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Ukrainian Resilience Four Years On
This ability to stay resilient in the toughest of circumstances has played a cruel trick on Ukrainians.
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That’s True Too – Drama of Dirty Reality
If as a government you’re trying to show you’re serious about solving a problem, setting up a commission and then promptly prohibiting it from even considering one of the most significant solutions to that problem is a pretty odd way of going about it.
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On the Record – The Plot to Stop a Good Win
We were sitting in his Mayfair club when he leaned forward and said: “Look, we need someone authentically northern and common to be our candidate.
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Letters – April 2026
Submit a letter for consideration about this month’s edition by emailing the Editors: Miss Hardeep Matharu and Mr Peter Jukes on letters@bylinetimes.com
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Peter Oborne’s Diary – Nothing to Celebrate
Three months remain before the United States celebrates a historic milestone: the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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Is Paris About to Swing to the Right?
As voters prepare to go to the polls in the ‘City of Light’, Olly Haynes examines whether growing unity between the right and far-right in the French capital could be about to take it on a dark turn
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Trump’s Iran War Threatens a Refugee Crisis on a Scale That Dwarfs Syria
A former senior US defence analyst warns that the assault on Iran risks causing a refugee crisis up to four times larger than what happened during the Syria conflict
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‘Why I’m Concerned the Government’s Definition of Anti-Muslim Hostility Won’t Help Most Victims’
The chief executive the Islamophobia Response Unit has some reservations about the Government’s definition of ‘intent’ in the new definition
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The Kurdish Attack on Iran That Never Happened
False media reports of thousands of Kurdish fighters launching a ground offensive against Iran ended up endangering the very people living under the bombs, reports Dr Charles Kriel
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‘The Justification for the War against Iran Has Changed from Day to Day, with No Clear End Goal or Exit Strategy’
From Washington DC, former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall assesses the arguments used to justify the attack on Iran
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Operation Epic Fury: A Mass of Shifting Objectives
Dr Charles Kriel looks at the Iran War as an information operation and identifies what the West still refuses to understand about it
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‘Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Lives at Risk for No Purpose’
The Government talks about wanting to reduce division and increase integration and then implements policies which will do the complete opposite, argues Daniel Sohege
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Trump’s State of the Union Address: The Purest Ugliest Vaudeville
Nakedly exploitative and grimly partisan, this was US politics at its worst, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: How Power Protects Itself Through Contempt
As the eighth in line of succession to the British throne is arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, Hardeep Matharu explores how elite impunity is built on creating a sense of powerlessness in the many – in her editorial first published in the latest monthly print edition of Byline Times
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‘Build That Wall’: Why Secretary Rubio Is No Jack Kennedy
The Secretary of State’s address to European leaders showed how far American leadership has fallen under Donald Trump, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Keir Starmer’s Government Is Ignoring Growing Demands to Come Clean on Russian Interference in Our Democracy
A long-promised bill to clean up the funding of British politics and protect against foreign interference has failed to deliver, argues Sergei Cristo
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‘We Are Still a Society Where the Postcode of the Bed You Are Born In, Sadly, Still Pretty Much Determines Where You End Up in Life’
Last month, Byline Times was invited to the launch of ‘Class Ceiling’ – a new report reviewing working-class participation in the arts across Greater Manchester. A day after he was blocked from standing as the Labour candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham gave the opening address
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The Mandelson Scandal
The departure of the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney – over his appointment of his ally Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador – does not change the systemic culture absorbed by the party that allowed his rise, writes Clive Lewis MP
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A Letter from America – The Bear Mutated
Vladimir Putin’s greatest trick was convincing the West that the Cold War ended in 1991 with a whimper and a Big Mac in Pushkin Square.
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On the Record – Donald’s Not First Lady
As her new documentary is released, Melania Trump opens up about her rags-to-riches fairytale
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Letters – March 2026
Submit a letter for consideration about this month’s edition by emailing the Editors: Miss Hardeep Matharu and Mr Peter Jukes on letters@bylinetimes.com
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Mandrake – ‘Old Friends’ and New
Although the focus has inevitably been on Peter Mandelson’s web of influence within the party of government, it also extends to the Conservatives in the shape of former Chancellor George Osborne.
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That’s True Too – No Hunger for Climate Action
It’s often said the first responsibility of any government is to guarantee the safety of its citizens. On this measure, the Prime Minister is manifestly failing.
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Peter Oborne’s Diary – The Fatal Choice
It is a simple matter to identify the moment when it went wrong for Keir Starmer.
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The Lesson Jim Ratcliffe Could Learn From My Immigrant Father-in-Law
The billionaire Manchester United owning tax exile says Britain has been “colonised” by immigrants but he could learn much from the hard working migrants who have made their lives in this country, argues Sangita Myska
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Whatever Happened to Matt Goodwin?
How did Reform’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election go from being a ‘fully-paid up member of the liberal left’ to a Farage disciple, asks David Edgar and Jon Bloomfield
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‘The Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Is an Opportunity for Starmer to Radically Reform Our Broken Politics’
The Prime Minister should use this moment to shine a light on the dark forces corrupting our democracy, argues former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Thiel Spokesman Denies Former Israeli PM’s Claim Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Palantir Founder’s Venture Fund – But Confirms Epstein was a Limited Partner
A former Israeli Prime Minister and intelligence chief described Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein as “owners” of a venture fund. The founder of Palantir, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson, has denied the claim – but emails reveal how Thiel cultivated Epstein as a business partner
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The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their position for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
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Keir Starmer’s Brutal Treatment of Andy Burnham Has Destroyed All Illusions About His Premiership
The true motivations of this Prime Minister can now be seen by all, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Weaponizing Words: How the Trump Administration Used Language to Distort the Truth in Minnesota
Government and media organisations used the power of words to shift moral responsibility for the ICE killings, argues linguist Dan Clayton
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Trump’s Violent Assault on Minnesota Is an Operation in ‘Reflexive Control’
The President is using Soviet-style redirection to wage an information war across America, argues Grant Stern
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Trump’s Downfall Will Come Much Quicker Than Anyone Thinks
The growing backlash against ICE’s killing of Alex Pretti will be a turning point in public opinion towards the President, predicts Alexandra Hall Hall
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Four Day Weeks, Andy Burnham and the Death of Labour Dreams
On policy and raw politics, Keir Starmer’s leadership is crushing dreams of a better world, argues Mainstream co-founder Neal Lawson
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What Keir Starmer Should Have Done With Andy Burnham
The PM’s decision to block Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election risks handing the seat to Nigel Farage, and ultimately triggering his own downfall. It didn’t have to be this way, argues Adam Bienkov
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Brexit Badly Weakened the UK and Now Donald Trump Is Taking Advantage
The President’s increasingly threatening behaviour has shown clearer than ever before why Britain needs to be back in the heart of the EU, argues Jonathan Lis
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‘The Malfunctioning British State Cannot be Utilised to Bring About Its Own Solution’: Learning from the Mayors of the North
A fundamental break from the old regime is required – it can only come from the outside but must command credibility and popular assent
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‘Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election’: US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
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Trump’s Greenland Delusion Runs Aground in Davos
For all his attempted bullying, taunts and threats, Trump’s delusional Davos speech revealed a man who is far weaker than he appears, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Mark Carney’s Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned
The Canadian Prime Minister’s powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues Simon Nixon