They did what??

Then there are the things he was saying on his *two* social media accounts, which all put together paint one very ugly picture. One account here: bsky.app/profile/pete...

“In the days following the 2016 EU referendum, Epstein emailed another associate, Palantir founder Peter Thiel, describing Brexit as “just the beginning of a return to tribalism, counter to globalisation, amazing new alliances.” The Epstein files reveal how far those plutocrat alliances extended.

Has anyone in the press picked up what happened in 2019. As @bylinetimes.bsky.social reported, Farage and Johnson colluding with US based Bannon to topple May. According to Ben Habib, Thailand based Harborne paying Johnson and Farage to stitch up 2019 elections bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

🚨 Times Journalist Reveals Westminster Fake News Scam Stories quoting three sources can be nothing of the sort, according to the Times parliamentary sketch writer: they are all from the same person – a single Labour spin doctor

£6 Billion Was Wasted on Failed and Abandoned Conservative Government Schemes MPs slam the "egregious waste" of billions of pounds being wasted on projects that failed to deliver the promised results

Brilliant research work here.

In Southport, Reform, Makerfield candidate Kenyon exploited the aftermath of a child's death before official facts emerged. Minutes after the deaths, he weaponised the tragedy to seed racist cover-up tropes and launch aggressive political attacks.

To have one account suspended may be unfortunate. To have TWO to worry about shows a pattern.

One deleted account was bad enough. Now a second. What else is Rob Kenyon hiding? And is this really the man Reform UK thinks is fit to represent the people of Makerfield in parliament? hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/21/r...

Amazing work from @hopenothate that found ANOTHER account for Robert Kenyon, Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate, after my deep dive yesterday into his suspended one

I had opportunity to speak to a senior civil servant involved at the time and was told that May had no understanding whatsoever of the consequences of what she said in that speech.

Lots of debate on this, so I'm going to do the brave social media thing of posting an opinion then running away to do some work, which is that Sunak and Starmer are the top two because though they made many mistakes they were trying to restore sanity to the madness made by the other three.

The problem with this analysis is that these policies have either been pursued by all PMs since 2010 (more taxes and more debt) or were u-turns (welfare and two child). Not a convincing case that he had a plan.

Popping on the dog-collar here, but there's no way Starmer comes lower than Johnson - perhaps the only prime minister of whom we should be utterly ashamed as a nation. Johnson combined all of Starmer's flaws and incapacities with a moral turpitude, dishonesty and venality that no other PM can match.

Just think May is basically treated like an unfortunate victim rather than the PM who inherited a difficult situation and turned it into a completely unmanageable mess. But hey - opinions differ, recollections vary and all that.

I was just remembering that Farage didn't hold any surgeries in Clacton for months (I mean, does he now?) citing the fact that he was very vulnerable because gov't had not given him enough public money to keep safe. But it now turns out that he had already pocketed £5m for security. Hmm. 🤔

This graphic seems to back that story up...

The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”

Ghislaine Maxwell is eligible to file a claim with Trump’s $1.8 billion theft of taxpayer dollars. 5 appointees of Trump’s former criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche would then decide if she should get some of your money. This is the Republican Party.

As a teacher of English, I can definitively state that yes, this is exactly what happened. Particularly, the curse words. ◡̈

An excellent, careful analysis. Well worth reading.

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Byline Times should launch a service to vet election candidates for Reform UK.

Feeling helpless? Do this! Discount until 31st May apparently.

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on misinformation in the media bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

At least 78 Jan 6 rioters have been arrested on charges unrelated to the riot, twice as high as previously reported At least: 9 cases of child sexual abuse 3 rape 2 convicted of murder 19 weapons charges 9 violent assaults Excl figures compiled for @bylinetimes.bsky.social via court documents

A disturbing account of the use of lies to spread hate and division by the Reform candidate in the Makerfield by election He is clearly not a suitable person to play any role in public life

Sadly, the most shocking part of this is that X actually suspended the account Riot apologetics conspiracy theories, racism, something we have come to expect from so many Reform councillors, supporters & politicians, yet should never be acceptable A great deep dive from @peterjukes.bsky.social

So I went on a deep dive last night into the archives of the suspended X account of Reform UK’s Makersfield election candidate, Robert Kenyon. This is what I found… bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/r...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Reading the Riot Act: Reform UK’s Makerfield By-Election Candidate During the Summer of Trouble The archive of Robert Kenyon’s suspended X account reveals intense activity after three children were murdered in Southport in 2024

Posts uncovered by Byline Times show newly-elected Reform UK Councillor Ken Tranter comparing Muslims to cockroaches, who would “take over” the country bylinetimes.com/2026/05/18/r...

Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting’s Brexit Conundrum As the tenth anniversary of Brexit approaches, the debate about whether to rejoin the EU is dominating the Labour leadership race, writes Chris Grey

A $1.8bn fund has been created by #Trump for Jan 6 rioters & other 'victims' of a 'weaponised' legal system But as @mikewendling.bsky.social reveals, many have been convicted AGAIN! @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7bSc... 📺 youtu.be/ntB3CPkN3OQ?...

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Let’s make sure @bylinetimes.bsky.social gets circulated and widely read! While we still have some real journalism let’s make the most of it!

Farage’s various Brexits were always Ponzi schemes, with Russian and US investments. Don’t be surprised if the latest one collapses suddenly and catastrophically

They lie incessantly, with impunity, without remorse, with remuneration. Just incessant hateful lies which the good get exhausted of correcting, the bad enjoy, and the unwitting believe. Till we’re drowned in this incessant tide of lies — and then it hits the hard rock of reality

I hardly think my view of the May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak years is rose-tinted. This is nothing like those years of chaos

I'm sorry, but the pundits equating the Labour leadership process, an open by-election followed by both PLP and party votes, with the backroom backstabbing of the Conservatives THREE TIMES in succession are doing their readers no favours

On rejoining the EU, or the single market, or a customs union. There is little chance Europe would accept us back until Farage is finally and definitively defanged in British politics. It’s all too risky and divisive

‘Flag Man’ Behind Nazi-Linked Anti-Migrant Protests Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Woman Craig Kitts, who says he is fighting to 'protect our women and children' from migrants, admitted to assault by beating

Reform UK Councillors Told to Speak Only to GB News’ as Party Shuns Local Press Local news editor in Ipswich says Reform party chair instructed his councillors to shut out the press in favour of only speaking to the right-wing news channel

Our undercover reporter went on the Tommy Robinson rally this weekend, posing as a far right news channel, and found Tommy Robinson supporters fuming about his criminal record youtu.be/qtUSs7ODzZU

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"Or why should other public service broadcasters bend over backwards to be impartial when they see Ofcom turning a blind eye in one direction?"

"Can you imagine the outcry if LBC decided that it would have non-stop Reform or Green Party propaganda? So why has GB News, uniquely, been given a free pass?" www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

EXCLUSIVE: @mikewendling.bsky.social has the shocking details of how many pardoned Jan 6th rioters have offended again. With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7bSc...

Tenconi and Ross are doubly linked to Reform, as seen last year when they attended a conference with the Erdington Reform candidate and the Romanian far right AUR party. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/22/r...