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🔴 Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Exclusive: Cllr Paul Mackings’ consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate
Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In
Cllr Paul Mackings' consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate
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NEW: The Abramovich connection. How convicted money launderer George Cottrell - & close aide to Nigel Farage - ‘signed documents’ for one of Putin’s closest allies. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...
Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich
Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr
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"There's a value in what we produce because we feel – and an AI chatbot can't feel... But I don't find anything wrong with someone who finds genuine happiness with an AI companion" For my new 'Human Interview', I met AI & Society Prof at KCL @drkatedevlin.bsky.social to explore connection & tech 👇
‘There’s a Value in What We Produce Because We Feel – and an AI Chatbot Can’t Feel’
Byline Times' Editor in Chief meets Kate Devlin, Professor of AI and Society at King’s College London, to explore how relationships with AI companions aren’t particularly new, why she believes the und...
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EXCLUSIVE: Last week, @bylinetimes.bsky.social revealed the George Cottrell identity fraud at Reform UK's heart. Today, we expose how that same fraud links Cottrell and Reform to sanctioned Russian oligarchs and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/h...
How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Nigel Farage's criminal funder runs a Montenegro company whose corporate advisors work for a Belgrade Russian-arms dealer and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises
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🟣 SUBSTACK News UK Keeps André Walker on Air Despite Talk Presenter’s Assault Trial Over Trump Dinner Clash By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
News UK Keeps André Walker on Air Despite Talk Presenter’s Assault Trial Over Trump Dinner Clash
EXCLUSIVE: André Walker, accused of assault by beating over a clash with a Fossil Free London activist during the President’s state visit, continues to front shows for the Murdoch-owned station
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Will be watching André Walker's assault trial tomorrow. Watch this space. More info here bylinetimes.com/2026/07/28/n...
News UK Keeps André Walker on Air Despite Talk Presenter's Assault Trial Over Trump Dinner Clash
EXCLUSIVE: André Walker, accused of assault by beating over a clash with a Fossil Free London activist during the President's state visit, continues to front shows for the Murdoch-owned station
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At WOMAD for the day. Gotta say the Byline Times people are doing an amazing job of bringing thoughtful, informed, free thinking, engaging political/cultural dialogue to this event. Their tent overflowing, more at each session. Real, nuanced, non-escapist, challenging. @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...
Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
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🔴 Elections Watchdog Assesses Reform UK’s £30,000 Private Flights Donation Exclusive: Watchdog escalates inquiry into Nigel Farage’s party amid questions over whether the true source of the money was concealed bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/e...
Elections Watchdog Assesses Reform UK's £30,000 Private Flights Donation
Exclusive: Watchdog escalates inquiry into Nigel Farage's party amid questions over whether the true source of the money was concealed
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I've been rummaging through Keir Starmer's last acts in office, including many that got totally buried This (rather big list) is from his last week in power: bylinetimes.com/2026/07/22/f...
From Steel Nationalisation to Plug-In Solar: Keir Starmer’s Final Acts in Government
The outgoing PM sneaked a lot of significant announcements out just before he left office
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After years of being invited on every TV news channel and radio station, Nigel Farage has suddenly disappeared in the middle of a high-profile by-election campaign ... "Lest we forgot: Dictators never wish to face scrutiny" via The UK Against Hate
• A judge denied Trump's attempt to block dozens of subpoenas sent to members of his inner circle by BBC as part of its defense against his defamation lawsuit. • The subpoenas are part of the BBC's defense against Trump's $10bn defamation lawsuit over a documentary that used a misleading edit of
Trump Loses Bid to Block BBC Subpoenas in $10 Billion Lawsuit
A judge denied President Donald Trump’s attempt to block dozens of subpoenas sent to members of his inner circle by the British Broadcasting Corp. as part of its defense against his $10 billion defama...
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NEW: After the unrest in Belfast last month, a GB News presenter said there was “no riot” and no burnt homes, despite reports and pictures. Despite 400+ complaints, Ofcom has opted not to investigate. Critics say its bar for accuracy now set far too low www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
GB News will not be investigated over ‘no riot in Belfast’ claim
Media regulator to take no action despite receiving 446 complaints about comments by Bev Turner
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Hardeep Matharu@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 2w agoAnother new PM, another edition of Byline Times goes to press... Read our exclusive investigation on James Orr, head of policy at Reform & Cambridge professor in print - what's happening at the world-renowned university refusing to answer any of our questions? In shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇
Raise the Colours, an organisation which has had one of its founders charged with murder, has been heavily implicated in a hit and run (currently under investigation), and another "leading light" faces trial for 22 indecent images charges.
Anna H@athenepallas.bsky.social · 2w agoThis may be a relatively minor thing for people, it may not but the whole phenomenon of 'Raise the Colours' and the shrug with which the government greeted it (IIRC at one point RtC was even tacitly endorsed?) continues to blow my mind.
Worth sharing this great interview by @reporterrwright.ft.com from last week as.ft.com/r/97936aa6-8.... Strongly argues against 2)!
‘Green shoots in every direction’: Prisons minister defends record despite watchdog’s criticism
James Timpson acknowledges standards are still inconsistent but insists a corner has been turned
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This is very disappointing. Such an important and undervalued brief which was for years held by a succession of uninterested itinerants. A prisons minister who genuinely cared and who was starting to see results.
Cassia Rowland@cassiarowland.bsky.social · 2w agoThe day’s first casualty: James Timpson resigns as prisons minister. This is a big surprise! Timpson had a long history as a prisons reformer before entering government and seen as one of Starmer’s more innovative & exciting appointments. He’s also delivered a big change programme in gov. So: why?
Nico Williams Jr. presenting his World Cup medal to his mother She crossed the Sahara while pregnant with his older brother, Iñaki, to make a better life for her children
It has been the privilege of my life to serve my country as Attorney General over the last two years. I’ve been so lucky to be a part of Keir’s team, as he delivered for the public at home while rebuilding the UK’s reputation abroad, in particular on the rule of law.
An absolute masterpiece of finding a local angle on a story. I did indeed live in Doncaster for the first eighteen months of my life! www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/reform-...
Reform UK has slammed a Doncaster broadcaster's "disgusting" attack on Nigel Farage
Reform chairman Lee Anderson has complained about the presenter’s remarks
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A reminder that this is the guy we're all now supposed to be listening to on the subject of the safety of MPs
Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.
Daily Mail@dailymail.co.uk · 3w agoReform's Lee Anderson demands public apology from LBC host James O'Brien over 'distressing' and 'dehumanising' attacks on leader Nigel Farage trib.al/X7mJFBt
Starmer ended his last PMQs with a speech thanking each & every part of parliament, the dispatch box, the public services & states to his wife and children that he loves them. He wished everyone well. What a true gentleman. Future PM’s should be held to the high standard Starmer has set. #PMQs
Tears and tributes in the Commons as Starmer bids emotional farewell at final PMQs: The prime minister delivered a memorable closing act as the curtain fell on his last PMQs, marking the end of an era #PMQs #StarmerFarewell #UKPolitics #EndOfAnEra #Parliament
Tears and tributes in the Commons as Starmer bids emotional farewell at final PMQs: The prime minister delivered a memorable closing act as the curtain fell on his last PMQs, marking the end of an era #PMQs #StarmerFarewell #UKPolitics #EndOfAnEra #Parliament
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