Party Parliamentary Candidates: Another Money-Making Scheme?
After an Electoral Commission investigation into Brexit Party PayPal donations, Otto English has questions about their recruitment of MPs.
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‘This could Deter Black and Ethnic Minority Women from Seeking Help’: The Fight to Save a Vital Women’s Refuge
Natalie Bloomer and Samir Jeraj report on the campaign to keep London Black Women’s Project running its specialist refuge service in east London.
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Condemnation of Maltese Government’s Attempts to Deny Daphne Caruana Galizia was Assassinated
Nicola Driscoll-Davies gathers reactions to the attempt by a government spokesman to deny the political motives behind the murder of Malta’s most famous journalist.
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Campaigners for British Ex-Pats Condemn Boris Johnson’s “Do-or-Die” Brexit Threat
Alex Varley-Winter reports on how British Citizens resident in the EU are left in a ‘void’ by UK politicians about the risk of being made ‘illegals’.
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‘Jirga’ Provokes New Thinking on War and PTSD
CJ Werleman speaks to the Australian filmmaker Benjamin Gilmour about his new film Jirga.
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UK DETENTION CAMPS: Home Office Exposes Trafficked Children to Abuse
With US ‘migrant detention centres being compared to concentration camps, Alex Varley winter reports on how Britain has its own problem with non-criminal prisons.
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AUSTERITY JUSTICE: On the Edge of Homelessness with No Legal Aid
Jon Robins spends a day at a court in east London where a number of tenants about to be evicted – who should be provided with legal aid – are relying on a duty lawyer.
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Divide and Rule: ‘Colonial Mindsets Fuelling Islamophobia and Racism’
Hardeep Matharu speaks to Tahir Butt, a Muslim campaigner who spent nearly 30 years in the police, about his experience of racism and identity.
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A Department in Disarray: The Secret Memos Revealing the Truth Behind the ‘Back to 60’ Pensions Scandal
Documents from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) tell a tale of a ministry not fit to handle informing millions of women born in the 1950s that they would lose their pensions and complacent politicians unwilling to take action.
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PORTLAND VIOLENCE: When Fascists Become the Anti-Fascists?
CJ Werleman on what the reaction to the violence in Oregon reveals about the rising threat of fascism in America.
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Did The Times Editor Conceal the Truth about the Muslim Foster Carer Story?
Liz Gerard provides more evidence on the claim that Times editor John Witherow insisted on the controversial ‘Muslim foster carer story’ because it had been handed to the editor by an oligarch friend.
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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CHILD DEATHS: “This Didn’t Need to Happen”
the local authority decided the threshold had not been met to show the boy was “suffering or likely to suffer harm”.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: The Non-Disclosure Crisis is Not New and Not About Cash-Strapped Police
Jon Robins on why the failure of key evidence to be disclosed in criminal trials in recent years has long been an issue leading to miscarriages of justice.
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The Times, Andrew Norfolk and the ‘Muslim Foster Care’ Story: An Ugly Picture
Brian Cathcart, Professor of Journalism at Kingston University, on his new report examining how a reporter at The Times newspaper published three front-page stories which were fundamentally wrong and damaging to perceptions of Muslims.
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US Intelligence on Iran Supports An “Almost Impossible” Scenario, says Former Navy Officer
Nafeez Ahmed on why the US’ version of events about the attacking of a Japanese-owned oil tanker raises more questions than answers.
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FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICY: Is this Our Only Hope for Peace?
Stephen Colegrave speaks to Kristina Lunz, co-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, on why we need to fundamentally alter the lens through which we view foreign policy and how it is conducted.
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How Russia Sowed Confusion Over Its Responsibility for Destroying Flight MH17
It is almost five years since flight MH17 was destroyed by a BUK missile fired by Russian soldiers, yet many people still think Putin’s regime did not shoot down the plane.
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The Transatlantic Triumph of Trumpism: Boris Johnson – A Plan Years in the Making
Though most people assume Steve Bannon-style populism arrived with Brexit in 2016, the planning, the people, and the project first came together three years earlier.
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I Knew I was Being Lied to by Newspaper Editors Over Phone Hacking, says Sir Brian Leveson
The judge who led the Public Inquiry into Press ethics has revealed he ‘knew’ some national newspaper editors were lying to him under oath about phone hacking, Byline Times can report today.
