Feed: "North West Bylines" By: Mark Cunliffe on Sunday, February 15, 2026

Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe @northwestbylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

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Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe @coldwarsteve.bsky.social @markcunliffe.bsky.social

This week on Bylines Scotland... "Manchester United’s squad currently includes 19 foreign players out of 26 – that’s 73.1% ‘immigrants’, according to Transfermarkt. But apparently those immigrants don’t count. They’re assets. Investments. Tradable commodities. Certainly not immigrants!"

Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe @northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social @coldwarsteve.bsky.social

Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe @northwestbylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe @northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social

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ICE shows up in Minneapolis, and next thing you know a mother of three is dead. How can people deal with that? One resident reaches out Please join our Friends of Bylines if you wish to support us in giving people a voice from America @northwestbylines.co.uk

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"The tardy and petulant response of Musk has given comfort to those who seek to exploit. He has been supported by the US Vice President J D Vance and in the UK by Nigel Farage. They are free speech extremists who do not represent the values of billions of ordinary people worldwide."

The Fayed/Harrods case bears the hallmarks of sex trafficking At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being referred to the National Referral Mechanism? @centralbylines.co.uk

Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests,

Can’t make this up. Reform UK defector, guess what his CBE is for? “Promoting equality and diversity in the UK” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Reform UK Ltd cancels net zero in Nottinghamshire The Reform UK led council in Nottinghamshire is turning its back on climate action and is threatening to funnel funding away from net zero | Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

Online backlash as cold snap bites sparks rethink from Dudley council leader on removing grit bins | LDRS Press Release

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Despite concerning climate change evidence in Northamptonshire, the county’s Reform-led councils have abandoned all previous Net Zero plans | Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social

"In a Europe hungry for positive news, seeing the UK back in the Customs Union would greatly boost business confidence." #EU #Economy #Trade #FreedomOfMovement #Scotland

The outcome of any democratic election depends on how voters cast their ballot, yet the electoral system shapes the result too | Professor Sir John Curtice Via @bylines.scot

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One of our most read articles of February 2025....... Restoring British Rail class 50 F: part 1: origins Volunteers tackle the revival of a class 50 diesel F, dormant since 1992; discover its origin and the challenges it overcame

The great 2025 Bylines Christmas Quiz Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content | Gemma Gould @gemmagould.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

We need journalism which isn't owned by billionaires.

Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content | Gemma Gould

I'm a well known Christmas Grinch, so was pleased with my score of 13 out of 30 😂 But I did know that the Japanese love a KFC on Christmas day! It's a good quiz if you have the time!

Merry Christmas everyone...... Here's the great 2025 Central Bylines Christmas Quiz @gemmagould.bsky.social

In 1800, around one in three children died before their fifth birthday, compared to four deaths per thousand births by 2020 | Amanda Ellison

I got 13 out of 30 which being a bit of a Christmas scrouge I was surprised it was that high, but did know the Japanese like a KFC on Christmas day 😂

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Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.

1/ The Monday night volunteers In praise of Sussex Bylines’ editors| Mick Channon

Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’ Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain | Sue Wilson @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @suewilson91.bsky.social

Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again | Sascha Stollhans

Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end? centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Our prayers and thoughts go out to friends and family at Mani's funeral today in Manchester. Mani, symbol of the ‘90s Manchester music scene, will be sorely missed @northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social

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Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end? The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social

I'm planning a huge foodbank collection with the Scouts as we speak.....

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Ah, Reform 'We want young people to have families, oh, and we are going to make it even harder to do so'

Good luck Mark.👍

£90bn a year is too much to ignore in the next election The harsh financial reality of Brexit and what it means for Labour in the next election @cliffmitchell.bsky.social

1/ Shattering the silence: a survivor speaks out In the first part of a two-part series I talk to Calleigh who tells her story of trauma and the night everything changed | Gemma Gould @gemmagould.bsky.social centralbylines.co.uk/society/shat...