📌 ICYMI — Spinning on His Axel: The Right-Wing Politics of the Billionaire Businessman Taking Over the Telegraph Julian Petley investigates what really motivates the German media mogul taking over Britain's leading conservative broadsheet

BYLINE TIMES The Billionaire, the Bible, and the Battle for Britain: 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’? James Bloodworth Mar 29, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

Spinning on His Axel: The Right-Wing Politics of the Billionaire Businessman Taking Over the Telegraph – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/03/30/s...

"There is no free press. And by the way, there was never freedom of speech. Who gets to go on TV or on the radio… that’s not freedom. So what have we left? The internet. But online, you are anonymous, looking for clicks. So we are in a very constructed world."

Oh.

A ban on crypto donations is the start, but how else do we shield UK democracy from overseas influence and wealthy donors? @goldbergradio.bsky.social does a deep dive with @peterjukes.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4dhM...

🟨 Print Edition — Cuba’s Moment of Reckoning The moment Donald Trump’s snatch squad bundled Nicolás Maduro onto a rendition flight to the United States out of Venezuela in January, all eyes slid 90 miles across the water to Cuba.

"Why should people who don't pay taxes here and don't live here be able to have an effect on our democracy?" @peterjukes.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4dhM...

Well that explains a lot.

So Kemi Badenoch today continued her “fuel Britainnia” campaign to extract “every last drop” of oil and gas from the North Sea, by visiting a company whose oil executive owner has so far donated more than £250,000 to the Conservatives since she became its leader bylinetimes.com/2026/03/30/k...

🔴Kemi Badenoch Campaigns For North Sea Drilling at Company Owned by Oil and Gas Executive Who Donated £250,000 to the Conservatives The Conservative party has also taken millions of pounds from funders and directors of anti-Net Zero lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2026/03/30/k...

🔴Reform UK Promised ‘17 Billion in New Healthcare Spending’ but None of It Is for the NHS New analysis reveals Nigel Farage’s healthcare plans involve funnelling public money and tax cuts towards private healthcare companies bylinetimes.com/2026/03/30/r...

"The picture of Orwell with his Indian nanny is the most violent image of the absurdity of racism. In that colonial relationship, the woman you despise, you give your most trusted being – it doesn't make sense" Very insightful to speak to the acclaimed Raoul Peck about his new film, Orwell: 2+2=5 👇

"If you wanted to meddle in British politics from abroad, it would be very easy to hide the source of those donations..." Crypto, influence operations etc @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4dhM...

“A few weeks before the Second World War, nobody thought we would go into a war that would kill between 60 and 85 million people in less than five years. That’s why authoritarians want you to forget history.”

It sounds very interesting, I hope I can see it. I am reading ‘Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s invisible life’ by Anna Funder and this is very interesting on the contradictions of George Orwell too.

🔴Spinning on His Axel: The Right-Wing Politics of the Billionaire Businessman Taking Over the Telegraph Julian Petley investigates what really motivates the German media mogul taking over Britain’s leading conservative broadsheet bylinetimes.com/2026/03/30/s...

📌 ICYMI — Blow to Nigel Farage After Government Bans Crypto Donations in Urgent Crackdown on Foreign Political Interference Keir Starmer's Government acted following publication of a review launched in the wake of Reform's Welsh Leader Nathan Gill being jailed for taking pro-Russian bribes

🟨 Print Edition — The Iconography of Destruction Peter Jukes explores how the US President has spent his life riding the storm – but how much longer can he avoid reaping the whirlwind of his ‘American carnage’?

🟨 Print Edition — The Modern Fausts Among Us The Epstein Files have released something undeniably diabolical into the air. https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/the-modernfausts-among-us

📚 Weekend Reads (Edition 84) ✍️ Kamin Mohammadi In the 10 days since Israel and America’s illegal war against Iran started, everything has turned upside down. It is the stuff of nightmares.

🟨 Print Edition — A Letter from America – Trump’s War On the World One truth about modern warfare is that it never becomes more popular over time. Like most Americans, I refuse to pretend Donald Trump’s war with Iran is some Putin-esque ‘special military operation’ or other comforting euphemism.

'When I speak to people who tell me they have no interest in politics, in journalism, in voting, that we do not live in a democracy, I do not blame them. When people are treated with contempt, they hold on to that contempt.' Hardeep Matharu, via Byline Times

One of the key revelations of the Epstein documents from the UK perspective is the strange plot to topple (and that's the word they use) the Tory government of Theresa May. Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson were at the core of it. Here's an excellent recap of the whole sordid scheme.

