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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1h

🔴‘The Conservative Party Must Log Off Social Media and Start Engaging Again With the Real World’

Conservative Party member and whistleblower Sergei Cristo, reports from the empty halls of its conference in Manchester and finds a movement that is fast running out of supporters and ideas

'The Conservative Party Must Log Off Social Media and Start Engaging Again With the Real World'

Conservative Party member and whistleblower Sergei Cristo, reports from the empty halls of its conference in Manchester and finds a movement that is fast running out of supporters and ideas

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 3h

"The people criticising it are all the sophisticated experts on the outside - but they're not the ones living this conflict."

Former UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social on #GazaCeasefire

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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Katharine Kite @katharinekite.bsky.social · 3h

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 5h

When the press produces a daily stream of ‘invasion’ stories, or seizes on individual incidents involving asylum seekers as emblematic, it sells fear and scapegoats, writes Jonathan Lis

‘It Is in Much of the Media’s Interest to Drive a Farage Victory’: How Asylum Became the Issue Obsessing Britain

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h

So it now appears the woman Farage and Gill were so close to has a direct link not only to Putin’s “Man in Ukraine” Medvedchuk, but his predecessor as President, Medvedev

These are top Russian agents.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks, Matthew. And in further news today bsky.app/profile/pete...

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h

So it now appears the woman Farage and Gill were so close to has a direct link not only to Putin’s “Man in Ukraine” Medvedchuk, but his predecessor as President, Medvedev

These are top Russian agents.

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 1d

Byline has become one of the most important sources of news in the country! Amazing what a difference it makes when you're not owned/controlled by a foreign billionaire x

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 6h

This is the man the BBC elevated & is refusing to investigate despite @carolecadwalla.bsky.social l & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 9d

"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 👇

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...

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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 1d

"Both in opposition and in Government, the Labour frontbench has, in my view, with its language and policies, directly contributed to the resurgence of authoritarian politics in this country."

An excellent interview by @peterjukes.bsky.social and @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu speak to the backbench Labour MP to understand why the Government is focusing on how to ‘stop the boats' rather than fixing people's everyday lives

Clive Lewis MP: ‘I Never Thought I’d Hear Myself Say I Think My Party is Making this Country Weaker in Preparation for an Authoritarian-Right Government’

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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 1d

"By vowing to tackle our “island of strangers” through tougher immigration, Keir Starmer is keeping us all trapped on it – by not offering any solutions to the real reasons that explain our estrangement."

An excellent article on the futility of blaming immigration, by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 26

🔴 How Our Politicians Created an 'Island of Strangers' So They Don't Have to Make Our Lives Any Better

"By vowing to tackle our 'island of strangers' through immigration, Starmer keeps us trapped on it – by not offering solutions to the real reasons for our estrangement" @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

How Our Politicians Created an ‘Island of Strangers’ So They Don’t Have to Make Our Lives Any Better

By presenting tougher immigration as a solution to people’s discontent, Keir Starmer and others sidestep the real reasons why people feel estranged in their lives – it’s a cynical and simplistic polit...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 1d

"The people criticising it are all the sophisticated experts on the outside - but they're not the ones living this conflict."

Former UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social on #GazaCeasefire

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

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Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 1d

British Journalism isn’t even trying to redress the balance. It is a lost cause which is why the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and @bylinetimes.bsky.social and other independent groups are crucially important. They are vital for a healthy democracy because they are doing what MSM is failing to.

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

British journalism has been through a shameful era – bending the knee to Downing Street.

Can it ever recover its dignity? Peter Thurlow wonders.

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

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John Topham @johntopham.bsky.social · 1d

A great roundup of Farage and russian interference in both Brexit and the US election in @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 1d

“The Five Questions Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia”
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The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia

As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with

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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 1d

There's an excellent discussion of exactly this problem in the UK by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 26

🔴 How Our Politicians Created an 'Island of Strangers' So They Don't Have to Make Our Lives Any Better

"By vowing to tackle our 'island of strangers' through immigration, Starmer keeps us trapped on it – by not offering solutions to the real reasons for our estrangement" @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

How Our Politicians Created an ‘Island of Strangers’ So They Don’t Have to Make Our Lives Any Better

By presenting tougher immigration as a solution to people’s discontent, Keir Starmer and others sidestep the real reasons why people feel estranged in their lives – it’s a cynical and simplistic polit...

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

For more on Nadia Sass/Borodi's role at the heart of a pan-European Russian influence machine, read more here

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Jenny Lecoat @jennylecoat.bsky.social · 1d

Great interview on LBC this morning with @matthew-wright.bsky.social with @peterjukes.bsky.social exposing the Russian links to cuddly old NiGel's party. More of this!

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu speak to the backbench Labour MP to understand why the Government is focusing on how to ‘stop the boats' rather than fixing people's everyday lives

Clive Lewis MP: ‘I Never Thought I’d Hear Myself Say I Think My Party is Making this Country Weaker in Preparation for an Authoritarian-Right Government’

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

Byline Times has been told by various sources that Farage has maintained a close interest in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia…
But Farage’s ignorance of this particular set of pro-Russian influencers around Nathan Gill is even more questionable….

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE: It took Nigel Farage over two weeks to finally respond to Nathan Gill’s conviction for eight counts of bribery for taking payments from a pro-Russian Ukrainian MP and close associate of one of Putin’s closest allies, Viktor Medvedchuk. Now new information has come to light.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2d

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told @bylinetimes.bsky.social it is ‘inconceivable’ the Reform Leader did not know about Gill’s pro-Russian statements

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about Gill's pro Russian statements

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2d

🔴UPDATE 🔴

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told @bylinetimes.bsky.social it is ‘inconceivable’ the Reform Leader did not know about Gill’s pro-Russian statements

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about Gill's pro Russian statements

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

Farage on Gill and Pro Russian media bribes” I told him not to go. He defied me and went. I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

Farage with pro Russian media (and wife of briber) on the day Gill made his statements in 2018

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