The only time Macron has ever made a concession that wasn't to the politics of the RN was to the Gilets Jaunes. A concession obtained by force, not through negotiation.

🔴 Bankrupt Firm of Reform UK’s Waste-Busting Local Government Chief Owes Taxpayer £36,000 EXCLUSIVE: Cllr Jaymey McIvor declared his company insolvent months before becoming party’s director tasked with stamping out council waste. Taxpayers are likely to pick up the tab. Olly Haynes reports

My piece on a couple of transparency loopholes in the APPG rules. The number of PLGs, APPGs by another name which evade the rules, has doubled since their existence was first reported last year.

🔴The Parliamentary Funding Loophole Allowing Murdoch To Dodge Scrutiny ‘MPs engaging with these groups may have no idea whose interests dominate the funding… allowing wealthy interests to quietly steer policy’ bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

🔴‘House of the People’ Citizens’ Assembly Provides Alternative to UK’s Far-Right Descent’ The first sitting of the assembly recommended a ‘People’s Charter’, backed a wealth tax and an arms embargo on Israel bylinetimes.com/2025/07/25/h...

Think this is the purest and most open distillation of what is an increasingly influential among elites, strain of thought on the British Christian right which goes “I oppose Islam because it is hostile to mainstream modern British thought, which I am explicitly hostile towards”.

My piece on the far right billionaires funding the NatCon movement. Thanks to @jasonaw.bsky.social who I spoke to for it.

My piece on the far right billionaires funding the NatCon movement. Thanks to @jasonaw.bsky.social who I spoke to for it.

🔴‘A Warning From Europe on Why Keir Starmer’s ‘Blue Labour’ Strategy Is Such a Dangerous Dead End’ Attempts by centre left parties to mimic the right on immigration almost always ends up strengthening the far right parties they hope to defeat, reports Olly Haynes bylinetimes.com/2025/06/05/e...

Everywhere we look there are new tripwires being laid, actions by the Trump Administration that could easily serve as the proximate cause or trigger of a financial crisis that could cause a chain reaction ending in a great crash. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/a-grea...

One Gaza doctor told the Tribunal that he witnessed "mass casualty events" multiple times a day.

"The blame for the civilian dead lies with Hamas.. When this war began, I said with confidence that Israeli forces would never target children." Finkelstein's line is that only *now* has it become obvious that Israel is committing systematic war crimes against civilians. [1/2] archive.ph/uPmxW

My piece in the Guardian on the trajectory of climate protest www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My piece in the Guardian on the trajectory of climate protest www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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🔴Labour Minister Defends RAF Gaza Surveillance Flights Amid Growing Scrutiny of UK-Israel Relationship Defence Minister Maria Eagle spoke at a private Israel Independence Day meeting and said the UK would continue to back the country bylinetimes.com/2025/05/16/m...

1 of the attendees at the British museum was Robert Stearns, a Christian Zionist, who in the video linked below advocated for the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza into Jordan and Egypt. Maria Eagle's speech also raises Qs about UK involvement in war crimes bylinetimes.com/2025/05/16/m...

“With far-right politicians and Big Tech billionaires threatening to tear up our national institutions, we need genuinely democratic media that’s owned, controlled by & accountable to the public” — Tom Chivers Our report with @mediareformuk.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social 👇 🖊️ Olly Haynes

🔴The BBC Must Be Mutualised to End Its ‘Pro-Establishment Bias’ Warns Report It finds that BBC reporting is overwhelmingly focused on the concerns of senior politicians and business people around Westminster, rather than the country at large bylinetimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

In no way should a U.S. Citizen be detained, anywhere, because of their protected speech (and neither should a non-citizen, to be clear). To do so is to violate an oath to the Constitution and the rule of law. www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike... ( @taylorlorenz.bsky.social )

@jdportes.bsky.social can you follow me back - I'm a reporter working for Byline Times and would be interested in interviewing you for an article. Kind regards, Olly H

My piece on the likelihood of the ISDS mechanism that insiders say will be contained within the BIT with India. Also touches on the swirling rumours in the legal industry that a Russian oligarch is suing the British state through ISDS.

🔴Corporations Could Sue the Government Under India Deal, Campaigners Warn Campaigners warn that it risks creating a system of “corporate courts” bylinetimes.com/2025/05/09/c...

