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Dramatist wrenched out of fiction 10 years ago by the fierce urgency of fact (& Murdoch crimes). Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social - myself here
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Looking forward to reading this 75th edition šŸ—žļø

Our 75th edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social ALIEN-NATION is one of the best we've ever done, tracking how big tech has alienated us personally and politically The print edition is being delivered and you can now easily read our exclusive content online šŸ‘‰ subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/

Suddenly realised what X is like - learning to drive in South East London in the 80. Full of road rage. Racism. Boy racers jumping traffic lights. Random collisions. Hostile and violent. Everything is calm and civil on the streets here now. And so will social media be - one day

šŸ”“Reform UK Councils Are Facing Protests After Cancelling Climate Change Preparations Nigel Farage’s party is culling anything to do with tackling climate change, including local planning for rising sea levels bylinetimes.com/2025/06/17/r...

šŸ”“Inside the Collapse: How Putin’s Russia Turned Its Opponents into Exiles There is a deliberate policy by the Kremlin to exile, neutralise, and effectively erase alternative political life within the country, reports Denis Mikhailov bylinetimes.com/2025/06/18/i...

It's not just on race that X is now driving radicalisation through misinformation. My feed over there is full of people falsely claiming abortion to birth has been legalised.

Meanwhile @bylinefestival.bsky.social is really shaping up with speakers like @carolvorders.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, subjects like truth, AI, Gaza, Russian spying and some great bands and comedy www.bylinefestival.com

Classic BBC "balance" here. 2/3 favoured it in the consultation so written up as a "claim" with extensive anti quotes from Westminster Council (who gives a shit), the "Soho Society" (who?) and the Black Cabs Association (oh no) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I'm very happy to have this out" writes Douglas Carswell, insincerely.

Exciting new @BylineTimes cover and some great writers in the looming new edition. Here’s a snapshot detail

For more on how Russia targeted Arron Banks and Leave EU in the run up to Brexit, you could start here bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...

I've been digging into what the new Reform UK councils have been up to. Thanks to everyone who's been sending in tips. Nigel Farage’s band of newly-elected councillors are already starting to struggle: bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/r...

šŸ”“Russell Jones's Week Moment: Britain is Centuries Past Being the Biggest Lad in the Schoolyard In an increasingly brutal and lawless world, Britain must start picking its fights better, or risk getting left in the dust, argues @russincheshire.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

Down The Rabbit Hole Of The Manosphere is just one of over 25 thought-provoking panels at Byline Festival 11-13 July Plus Comedy , Music, Art, Film & Workshops Full programme & tickets (going up soon) bylinefestival.com

🚨BREAKING: The BBC and Gaza: a Public Broadcaster Under Fire ā€œThe BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected expertsā€ @iainoverton.bsky.social reports bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/t...

As Keir Starmer announces a public inquiry into the 'Grooming Gangs' Scandal, our four-part report last year by @andrewkersley.bsky.social is once again relevant www.bylinetimes.com

Really pleased to be speaking at the LSE Festival this Saturday on a stellar panel exploring truth in the digital age. Free tickets are still available!

On the way home from seeing the authors discussing the latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social Little Black Book launch (#6!) Really looking forward to reading this. #NoKings but also #NoBarons

A link to the first article, and from there you can read the rest. Absolutely still relevant. bylinetimes.com/2024/06/01/s...

Notice how nobody talks about 'Christian' grooming gangs when discussing the long history of child sexual abuse in care homes and sports clubs. Funny that.

Trump ā€˜Reamed Out’ Hegseth for Flop Birthday Parade: The president wanted a ā€œmenacingā€ military parade but got the opposite instead, Michael Wolff tells The Daily Beast Podcast. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reamed...

The former official compared [DOGE] to the science-fiction novel ā€œEnder’s Game,ā€ by Orson Scott Card, in which a team of children who are invited by the military to play an elaborate video game are unknowingly operating actual weapons of war www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Ten Years on from the Gilded Escalator Just as I start working on Book Three of my Trojan Horse Story, we hit the tenth anniversary of the moment it describes - Trump announcing his candidacy open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

Ten Years of Evil (and Redemption) How I spent the last decade... open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Ten Years of Evil (and Redemption) Awesome, eye-opening and very personal account from @therickwilson.bsky.social ten years on from that gilded escalator. Fighting Trump has cost Rick and his family a lot. But boy has he earned so much respect open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

šŸ”“Resignations, Cancelled Meetings and Culture Wars: How Reform UK Councils Are Descending Into Chaos Nigel Farage’s band of newly-elected councillors are already starting to struggle, reports @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/r...

šŸ”“ Launch event tomorrow night: The Little Black Book of Press Barons Join us for a discussion about: šŸ’° Billionaire press power šŸ“ŗ Media manipulation šŸ—³ļø How we fight back RSVP: [email protected] Get your copyšŸ‘‡https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/the-little-black-book-of-the-press-barons/

This is what they call an epic fail

How Fiction Paved the Way for Putin's Expansion Some background reading material for what will most likely be Book Four of the Trojan Horse open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

Wow. This is certainly worth 17 minutes of your time. And when you watch it, think about what Farridge and his lot are now doing, or trying to do, with the Local Authorities they won recently.

Who’s got our data? Palantir? DOGE? They want to control us.

Inside DOGE’s chaotic takeover of Social Security DOGE members used the agency for political aims, directing Mr. Dudek to cancel important contracts in Maine after the state’s governor, a Democrat, clashed with Mr. Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Maybe if the UK government read this piece regarding Palantir and the words of its CEO they would back away from allowing this company access to our NHS!!!!

I see a lot of Conservative right wing Brexiters pointing out a number of factors behind British economic decline. Quite amazingly they omit the biggest factor, and the one they were responsible for. Brexit @anthonybarnett.bsky.social

The head of Palantir, one of the gleeful profiteers from Trump’s police state ā€œā€œThere’s a revolution. Some people get their heads cut off,ā€ Karp said. ā€œWe’re expecting to see really unexpected things, and to win.ā€Ā  www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @MotherJones

No need to say much more than Peter has, except emphasise that Thiel and proteges Yarvin and Vance are very dangerous tools used by Thiel, a man never to be trusted McSweeney and Glasman are playing with the devil

Why does it matter that Lord Glasman had his portrait painted with the extremist Peter Thiel ProtĆ©gĆ©e Curtis Yarvin? Because Glasman has claimed that the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney is a Blue Labour ally subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/73/b...

As @nafeez.bsky.social has revealed, Yarvin is obsessed with the ā€˜negro problem’ and in this report he gleefully uses the N word. ā€œYarvin… pulled out his iPhone to show Glasman that he’d hacked the chatbot Claude to get it to call him by the N-word.ā€ I wonder how Glasman reacted?