@oliverbullough.bsky.social reckoning that 80% of the luxury watch trade is for money laundering unlocked something for me. (this is a fantastic piece all around) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

References to Palantir have been redacted from the Mandelson files on the grounds that they would be "prejudicial to UK national security or international relations"

And our non-Reform politicians could get together, recognise the common threat they face and stop this now. What’s to stop them, other than their inherent spinelessness and the tantalising example of TBI?

The idea that large sections of the right wing British press would fall over themselves to support deportations of non white people would have seemed incredible a decade ago. But that’s where we are. How fascism evolves. They have moved to the right of the BNP

Labour lost almost four times as many voters to the Greens as they did to Reform UK in the local elections, according to new YouGov polling

A rebuttal to the very fashionable line that "Britain has become ungovernable." @openbritain.bsky.social www.uglypolitix.com/p/no-britain...

In the twilight of his premiership, Keir Starmer finally acknowledges the danger of Tommy Robinson's noxious politics. The political centre is confronting the monster it helped feed. www.uglypolitix.com/p/starmer-fi...

Another very worrying piece of wording: calling Laurence Fox a “politician”. Standing for election and losing does not make you a politician.

Why the biggest lie in British politics is the claim that Nigel Farage, who has received more corporate bungs than any politician in our history, "cannot be bought" www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-cameo-...

From the Guardian's live report 1/2 "There are flyers lying on the road where people are marching for the Unite the Kingdom rally that say they want to secure “a future for white people”.

The BBC is using Tommy Robinson's own extremely charitable description of today's hate march – and whitewashing him as an "anti-Islam activist." But his politics are actually about race. And the media here is helping Robinson launder his extreme views. 🧵/14

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan: "People and companies [are] profiting from poison and division. I recognise I'm clickbait. I recognise that I'm being monetised." Watch full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Gn...

🟥 Byline Times #86 – A Warning from a Republican: 'There's Still Time to Stop Your Trump' Will Britain walk the 'MAGA' path? Urgent warnings, cutting analysis, cultural insight and much more in our forthcoming edition. Not subscribed? Get 30% off with code: NEWREADER30 👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com

Amazing account of a judge at the International Criminal Court at the Hague being locked out of all US tech after issuing a warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Great insights from @labourlewis.bsky.social on a massive range of issues last night – including of course the current Westminster dumpster fire. Nothing else quite like @bylinetimes.bsky.social events at the Cockpit – many more to come

This piece is excellent by @mattmgallagher.bsky.social and we should all be describing Reform as 'Elite Populism' as that is what they are. Very rich people creating anger, disillusionment & chaos in order to get even richer. #EconSky www.uglypolitix.com/p/harbornes-...

Hope @democrats.org are paying attention

"All of this was the entirely predictable result of McSweeney’s ‘Blue Labour’ strategy. Indeed this is the very outcome that Byline Times has long predicted in these pages." ✍🏼 @adambienkov.bsky.social subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...

“Labour may be losing seats to Reform, but that is mostly because they are losing actual votes to the Greens.” @adambienkov.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...

Nigel Farage's beaming face is featuring heavily in the local elections coverage, but the truth is that the real architect of Reform's gains is the man whose disastrous 'Blue Labour' strategy we were confidently told would prevent them bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...

Our political-media class doesn’t want democratic debate about policy. It wants endless psychodrama. I wrote about the coordinated smear campaign against Zack Polanski and why politics today seems incapable of solving real problems. www.uglypolitix.com/p/the-death-...

“We have no choice but to overturn the 20th century”

MPs are furious about this - especially the quotes from Epstein victims.

Pope Leo:

🔴EXCLUSIVE: The Conservatives are standing a candidate who: - Praised Tommy Robinson - Said man who Robinson allegedly assaulted “deserved it” - Said far-right MP Rupert Lowe is “the only MP fighting for us” - Called Boris Johnson a “traitorous scumbag” who “will be jailed the second we take power”

Seen quite a few people I highly respect recommend this.

This is such an insightful, wide ranging and ultimately hopeful interview with @quinnslobodian.com How Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Hijacked the State and Our Minds With Matt Gallagher on @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

"The old idea of shareholder democracy has been hollowed out. That’s what makes a figure like Musk – a self-described 'techno-king' – possible." Great to chat with @quinnslobodian.com about the avatar of enshittification, Elon Musk bylinetimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

How Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Hijacked the State and Our Minds Historian @quinnslobodian.com tells Byline Times how governments have subordinated the future of political economy to the direction and desires of Silicon Valley. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

A chance to talk about my favorite topic by way of Althusser

Economists Slam Reform UK’s ‘Fantasy’ Claims That ‘Boriswave’ Migrants Will Cost Households £20,000 “Reform have simply invented their own numbers…” say experts. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/16/e...

Reform and right-wing media present the party's claims – that the 'Boriswave' will cost us each £20k – as an objective fact. I spoke to economists and experts who said the "fantasy" analysis was "wildly off". Me for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/04/16/e...

So it turns out Nigel Farage's widely-reported claims that 'Boriswave' migrants will cost every household £20,000 are based on dodgy figures and inflated assumptions. Reform have simply invented their own numbers…” say experts. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/16/e...

🔴Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney Ignored Warnings About Peter Mandelson’s Epstein and Russia links Documents reveal Mandelson’s appointment was rushed through despite warnings about the “reputational risks” of his financial and personal ties bylinetimes.com/2026/03/11/k...

The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣

The new Gorillaz cartoon is really quite beautiful www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucRu...

🔎 Archived from June 2024: Nigel Farage Claims ‘Corruption’ in the UK’s Postal Vote System – and Suggests Trump Lost to Biden due to ‘Ballot Harvesting’ Farage's party claimed to be victims of "cheating" in Gorton & Denton by-election last week. bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/n...

This nonsense of ‘allies of’ spinning BS and getting it regurgitated by senior journalists really needs to end Josh Simons resigned before a full independent investigation could examine how he paid PR to investigate journalists when running Labour Together That’s the story

Reform win a seat: The true Volk have spoken and we all must listen. Greens win a seat: Early reports that Muslims may have ‘voted’ (an ancient Islamic practice designed to steal elections). How severely should the franchise be limited in response?

The Labour party have just posted this Tweet and graphic about our poll tonight. Can you spot what's missing? bylinetimes.com/2026/02/24/e...

Woken up to lots of unhappy messages about us keeping on this story Sorry but if a political org - run by a now Minister - hires private intel to smear journalists then takes these baseless smears to security services, I will investigate it. And keep investigating until accountability happens

Top Democratic officials who worked on the party's still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza, Axios has learned.

🧵 Stories Reform UK Doesn’t Want You to Read While the monopoly press serves puff pieces and the BBC hands the party seemingly unlimited Question Time slots, we’ve been digging into what actually sits behind Reform UK. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/reformscruti...

Every single Reform UK MP failed to show up to a critical debate on Russian interference. @mattmgallagher.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...

Exclusive: Josh Simons claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf. He had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda. w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.social

What a momentous day for the British state. And what an iconic image to capture it

“The fate of Charles the first, hath only made kings more subtle—not more just” -Thomas Paine, COMMON SENSE

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

🔴Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested for Misconduct in Public Office as Epstein Files Undermine His Virginia Giuffre Denials Virginia Giuffre alleged she was raped by Andrew when she was 17. Key emails in the Epstein files – first revealed by Byline Times – add weight to these claims