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The UK's only reader-funded, independent newspaper that truly sits outside of the established system. Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com Visit our free daily news site: bylinetimes.com

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Yes, and we ARE your reporters. We are entirely funded by our readers, and answer to no oligarchs or special interests

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Ukrainian Resilience Four Years On – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition This ability to stay resilient in the toughest of circumstances has played a cruel trick on Ukrainians.

🟨 Ukrainian Resilience Four Years On

‘I Do Not Deal With Peace, Because I Have to Deal With War’

Olesya Khromeychuk reflects on what survival really involves for those who have to live through it every day

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The ‘Content’ of War in the Age of AI and Influencers – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition The bright lights across the Dubai sky on the night of 1 March 2026 were not shooting stars. They were air defence systems intercepting Iranian drones and missiles launched towards the Gulf allies of ...

🟨 The ‘Content’ of War in the Age of AI and Influencers

@iainoverton.bsky.social asks whether war has become just another form of online spectacle – shareable, and stripped of its human cost

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Sir Paul Marshall and the Rise of Elite Evangelical Nationalism – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Sir Paul Marshall, co-founder of asset management firm Marshall Wace, is one of the UK’s most powerful – but least scrutinised – political actors.

🟨 Sir Paul Marshall and the Rise of Elite Evangelical Nationalism

He funds newsrooms, churches, and schools – but what is driving ‘Britain’s newest media mogul’? @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social reports

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With you early next week, inshallah

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Trump, Starmer and the Coercive Relationship

"What makes Trump different is combination of the insults, the disinformation and the lies..."

Can the UK have a special relationship with the US under THIS president?

@scottlucas.bsky.social joins @goldbergradio.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social

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You couldn't make this up. So much for free speech #Reform! At least Byline Times don't lie, unlike you.

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I recommend subscribing to Byline Times. It might not be a cheerful read, but it's refreshing to read truth and see intelligent, diligent journalism.

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I’m from across the pond, and even I know that if Reform UK is attacking you, you must be doing something right!

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Yes, and we ARE your reporters. We are entirely funded by our readers, and answer to no oligarchs or special interests

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Thing is, our reporters at Byline are interested in publishing the facts, they’re not bought or intimidated by those who wish to push false narratives.

I’m proud to be part of a media movement that’s not afraid of telling the truth regardless who they’re reporting on.

Free press is vital.

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According to Goodwin "Muslim sectarianism" is not voting for people who openly hate them.
I wouldn't vote for this repellent man & he's got nowhere to deport me to.

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Bad Press Awards – The Brass-Plated Biro for Brown-Nosing Biography Three months remain before the United States celebrates a historic milestone: the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

📚 Weekend Reads (Culture)

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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Reform Attacks Byline Times – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Reform UK accused Byline Times of “attempting to derail a democratic election” for reporting on Matt Goodwin’s academic ties to organisations linked to discredited pseudoscientific race ideology

🟨 Print Edition — Reform Attacks Byline Times

Reform UK accused Byline Times of “attempting to derail a democratic election” for reporting on Matt Goodwin’s academic ties to organisations linked to discredited pseudoscientific race ideology

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Editorial – Breaking Into the Mainstream. On Our Own Terms. Our reach has expanded beyond our dreams. But our purpose has not changed.

📚 Weekend Reads — History (Edition 84)
✍️ Byline Times Team

Our reach has expanded beyond our dreams. But our purpose has not changed.

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The Oil Lobby Is Using the Iran War to Revive North Sea Drilling but Official Data Shows It Won’t Cut Bills Fossil fuel funded think tanks, petrostate-linked policy institutes and oil market insiders are all being presented as impartial observers by the media, reports Nafeez Ahmed

📌 ICYMI — The Oil Lobby Is Using the Iran War to Revive North Sea Drilling but Official Data Shows It Won’t Cut Bills

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GB News Under Fire After Airing ‘White Genocide’ Conspiracy Theory From Former Boris Johnson Aide Ofcom is under pressure to investigate after the channel promoted his claims that white Britons face demographic "genocide" by ethnic minorities who will "turn on" them

🔴 GB News Under Fire After Airing ‘White Genocide’ Conspiracy Theory From Former Boris Johnson Aide

Ofcom is under pressure to investigate after the channel promoted his claims that white Britons face demographic “genocide” by ethnic minorities who will “turn on” them

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Just had what I think is my first ever reply from GB News' press office (after emailing them probably dozens of times over the years)

They've effectively stood by the comments. Make your mind up whether the views were 'scrutinised' on the show...

