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'Irrational, Ineffective, Dangerous': French Inquiry Condemns UK Border Policy Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Death and Border Security Don't miss a story Calls for a Parallel UK Public Inquiry Aug 21, 2026 08:09 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen A French parliamentary inquiry has described the UK-France border deal as "irrational, ineffective and dangerous", warning of its consequences for human rights. The inquiry, which was published last month, is the first democratic evaluation of the UK-France border deal since the in

USS Lincoln: 'The Ships Are Breaking Almost as Fast as the People' Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Aug 21, 2026 08:35 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. After over 260 days without a port visit, and 6 months on station off the coast of Iran, there are reports that sailors are dealing with inoperative toilets, washing machines, and showers. The "he

Wine, Vapes And 'Woke Mental Health' Jibes: Leaked Emails Expose Reform Council Meltdown Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Don't miss a story The Standards Committee Row Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Comment Reported To Police Reform's Nadhim Zahawi Accused of 'Fantasy' After Falsely Claiming Labour-Backer Dale Vince Bankrolled Count Binface Anti-Woke WhatsApp holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Wine, Vapes And 'Woke Mental Health' Jibes: Leaked Emails Expose Reform Council Meltdown Reform Councils Accused of Seeking to Hide LGBT+ Books in Libraries as Unions Fight to Keep Pride on the Shelves Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only Reform's Nadhim Zahawi Accused of 'Fantasy' After Falsely Claiming Labour-Backer Dale Vince Bankrolled Count Binface Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 21, 2026 14:42 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen A Reform council has descended into a series of resignations, email leaks and lurid allegations – as a councillor quit the party over the leader allegedly mocking mental health as "woke." Former Reform councillor Kenny Hope – now sitting as an independent – alleges that Durham's Re

Reform Councils Accused of Seeking to Hide LGBT+ Books in Libraries as Unions Fight to Keep Pride on the Shelves Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Don't miss a story Book Bans Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' 'Put Pride Back' Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Reform Councils Accused of Seeking to Hide LGBT+ Books in Libraries as Unions Fight to Keep Pride on the Shelves Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only Reform's Nadhim Zahawi Accused of 'Fantasy' After Falsely Claiming Labour-Backer Dale Vince Bankrolled Count Binface Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 21, 2026 13:47 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen Unions have launched a campaign to defend the "freedom of libraries and librarians" from anti-LGBT+ political interference following a spate of clampdowns by Reform-run councils. In recent months, Reform councillors in the Midlands counties of Staffordshire and Warwickshire have so

Where Are the Climate Protests? Human Rights Group Warns Government Crackdown Is Silencing the Green Movement Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Don't miss a story Mask-Free Zones and New Offences Is Andy Burnham About to Create a British Constitution? Calls to Change Course holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only Reform's Nadhim Zahawi Accused of 'Fantasy' After Falsely Claiming Labour-Backer Dale Vince Bankrolled Count Binface Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Reform Council Leader's Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 20, 2026 11:05 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen Successive Government clampdowns on the right to protest have had a "chilling effect", human rights campaigners have warned, as large parts of the UK remain in a state of drought, and wildfires continue to rage. The human rights organisation Liberty argues that the Police, Crime, S

Is Andy Burnham About to Create a British Constitution? Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Burnham Wins in Makerfield: Can the 'Politics of Place' Now Offer an Antidote to the Poverty of Possibility? ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Aug 19, 2026 11:56 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen On Friday 31 July, Andy Burnham made history, even if he did so in his trademark style. He triggered a process that points in a genuinely radical direction. Yet its destination remains unmapped and uncertain, leaving potential supporters broadly sympathetic yet sceptical. He was sp

Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system There Will Be Another Jason Arday The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday Aug 19, 2026 13:05 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen The death of Jason Arday has prompted an uncomfortable question for British journalism: when does legitimate scrutiny become something cruel and destructive? The 41-year-old resigned from Cambridge University as Professor of Sociology of Education after allegations of plagiarism an

The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system 'A Random Black Person' There Will Be Another Jason Arday The Book that Wasn't Published Charity Runs and 'Seven Up' 'Enjoying Vengeance' The Pioneer Fund Rebrands The Sanctuary Unanswered Questions Aug 18, 2026 29:37 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen Jason Arday, a 41-year-old academic who resigned as Cambridge's Professor of Sociology of Education, was found dead on Friday following intense scrutiny of many aspects of his qualifications and personal life by the majority of the established press. His coordinated targeting by an

Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Don't miss a story The Chairman's Gatekeeping Powers Reform's Nadhim Zahawi Accused of 'Fantasy' After Falsely Claiming Labour-Backer Dale Vince Bankrolled Count Binface An In-Built Majority Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' A Snapshot of Nigel Farage's Powers Within Reform UK holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only Reform's Nadhim Zahawi Accused of 'Fantasy' After Falsely Claiming Labour-Backer Dale Vince Bankrolled Count Binface Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Reform Council Leader's Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 18, 2026 13:57 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen In February 2025, Reform's then-Chairman Zia Yusuf wrote: "We are pleased to announce that, as promised, Nigel Farage has handed over ownership of Reform UK to its members. "Reform UK is now a non-profit, with no shareholders, limited by guarantee." Previously, Nigel Farage literal

UK Government Sues Conservative-Linked VIP Lane PPE Firm for £90 Million Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Uniserve and the Conservative Connection Matt Hancock and Three Conservative Peers Referred 60 Suppliers Onto the PPE COVID VIP Lane UK Government sues Uniserve for £90m A History of Waste Aug 18, 2026 16:49 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen The Department for Health and Social Care has launched a legal challenge against Uniserve for tens of millions of pounds, claiming the company, which has close ties to the Conservative party, supplied 11 million faulty gowns during the pandemic. The legal action comes as new docume

'Republicans Pushing the 'Red Scare' About Democrats Should Look First at Trump' Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Trump Went to War In Order to Break Iran and Left It More Powerful Than Before – US Defence Analyst ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Aug 17, 2026 11:04 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen With their party's popularity in freefall, leading Republicans have identified a new message to unite around. The Democrats, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson, will lead America down "the dark road of death to communism." President Donald Trump, Vance, and Secretary of State

Reform's Nadhim Zahawi Accused of 'Fantasy' After Falsely Claiming Labour-Backer Dale Vince Bankrolled Count Binface Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Don't miss a story holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Reform's Nadhim Zahawi Accused of 'Fantasy' After Falsely Claiming Labour-Backer Dale Vince Bankrolled Count Binface Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Reform Council Leader's Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell's Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 17, 2026 07:57 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen Reform-backer and former Conservative chairman Nadhim Zahawi has been accused of peddling falsehoods on national TV after claiming Farage-rival and comedy candidate Count Binface received "£180,000" from Labour donor and Ecotricity founder Dale Vince. On Friday 14 August, Reform UK

There Will Be Another Jason Arday Aug 17, 2026 06:24 There will be another Jason Arday. We know this. Because the media knows this. We are told the press 'isn't free' if it lacks the impunity to do anything it likes. It is how power protects itself. By declaring it has none. That is why there will be another Jason Arday. It doesn't matter that a 41-year-old took his life after days of disproportionate media coverage even after his resignat

Advance UK's 'Great British' Successor Group Refuses to Rule Out Foreign Funding Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Who Are GB PAC? Don't miss a story A Police Report, Legal Threats and a Splinter Party: Inside the Demise of Advance UK Money and Mergers Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Talk TV Host André Walker Found Guilty of Assaulting Climate Protester at Pro-Trump Dinner holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Reform Council Leader's Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell's Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker How George Cottrell's Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 14, 2026 16:45 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen The campaign group replacing Advance UK – a party registered only in December – has refused to rule out foreign funding for its 'Great British' efforts. It comes amid a fiery conflict over the remains of Advance UK, the far-right Reform competitor party that formally deregistered w

Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Don't miss a story Oak Hall Studios and David Bull Goon Squad and Archie Manners Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Loans and Past Revelations holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Reform Council Leader's Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell's Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker How George Cottrell's Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 14, 2026 12:22 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen Reform UK paid at least £440,000 to firms with directors linked to the party since 2023, Byline Times can reveal. 'Electoral Commission filings show that Nigel Farage's party paid over £72,000 to Touchpoint Strategy, a 'media strategy and crisis consulting' firm for 'market researc