Great to work with the brilliant @mc00.bsky.social on this one.

🔴Controversial Spy-Tech Firm’s Inclusion at NHS Confederation Expo Leads to Speaker Pulling Out An internal NHS Confederation email acknowledged that ‘many colleagues will have concerns’ about Palantir’s inclusion bylinetimes.com/2025/05/07/p...

…finding out that no one really cared, then being told by the editor to cherry pick quotes that made out like they did. Much less of that kind of journalism would be good for everyone

When I was a young hopeful journalist fresh out of university I did a stint of work experience for a local paper. Most of the day was spent going to neighbourhoods where everyone was apparently outraged about something like a new road, or (more worryingly) Travellers etc…

Louis Sarkozy tresse des lauriers à Raquel Garrido qu'il "aime beaucoup" pour des gens de gauche: "Avec Alexis Corbière, ils ont quitté LFI lorsque ce parti est devenu fou, c’est tout à leur honneur", assure le rejeton de l'ex-président dans un portrait laudateur publié par Le Figaro Magazine.

My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the April 25 murder of Aboubakar Cissé and the struggle to confront Islamophobia in France: jacobin.com/2025/05/fran...

BREAKING: A Freedom Flotilla ship was reportedly targeted in a drone attack. The front of the vessel was struck twice, causing a fire and a breach in the hull. The ship was stranded in international waters near Malta. An SOS distress signal has been issued. Video: Freedom Flotilla Coalition

Fascinating article on the rival views of the french left as they confront a changed world.

Read my review of Mélenchon and Hollande's new books!

🔴Reform UK Facebook Groups Are Full of Racist Far Right Posts and Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories Groups set up by Reform officials contain posts calling for Muslims to be lynched and suggestions that Jews are trying to “dilute out country with foreign invaders” bylinetimes.com/2025/04/30/r...

⚡️NEW: Israel Rejects Hamas Offer to Free All Israeli Captives and End Gaza Assault in Exchange for 5-Year Truce Here are five key things to know from the latest reports today:

Read my review of Mélenchon and Hollande's new books!

Olly Haynes reviews Jean-Luc Mélenchon and François Hollande's new books: “Where Hollande identifies himself with the state, Mélenchon identifies himself with the people—the mass of humanity organised as a collective actor.” newintermag.com/melenchon-vs...

🔴UK Election Officials Are Not Keeping Any Records of How Many Overseas Donors Are Bankrolling UK Politics Democracy campaigners demand urgent reform of UK electoral laws, as Nigel Farage’s party launches fundraising drive among voters in overseas tax havens bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

Tories do deals because their appetite for power is undimmed. Coupon election 2025? "Publicly, Badenoch is adamant that she will never do a deal with Reform, even over which seats to fight hard. Privately, there is a belief that she has changed her tune" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

We talk Le Pen's conviction in our new crossover episode with @realitymanager.bsky.social and Marlon of French Legislative Election Podcast 2025 royalpalacemedia.com/rp-x-flep24-...

La criminalisation des militants de la solidarité avec les Palestiniens doit cesser. Avec Angela Davis, Annie Ernaux, Ken Loach, Pablo Iglesias et plus d’un millier de personnalités du monde entier, je signe cette tribune. www.politis.fr/articles/202...

Goodwin giving a softball interview to an extreme-right figure is not surprising, but it shows masks have fallen The Telegraph covering this non-story also demonstrates how mainstream reactionaries have become Great to chat to @realitymanager.bsky.social as always bylinetimes.com/2025/04/23/h...

Their priorities are: 1) keep control of the party patronage networks 2) prevent any viable progressive political force from emerging in UK politics (because any such force would threaten their ability to maintain that control). These are what their careers depend on - not winning popular mandates.

Why are there so many mormons about in the UK at the moment?

My latest research report for @ccccjustice.bsky.social, published tomorrow... ccccjustice.org/publications/ @europeangroup.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @gndrising.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @shellslies.bsky.social @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social

🔴The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...

To quote @cornerspaeti.operationglad.io we’re entering the French Decade of the Chinese Century

Listen to Corner Späti for @umawrnkl.bsky.social's great discussion of Greeland, my take on Le Pen and ofc the appearance of Charles Van Hooters...