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Reform UK's Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering Reform UK processes cryptocurrency donations through a foreign infrastructure that housed a US Treasury sanctioned crime syndicate laundering $4 billion in illicit funds – including proceeds from Nort...

EXCL: Reform UK have been processing cryptocurrency donations through Poland, under a 'lax' regulatory regime which previously housed a Cambodian crime syndicate sanctioned by the US Treasury for laundering $4 billion in illicit funds (inc. proceeds from North Korean state-sponsored cyber heists)

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Reform UK's Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering Reform UK processes cryptocurrency donations through a foreign infrastructure that housed a US Treasury sanctioned crime syndicate laundering $4 billion in illicit funds – including proceeds from Nort...

🔴Reform UK’s Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering

Byline Times investigation prompts calls by MPs to ban crypto donations, as alarm is raised about the methods used to finance Nigel Farage’s party

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The Oil Lobby Is Using the Iran War to Revive North Sea Drilling but Official Data Shows It Won’t Cut Bills Fossil fuel funded think tanks, petrostate-linked policy institutes and oil market insiders are all being presented as impartial observers by the media, reports Nafeez Ahmed

🔴The Oil Lobby Is Using the Iran War to Revive North Sea Drilling but Official Data Shows It Won’t Cut Bills

Fossil fuel funded think tanks, petrostate-linked policy institutes and oil market insiders are all being presented as impartial observers by the media, reports @nafeez.bsky.social

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15 hours ago

Social media and search is a bit of a nightmare these days for us with the collapse of Google search and the throttling of X and Facebook

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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

📚 Weekend Reads — History (Edition 84)
✍️ Byline Times Team

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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Trump, Starmer and the 'Coercive Relationship' | Byline Podcast YouTube video by Byline TV

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Never mind the 'special relationship', let's call it what it is - a coercive relationship

@scottlucas.bsky.social on the US/UK in the time of #Trump with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Just testing out our automations so this one was out of date. Sorry

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Nazir Afzal: ‘Class Discrimination Isn’t a Complex Mystery – It’s a Structural Issue Quietly Enforced, Politely Denied, Endlessly Deferred’  – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling’, examining working-class participation in the creative industries across Greater Manchester. He spoke to Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes about how opportunities for people from poorer backgrounds has declined since the 1960s, and why his work prosecuting the grooming gangs perpetrators as the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West informed his insights on class

🟨 Print Edition — Nazir Afzal: ‘Class Discrimination Isn’t a Complex Mystery – It’s a Structural Issue Quietly Enforced, Politely Denied, Endlessly Deferred’

The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling…

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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

📌 ICYMI — 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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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

🔴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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Reform UK and a ‘British ICE’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Could a version of the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency come to the UK under Nigel Farage? Olly Haynes reports

🟨 Print Edition — Reform UK and a ‘British ICE’

Could a version of the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency come to the UK under Nigel Farage? Olly Haynes reports

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The Oil Lobby Is Using the Iran War to Revive North Sea Drilling but Official Data Shows It Won’t Cut Bills Fossil fuel funded think tanks, petrostate-linked policy institutes and oil market insiders are all being presented as impartial observers by the media, reports Nafeez Ahmed

🔴The Oil Lobby Is Using the Iran War to Revive North Sea Drilling but Official Data Shows It Won’t Cut Bills

Fossil fuel funded think tanks, petrostate-linked policy institutes and oil market insiders are all being presented as impartial observers by the media, reports @nafeez.bsky.social

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