Talk TV Host André Walker Found Guilty of Assaulting Climate Protester at Pro-Trump Dinner Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE No Evidence of Threat to Art Don't miss a story Ill-Judged YouTube Videos News UK Keeps André Walker on Air Despite Talk Presenter's Assault Trial Over Trump Dinner Clash Talk TV Presenter Dragged Climate Activist Into Room and Assaulted Him During Pro-Trump Dinner, Court Told 'You Should Rightly Be Ashamed' TalkTV Presenter Accused of Assault After Dragging Climate Protester From UK Trump Dinner holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Reform Council Leader's Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell's Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker How George Cottrell's Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Elections Watchdog Assesses Reform UK's £30,000 Private Flights Donation Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 13, 2026 13:27 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen Presenter André Walker, who works for the Rupert Murdoch-owned Talk station, has been found guilty of assault, after dragging a protester into a room without CCTV at a Republicans Overseas dinner during Donald Trump's state visit. The pro-Trump dinner at Windsor Guildhall on 16 Sep

A Police Report, Legal Threats and a Splinter Party: Inside the Demise of Advance UK Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Don't miss a story Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Habib's Defence Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Who Owns the Remains? holding farage to account #reformUNCOVERED Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Reform UK Tells Its Activists 'Don't Drink and Tweet' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It' Reform Council Leader's Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell's Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker How George Cottrell's Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Elections Watchdog Assesses Reform UK's £30,000 Private Flights Donation Subscribers Get More from JOSIAH Aug 13, 2026 13:58 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen The wind-up of Advance UK has led to legal threats and recriminations between former activists and senior figures – with Byline Times able to reveal that party founder Ben Habib reported his own Chief Operating Officer to the police. Advance UK, a competitor party to Reform and Res

How Ukraine Is Now Targeting the Russian Economy Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell's Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Aug 12, 2026 09:36 Support Our Mission Read Our Latest Edition BYLINE TIMES IMPACT: Find out about the changes you made happen In the last month, Ukraine has set its sights on a new target in Russia, a business by the name of Wildberries. This company is an e-commerce giant, the largest of its kind in Russia, with a market share of almost half of all online retail. At the heart of its business is a network

Tommy Robinson and the London News Website Linked to a Putin-Backed Propaganda Network Feb 2, 2026 14:27 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY In February 2020, far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon ('Tommy Robinson') travelled to Moscow and St Petersburg, giving interviews to Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT and meeting figures linked to Russian nationalist movements. Since then, questions have long s

Keir Starmer's Brutal Treatment of Andy Burnham Has Destroyed All Illusions About His Premiership Jan 30, 2026 06:33 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY "The enemy has only images and illusions… behind which he hides his true motives. Destroy the image and you will break the enemy." — Shaolin Master to Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon That line appears at the very start of Enter the Dragon, delivered before a punch i

Reform UK's Plans For a British ICE Jan 30, 2026 08:34 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Read latest edition Reform councillors Joseph Boam and Michael Squires faced a wave of backlash on X, the website formerly known as Twitter, this week for posting favourably about ICE, the US immigration enforcement agency which is accused of operating like a p

'Domestic Terrorism': ICE Contractor Palantir's Tools for Tracking Dissent Jan 29, 2026 11:46 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Read latest edition The Trump administration's immigration and customs enforcement agency, ICE – which sparked outrage after killing US citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on the grounds of them being "domestic terrorists" – is using digital surv

Keir Starmer's Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits Jan 29, 2026 09:46 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY The most striking aspect of Keir Starmer's Government has been the disconnect between its actions on policy and it's standing in the polls. The Government has received far too little credit for much of these. Both its child poverty strategy, a centrepiece of whi

Weaponizing Words: How the Trump Administration Used Language to Distort the Truth in Minnesota Jan 29, 2026 14:20 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY If you – like me – have spent far too much time recently looking at a phone screen, replaying from different angles and from multiple different sources the last moments of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, as their lives were snuffed out by masked ICE agents in

Trump's Violent Assault on Minnesota Is an Operation in 'Reflexive Control' Jan 28, 2026 11:59 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY The Trump administration chose Minnesota as ground zero for an operation that can best be described in the parlance of Washington DC as 'counter-programming'. That's shorthand for the use of Government power in an intentionally newsworthy way to change the media

How YouTube's Algorithm Pushed People Into Neo-Nazism Jan 27, 2026 07:37 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Read latest edition Members of a leading far-right and fascist organisation were radicalised via YouTube's 'autoplay' function, taking them from right-wing and libertarian content into a rabbit hole of neo-nazism, a new study has found. A researcher in the crim

Trump's Downfall Will Come Much Quicker Than Anyone Thinks Jan 27, 2026 12:58 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY I predict that Donald Trump's fall from grace, when it comes, will be swift and definitive, just like former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fall after partygate. I remember living through Johnson's premiership in a state of permanent shock and outrage. Shock,