📌 ICYMI — Revealed: Tony Blair’s ‘Dodgy Iran Dossier’ Helped Shape Trump War Plan Controversial polling promoted by the Tony Blair Institute, and criticised by academics…… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/03/24/revealed-tony-blairs-dodgy-iran-dossier-helped-shape-trump-war-plan

📚 Weekend Reads — Paul Conroy – ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be in Hell With’ John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer Paul… https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/paul-conroy-the-funniest-most-beautiful-man-to-be-in-hell-with

🟨 Print Edition — Paul Conroy – ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be in Hell With’ John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer Paul Conroy, a frequent contributor to Byline Times who died on 28 February

🟨 Print Edition — Paul Conroy – ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be in Hell With’ John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer Paul Conroy, a frequent contributor to Byline Times who died on 28 February

🟨 Print Edition — A Letter from America – Trump’s War On the World One truth about modern warfare is that it never becomes more popular over time. https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/a-letter-from-america-trumps-war-on-the-world

‘Orwell Knew the Moment You Discover that the Other is Also You, a Whole Range of Bullshit Just Drops’ Byline Times’ Editor in Chief speaks Haitian film-maker and Raoul Peck about his new documentary, Orwell: 2+2=5, warnings of authoritarianism through his own words. bylinetimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

My column in this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social is a comic take down of Goodwin if you're interested .. as if he wasn't comical enough

📚 Weekend Reads (Edition 84) ✍️ John Sweeney John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer Paul Conroy, a frequent contributor to Byline Times who died on 28 February

🟨 Print Edition — The Inhumane Cost of Spectacle: Iran Under Bombs In the 10 days since Israel and America’s illegal war against Iran started, everything has turned upside down. It is the stuff of nightmares.

📌 ICYMI — Revealed: Tony Blair’s ‘Dodgy Iran Dossier’ Helped Shape Trump War Plan Controversial polling promoted by the Tony Blair Institute, and criticised by academics…… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/03/24/revealed-tony-blairs-dodgy-iran-dossier-helped-shape-trump-war-plan

Make no apologies for supporting @bylinetimes.bsky.social (It’s not about meee, or clicks!) There’s just some brilliant & important work going on there. Chapeau to @peterjukes.bsky.social for his deep, *revelatory* look at the madness of #Trump & the ‘Judeo-Christian’ endgame(s). Outstanding!

"Why should people who do not pay taxes here and do not live here be able to have an effect on our democracy?" Calls to ban overseas funding of UK politics. @peterjukes.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4dhM...

📚 Weekend Reads — Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July… https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/farages-staggering-side-hustles

🟨 Print Edition — The Inhumane Cost of Spectacle: Iran Under Bombs In the 10 days since Israel and America’s illegal war against Iran started, everything has turned upside down. It is the stuff of nightmares.

🟨 Print Edition — The Economics of Trump’s New World Order For a measure of Europe’s loss of geopolitical influence, look no further than Iran. https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/the-economics-of-trumps-new-world-order

Thankful that someone is scrutinising these shysters, mainstream press and media are doing nothing to expose the lies and misinformation Truth must hurt

📌 ICYMI — Blow to Nigel Farage After Government Bans Crypto Donations in Urgent Crackdown on Foreign Political Interference Keir Starmer's Government acted following publication of a review launched in the wake of Reform's Welsh Leader Nathan Gill being jailed for taking pro-Russian bribes

From my limited interactions with Democracy Volunteers, it did feel as if they had observed some instances of worrying behaviour, but also that their report into the by-election - and the response to the report - was overblown.

Greater Manchester Police statement: "We’ve concluded our investigation into alleged ‘family voting’ at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, finding no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting."

🟨 Print Edition — The Iconography of Destruction Peter Jukes explores how the US President has spent his life riding the storm – but how much longer can he avoid reaping the whirlwind of his ‘American carnage’?

🟨 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

Loved the reminder from @bylinetimes.bsky.social’s @josiahmortimer.bsky.social that while Reform may be the biggest name in the Crypto-Political Donation Space and the shady potential those donations can have, they're certainly not the only one. Give this episode a listen.

"Overseas Aids Cuts Don't Add Up..." My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

"If you wanted to meddle in British politics from abroad, it would be very easy to hide the source of those donations." Talking Crypto and more... @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4dhM...

Deaf Residents in Reform Councils Say They Have Been ‘Shut Out’ as Party Replaces Collapsed Deaf Charity With Just £22,000 in Funding – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/03/26/d...

Brilliantly written article. A densely crafted read and worth the focus. Allow yourself moments to absorb the words and insights. I assure you that your perspective will be all the better for it. I highly recommend reading this insightful article. Cheers, Guy