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Signs of Home Office Finally Scaling Back on Theresa May’s “Hostile Environment” after Windrush Scandal
New figures obtained by Byline Times and a recent report by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration indicate that the Government is now attempting to reduce the scale of its controversial policy.
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13 Simple Questions for Plain-Speaking Boris Johnson which he Won’t be Asked by the BBC
He’s likely to be our next Prime Minister and said the public wants politicians who say it like it is. These queries from James Hanning should pose no problem to Boris Johnson then
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Home Office Hits Back at ‘Unlawful’ Fast Track Deportation Claims in High Court
A case has been brought by the Medical Justice charity against the Home Secretary on the challenging of possibly unlawful deportations.
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Project Fear: How the DWP is Trying to Mislead the Public over ‘Back to 60’ Pension Costs
David Hencke digs into new research published by the Department for Work and Pensions on the cost of compensating millions of women who lost out on pensions when the state pension age was raised from 60 to 66.
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Home Office’s Fast-Track Deportations ‘Tricking’ Vulnerable Migrants into Returning to Danger, Court Hears
A case has been brought to challenge the Home Office’s policy of giving migrants just 72 hours’ notice of potential deportation.
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Brexit Party Must Return Any Impermissible Donations, Says Electoral Commission
Now the Electoral Commission has agreed it’s likely that the Brexit Party broke electoral laws during the European Elections, it is legally obliged to return impermissible donations with 30 days of receipt.
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“They think they have No Choice but to Take their Own Lives” – The Shame of Australia’s Manus Island Must End
CJ Werleman explores what it will take to shift the Australian Government’s controversial policy of sending refugees from Asia and the Middle East to offshore detention facilities.
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HONG KONG PROTESTS: British-Made Riot Gear Used in Crackdown
The Government appears to have stepped up the sale of security equipment to Hong Kong following the Umbrella Movement protests in 2014. How does this fit with the UK’s role in standing up for the city’s people?
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The Bad Press Hunters – ‘A Major Organised Crime Story’
Stephen Colegrave talks to two journalists relentlessly exposing media criminality. Featured in a recent BBC Radio 4 documentary, Graham Johnson and Dan Evans are reformed journalists who now expose corrupt practices and illegal activities in the British media. Graham was the only reporter to have voluntarily come forward to admit to phone hacking in his…
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THE BORIS JOHNSON SHOW PART 2: Keeping the Show On the Road
In the second part of his profile on the Tory leadership favourite, Otto English explores Boris Johnson’s use of realpolitik in his drive towards grabbing the keys to No. 10.
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GRENFELL: TWO YEARS ON – Little Has Changed for Social Housing Tenants
Natalie Bloomer and Samir Jeraj report on how the tragedy at Grenfell Tower still hasn’t led to change for others living in poor conditions.
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Racism, Homophobia, Violence, Drugs: Fans Reveal Harsh Reality of British Football Grounds
While the Football Association and Kick It Out strive for improvements, a new survey reveals shocking attitudes among those who attend top-level matches.
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When Will the World Do Something to Save Rohingya Muslims?
CJ Werleman on why the international community should hang its head in shame over its failure to help stop the genocide still ongoing in Myanmar.
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HONG KONG PROTESTS: Will UK Take Action over Extradition Law Driving Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters to the Streets?
Proposals by Hong Kong’s authorities to allow the extradition of suspects to China have caused outrage in the city. Does the law contravene the “one country, two systems” agreement between the UK and China?
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Brexit Party’s PayPal Funding Methods Slammed by Elections Watchdog – But What Needs to Happen Next?
Turlough Conway, who broke the story of the Brexit Party’s questionable PayPal funding structure, provides an analysis of what must now be done to safeguard our electoral processes.
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AUSTERITY JUSTICE: No Lawyers, No Advice – the ‘Legal Aid Desert’ Created by Cuts
Chris Grayling’s 2013 cuts slashed the legal aid budget by a third – £751 million. Jon Robins examines the toll this is taking on people’s everyday lives.
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THE BORIS JOHNSON SHOW: PART 1 – A Role on which the Curtain Never Falls
As the favourite to become our next Prime Minister launches his leadership bid, Otto English looks back on the life, times and the very many lies of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.
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Rory Stewart’s Development Department ‘Spinning Landmark Report to UN on UK Poverty’
Civil servants in the Department for International Development ‘only wanted to hear good news’ to pass on to the UN, says disability charity.