Four Day Weeks, Andy Burnham and the Death of Labour Dreams Jan 26, 2026 07:41 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY While the Labour leadership deploy their time and effort to block the best-placed candidate, in Andy Burnham, to win a crucial by-election and keep Reform at bay, normal people with normal lives struggle to get on and get by. Labour's leadership claim that this

Revealed: Reform UK Crypto Partner's Ties to Pro-Trump Big Tech and Kemi Badenoch Jan 26, 2026 12:41 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY When Reform UK announced it would accept cryptocurrency donations through a payment processor called Radom, the decision was presented by the party as a breakthrough in the modernisation of political fundraising. But a Byline Times investigation reveals that Rad

What Keir Starmer Should Have Done With Andy Burnham Jan 26, 2026 06:49 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY If things were going well for Keir Starmer then he would have nothing to fear, and indeed much to benefit, from the return of a political big beast to Westminster like Andy Burnham. If the Prime Minister had a clear plan for the country then the return of a riva

Daily Mail Trial: 'My Every Move, Thought or Feeling Was Being Tracked and Monitored Just for the Mail to Make Money Out of It' Jan 24, 2026 14:23 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Prince Harry and Elizabeth Hurley, each giving evidence at the Royal Courts of Justice earlier this week, have alleged that the Mail tore apart relationships, drove its targets to paranoia, and made life miserable for anyone caught in its crosshairs. The publish

Daily Mail Trial: British People Say Press Standards Haven't Improved Since Phone Hacking Scandal Jan 24, 2026 05:13 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY British people believe standards in the UK press have not improved since the phone hacking scandal 15 years ago, with seven-in-ten voters demanding the industry be independently regulated for the first time, according to a new poll. The survey conducted by polls

Brexit Badly Weakened the UK and Now Donald Trump Is Taking Advantage Jan 23, 2026 08:53 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY You did not dream the last fortnight: that really just happened. Fresh from illegally abducting a foreign head of state, the President of the United States turned his attention to seizing part of the territory of a close NATO ally while declaring economic war on

'The Malfunctioning British State Cannot be Utilised to Bring About Its Own Solution': Learning from the Mayors of the North Jan 23, 2026 10:53 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Head North by two Scousers, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, is the most original, interesting and important book by serving Labour politicians that I've read. It was published in 2024 to a pitiful number of mainly patronising reviews in the London media – all o

Daily Mail High Court Trial Casts Shadow Over Lord Rothermere's Telegraph Bid Jan 23, 2026 08:09 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Britain's biggest middle-market newspaper stands accused of phone hacking, landline tapping, burglaries, and the theft of medical records in a nine-week High Court trial which began on Monday. But in a week that on Wednesday saw Prince Harry become emotional in

Shabana Mahmood Accused of Treating Asylum Seekers Like 'Lab Rats' as Home Office Moves Migrants Into Army Camps Jan 22, 2026 07:04 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY The Home Office has been accused of treating asylum seekers like "lab rats" after moving to "warehouse" the first batch of migrants into a military barracks, despite opposition from campaigners and local politicians. Twenty-seven men have been moved into the Cro

'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider Jan 22, 2026 22:14 Brynn Tannehill has worked for years for one of the largest US Government defence contractors in the country. Writing pseudonymously for Byline Times, in November 2024 she predicted the astonishingly rapid militarisation of the homeland that Donald Trump would pursue; and in February 2025 she accurately forecast some of the most shocking turns of the Trump administration – including how s

Trump's Greenland Delusion Runs Aground in Davos Jan 21, 2026 06:46 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Trump is a narcissistic, psychopathic bully. But a weak one. I started listening to Trump's speech at Davos with anger and outrage. But as he went on and on, I slowly felt a growing sense of relief. I realised that all his bullying, taunts and threats reflected

Mark Carney's Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned Jan 21, 2026 07:38 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Mark Carney's speech in Davos on the end of the world order is rightly being hailed as one of the most powerful interventions by any political leader in the year since Donald Trump returned to the White House. My social media feed and WhatsApp groups have been f

Home Office Accused of Failing to Protect Vulnerable LGBT+ People in Immigration Detention Jan 21, 2026 05:34 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY The Home Office has been accused of failing to protect vulnerable LGBT+ people in immigration detention, in contravention of their own guidelines. Rainbow Migration, a charity which supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the asylum and immigra

