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Trump threatens $1bn legal action against BBC over 6 January speech edit - live updates The BBC chair earlier apologises for the

Nobody in their right mind let themselves get bullied by Trump. The man is an idiot.

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Met Police to look into claims Prince Andrew sought information on accuser Media reports say he asked his police protection to find out personal details about Virginia Giuffre.

This is all horribly bad and giving up some titles does nothing to lessen the horrific consequences victims endured.

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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

Answers on a postcard. Farage - who is currently in line to be the next Prime Minister of the UK - won't explain this mounting ties to a hostile foreign power. We need more investigation and public inquiry before its too late 12/12
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It tells you everything you need to know about conservatives here and in the USA.

All those Conservatives trying to copycat MAGA/ Trump to try and be relevant is a huge embarrassment and surely puts that party under an even greater existential treat than it already is.

I have been away from social media for some months and had a look at X. What a cesspit, yuk.
Glad to be back here, though, it's more or less as Twitter used to be.

Shami Chakrabarti: ‘We Need a Popular Front Broad Enough to Go From the Left of the Left to Liberal Conservatives’ The Labour peer, lawyer and human rights activist speaks to Byline Times’ Editor-in-Chief Hardeep Matharu about why her new podcast – Shami’s Speakeasy – focuses on having human conversations with tho...

"What goes in the basket is constantly changing and can reflect different parts of your life, experience, aspiration, your choice. Identity is not just about ethnicity"

I spoke to Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti about flags and fixed identity, and why she thinks comparisons to the 1930s are valid 👇

You are rightly concerned about how far the far right is normalised. I think it is partial the Trump effect. Politics today is chaos. Extremists thrive on that.
There are, of course, many other reasons.

Yes, I can see that and as a consequence cannot see it grow much. It is a typical echo chamber.
X has also become more and more a place for the right to collaborate, partly due to manipulated algorithms.

9% popularity is not all that high. It is so far not a major player in the UK.

The word possibly can be replaced with the word certainly.

We are allowed to say that we rather see Trump giving London a miss.
Perhaps declare it a fascist free zone.

With all the nonsense going on to do with Trump's crazy tariffs let's concentrate on the thing that matter.
Palestinian statehood is long overdue.
Get your MP to sign.

That's much better news than all the contra-productive tariff nonsense.

All the EU and others do is to give Trump something he can bragg about. Anything will do.
It's all it needs.

Targeting Obama, Trump’s Retribution Campaign Takes Another Turn

I think Trump targeting Obama is dumb, even as a way to distract.
We know Trump is not the brightest, but still. This could cost him.

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Buddhist?

Back in April, Byline Times raised the issue that no lessons seem to have been learned after last summer's riots. The Government did not say an inquiry was underway.

As agitation & discussion begins again, why didn't Westminster's media-political class keep this on the agenda? The water we swim in.

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How our most miraculous invention is threatening to destroy us

Byline Podcast: Christopher Steele: Mistrusting Trump and the USA Adrian Goldberg talks for former UK intelligence officer Christopher Steele about his 2016 dossier which suggested that Donald Trump's had close links to Russia - and that the Kremlin had 'komproma...

"Another photograph came out a couple of days ago of #Trump with #Epstein - it's highly likely Trump features in those files."

Talking #EpsteinFiles with former intelligence officer @christophersteele.bsky.social

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Obama breaks silence on Trump’s ‘outrageous’ call to prosecute him Office of ex-US president breaks precedent and warns that allegations of attempted ‘coup’ are ‘attempt at distraction’

Trump will do absolutely anything to stay in power so the USA may just as well expect some sort of civil war.

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US Congress will subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell to testify about Jeffrey Epstein amid political firestorm Republican introduces motion to compel Maxwell, a close associate of Epstein’s currently serving a 20-year prison sentence, to testify

If 'only' for the sake of all the victims I sincerely hope this will finally be the undoing of the convicted criminal Trump.
The USA can then start healing.

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Of course it will be a super power. If you care little about something your stress levels drop, allowing your brilliance to shine.

I am now finally no longer on X. It is a cesspit and the algorithms suck.

Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article The lawsuit is over a story claiming the president wrote a "bawdy" personal note to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

My question is more around when they finally will put Trump in jail.
Not necessarily for this but for him being a criminal full stop.

By the way, I am no Murdoch fan.

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Personal details of UK special forces and spies were included in Afghan data breach Details of more than 100 British officials were in the data, which may have fallen into the hands of the Taliban.

Unbelievable....

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Byline Podcast: The Manosphere with James Bloodworth Adrian Goldberg explores the world of the toxic online masculinity - the "Manosphere" - with James Bloodworth, author of 'Lost Boys'.Recorded at the Byline Festival at Keele University.Produced by ...

Did #Farage really call self confessed misogynist #AndrewTate 'an important voice for men'? Yes he did.

So how can we tackle the toxic manosphere?

@goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from 'Lost Boys' author
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Ed Davey lays into BBC for 'not exposing' Nigel Farage During an appearance on BBC Breakfast, Ed Davey called out the broadcaster for giving Farage an 'easy ride' and not 'exposing him.'

Someone needs to lay into the BBC for not exposing Farage.
More folk need to do the same.
Kudos to Ed Davey.

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