'A Victim All Over Again': The Mail Trial and the Murders of Stephen Lawrence and Daniel Morgan Jan 19, 2026 09:15 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Whatever the outcome of the civil trial between various claimants and Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the newspaper group behind the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday, the legal claims shed light again on what former prime minister Gordon Brown called "the

How Neo-Nazis Posing as 'Ordinary Parents' Embedded Themselves in Anti-Immigrant Protests Jan 19, 2026 10:43 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Neo-Nazi and far-right extremist groups – including two flagged by the UK Government – have embedded themselves in anti-immigration protests across the Westcountry, operating alongside self-described "ordinary mums and dads" with little challenge from politician

It's Time for an Apology From the Trump Apologists Jan 19, 2026 06:51 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY It's been clear for a very long time who Donald Trump really is, whose interests he really serves and why nobody should believe that he is a reliable friend of either the UK, or Europe. Keir Starmer continues to be reluctant to face up to these realities. In a D

'That Phone Could Hold the Truth': Levi Davis Family Says Investigator Withheld Evidence Jan 17, 2026 12:33 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY A private investigator has been accused of 'hacking' and 'withholding' an iPhone considered critical to the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of rugby and reality TV star Levi Davis, Byline Times can reveal Gavin Burrows took the device from Mr Davis'

Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort Jan 15, 2026 14:07 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Nigel Farage has been paid by a cryptocurrency adviser to US President Donald Trump, who worked with Paul Manafort – Trump's former campaign chair, jailed for financial crimes after investigations into his Kremlin-aligned influence operations – to lobby

A Year of Living Dangerously in Trump's America Jan 15, 2026 15:48 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY One year into the second Trump Presidency and America is now a very different place. It may superficially look the same from the outside. Many of us are able to go through the motions of our daily lives in the same ways as before. But, everything is chan

Protesters With Palestine Action Placards Handed £100 Fines Rather Than Face Prosecution Jan 14, 2026 07:34 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Protesters in Scotland arrested for carrying signs in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action have been offered £100 fines instead of prosecution. Critics of PA's proscription say this shows that the use of terrorism legislation on supporters of

How Kherson Became a Live Testing Ground for Drone Defence Against Russia's 'Human Safari' of Ukrainians Jan 13, 2026 12:31 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Russian forces began using First Person View (FPV) drones to hunt civilians in Kherson in the summer of 2024, a practice first reported by Byline Times on July 29 that year. Known as the human safari, the tactic deliberately targets civilians, emergency

The EU's 'Farage Clause' Shows the Damage Reform Is Already Doing to the UK Jan 13, 2026 09:02 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Reports this week suggest that the EU is seeking a so-called 'Farage Clause' in its Brexit reset negotiations with the UK. Under the proposal, Britain would be forced to hand over compensation to the EU if a future UK Government reneges on any deal struc

Storm Goretti Highlights Homelessness Crisis as Rough Sleepers Recount Freezing 'Nightmare' on London Streets Jan 12, 2026 06:50 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY "I'm f***ing freezing, like an ice cube" says Viktor, a Polish homeless man huddled in Old Street Station to shelter from the bitterly cold weather. Unlike parts of the UK, London has not been covered in snow by Storm Goretti, though it has experienced f

'Pig Butchering' Crypto Scams, Money Laundering, and a Missing Bus Station: Why the Isle of Man Is at High Risk of £2bn Moneyval Hit Jan 9, 2026 07:46 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Impending spot checks to see how well e-gaming firms and online casinos are deploying measures against financial crimes and terrorism funding have left the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man badly exposed, a leading authority on Anti Money Laundering (A

100 People Detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres Say They Are Subjected to Extreme Physical and Emotional Abuse Jan 9, 2026 06:59 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY A group of more than 100 detainees say that they have been subjected to extreme physical, psychological and emotional abuse at two immigration removal centres. A report produced by asylum seekers at Harmondsworth and Brook House alleges that guards have

British Woman Left 'Stranded' in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK Jan 8, 2026 05:36 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY A British citizen has been "left stranded" in Hungary with her two children while attempting to bring her 13-year-old niece to the UK. Natali is the girl's legal guardian and has full parental responsibility for the child, who was previously in state car

Inside the Silicon Valley Plot to Annex Venezuela for Oil That America Can't Afford Jan 7, 2026 25:32 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY At two in the morning, Venezuelan time, on January 3 the lights went out across Caracas. Within hours, the geopolitical architecture of the Western Hemisphere had been violently rearranged. Under cover of a cyber-induced blackout, the United States launc

Trump and Musk Welcome Russian Propaganda After Sanctioning European Disinformation Experts Jan 7, 2026 08:55 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY In what Will Sommer at The Bulwark has described as the first time the "[Trump] administration has offered assistance to someone from Canada", the US State Department has intervened to reinstate the visa of Laura (Lauren) Chen, co-founder of an illegally

Keir Starmer Says 'All Options Are on the Table' to Stop Elon Musk's Grok Creating Deep Fakes of Children Jan 7, 2026 03:41 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Keir Starmer's spokesman on Wednesday insisted that "all options are on the table" to stop Elon Musk's X site from generating "completely unacceptable" deepfake sexual images of children, but would not commit the UK Government to taking specific direct a

Boris Johnson's Radon Gas Filled Prison Deal to Cost Taxpayers £100 Million Jan 7, 2026 06:08 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Boris Johnson's Government acted in "blind panic" in signing a deal with the Duchy of Cornwall to lease an unusable radon gas filled prison in Dartmoor, which will needlessly cost taxpayers over £100m, a new Parliamentary report has found. An investigati

Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' Is an Existential Threat to NATO and Europe Jan 6, 2026 07:28 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Like so much that Donald Trump has done since he returned to the White House, the US attack on Venezuela and capture of its President was shocking but not surprising. It was shocking because of its flagrant violation of international and US law. However,

Reform Chairman Who Boasts of Expertise in Business 'Compliance' Had Ten Firms Struck off for Breaking Company Law Jan 5, 2026 06:18 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY A Reform UK politician who boasts of skills in business 'compliance' has had at least ten companies struck-off for breaking company law. Paul Donaghy, who stood for the North East Mayoral post and in the Washington & Gateshead South constituency last yea

'Keir Starmer Must Stop Chasing Reform's Cruelty and Embrace the Compassionate Politics His Own Voters Demand' Dec 19, 2025 08:33 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reportedly planning to launch a major Government reset, next year, starting with a King's speech in May. Few would dispute the need. Under current polling the party is on course for a historic routing at next year's local e

Why Is the Government Really Refusing to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit? Dec 19, 2025 11:00 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY When the Nathan Gill bribery story fist hit the headlines, Keir Starmer and his ministers dodged calls from MPs to launch a full enquiry into Russian interference in British politics. So, when the Government this week ordered an urgent review into foreig

Families of Palestine Hunger Strikers Beg for Meeting With David Lammy as Their Conditions Deteriorate Dec 18, 2025 10:39 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Family members of the Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers have called on Justice Secretary David Lammy to meet with the strikers before any of them die. Speaking at a press conference in Vauxhall on Thursday, the sisters of hunger strikers Kamran

'They've Ruined Christmas': Nigerian Student Blocked By Home Office From Visiting UK Family for Holidays Dec 18, 2025 05:33 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY A British academic and his Nigerian wife say the Home Office has "ruined Christmas" after refusing a visa for their cousin, a student of prosthetics and orthotics at a top-ranking university. Dr James Pickering and his wife Chioma had booked a return fli

I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt Dec 18, 2025 08:04 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY I was in a car with charity workers somewhere between Calais and Dunkirk. We were on our way to a women's centre: a small sports pavilion that offers women in the camps a chance to shower, do their hair, put on make-up, have a gossip, a brief moment of n

Nigel Farage-Backed 'Raise the Colours' Campaign Pivots to Racially Abusing Migrants and Harassing Aid Workers on French Beaches Dec 18, 2025 08:37 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY The 'Raise the Colours' flag-raising campaign, which claims to be a "grassroots" campaign for "unity" and has drawn the support of mainstream political parties and widespread coverage in the British media, has pivoted to stabbing through dinghies and har

Keir Starmer Is Setting a Trap for Nigel Farage With Foreign Interference Inquiry Dec 17, 2025 08:48 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY The announcement that Keir Starmer's Government is launching a review of "foreign financial interference" in British politics didn't make much of a splash in today's paper, but it may turn out to have been one of the most significant political for moment

Nigel Farage's £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake Dec 16, 2025 13:33 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Nigel Farage's record-beating election war chest is being bankrolled by a donor whose fortune is entangled with a major video platform which has hosted Russian state broadcasters supporting Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine and an influence operation hatch

The World Upside Down: How a Top Official at Trump's FBI Laundered Far-Right Disinformation Dec 15, 2025 09:08 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY In the past week a top official at Trump's FBI helped to launder a right-wing disinformation narrative, claiming at a congressional hearing that the antifascist movement known as "antifa" is the biggest domestic terrorism threat in the United States. Mic

What Putin Really Wants From Trump's Ukraine 'Negotiations' Dec 15, 2025 16:34 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Talks about negotiations over Ukraine have now become a daily fixture in the public sphere - not only among experts, but also in the media and in official statements. Dozens of analysts discuss diplomatic moves by Russia, the United States, Ukraine, and

'The Trump Administration Must Abandon Its Delusions About Destroying the EU' Dec 12, 2025 14:55 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Members of the Trump administration are guilty of making the same mistake as backers of Brexit in the UK, in assuming other people share their own prejudices about the European Union. This perception bias has led the administration to conclude that Europ

Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work Dec 11, 2025 05:48 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Nigel Farage has accepted another £135,000 from a firm selling gold bullion, for working just four hours per week over a three month period. The latest register of interests published by the House of Parliament shows that the Reform UK leader continues t

Grenfell Fire: Up to a Million People Still Living in Tower Blocks With Flammable Cladding Eight Years Later Dec 11, 2025 07:01 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Up to a million people are still living in UK tower blocks covered in dangerous flammable cladding, some eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire, a damning report by peers reveals today. The failure to resolve the issue, almost a decade on from the tra

Nigel Farage's Russian Influence Advent Calendar Dec 10, 2025 05:13 Advent Calendar 25 Times Nigel Farage Has Been a Gift to Vladimir Putin (chronological). Click a door to flip it. 1 2013 Byline Times: Farage lies about "meeting the Russian ambassador" Open story 2 31 Mar 2014 Guardian: relationship with Russian media comes under scrutiny Open story 3 1 May 2014 GQ (archived): Putin is the leader Farage most admires Open story 4 21 May 2014 HuffPost: Pri

'If Nigel Farage's Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse' Dec 10, 2025 10:22 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY I've held back from commenting on the revelations about Nigel Farage's past racism. Not because the story shocked me. For many in this country, it merely confirms what we've suspected for years. But some will be hearing these allegations for the first ti

Keir Starmer's Government Is Funding 'Violence and Death' on the French Border, Say Human Rights Groups Dec 9, 2025 07:01 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY The UK Government's attempts to prevent migrants from crossing the Channel by small boat is leading to increased violence and death on the border, according to a new report published on Monday. Humanitarian organisation Humans for Rights Network and char

The UK's Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries Dec 9, 2025 11:39 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Britain's Army is shrinking to its smallest size since the Napoleonic wars, struggling to recruit and unable to modernise at the pace its own commanders say is required. Yet despite this contraction, new Ministry of Defence (MoD) figures obtained by Byli

Elon Musk Has Made X a Threat to Democracy and His War on the EU Proves It Dec 8, 2025 11:39 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Read latest edition In December 2025, the European Commission fined X €120 million under its new Digital Services Act (DSA) – the EU's flagship online safety law, which requires the biggest platforms to be transparent about how they amplify, advertise and polic

How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley's AI Elite Dec 5, 2025 26:38 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Read latest edition For two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved through the private networks that shaped modern Silicon Valley — even after his sex-offending conviction. Newly released House Oversight Committee files, combined with a deep review of archived materia

The 'Pink Ladies' Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream Dec 5, 2025 08:37 Read our Digital & Print Editions And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY There was fervour in Chelmsford's Tindal Square - and a sea of pink. Hot pink berets. Baby pink Union Jack flags. Dogs with pink rain jackets. This was the 'Pink Ladies' protest, an anti-migrant group who portray themselves as being ordinary women trying

Reform UK Builds Towards £40 Million Election War Chest as 'Billionaires Wait in the Wings' to Back Nigel Farage for PM Dec 4, 2025 09:22 Read our Monthly Magazine And support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system SUBSCRIBE TODAY Reform UK has received the most donations of any political party by far so far this year according to data released on Thursday by the Electoral Commission. Over the last quarter Reform UK was the biggest recipient of political donations out of any UK political

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