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This Byline Times story on Farage pictured with far-right activists has not been picked up by any established media outlet - including liberal/democratic/left publications. Why? Because people like being comfortable in their own power and status. The newspaper I edit will keep sounding the alarm.

submitted 24 days ago • 39 comments

Unlock cheaper energy? Europe’s electricity prices could plummet—if countries hit their 2030 renewables targets. The UK and Ireland stand to gain the most. Are we on track? Fred Lewsey reports. eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/unloc...

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

The true cost of Brexit. Get all the stats 👉 bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact

submitted 54 days ago • 22 comments

We’re advertising on buses at Heathrow Airport for all of 2025 and spreading the message about Byline Times.

submitted 77 days ago • 21 comments

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submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

🔥 "The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t."

submitted 75 days ago • 26 comments

I put my 1988 undergraduate project through AI and this is what it came up with. Remarkable: rob.st/4iGaNMz

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Brexit ‘delivered the opposite of what it promised’, Angela Rayner admits Hopefully we can now begin an honest & open discussion about the catastrophic impact Brexit has inflicted on the country’s economy www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ang...

submitted 82 days ago • 202 comments

Our mesmerising rise on BlueSky continues and we are nearly on 60k followers. It's a lovely space here that seems largely free from the right wing spreaders of hate and disinformation seen on so many other platforms. Please spread the word and help us get to 60K followers.

submitted 82 days ago • 10 comments

Lot of good stuff in this proposal from the Council on the negotiating mandate regarding the UK. Some thoughts in a 🧵 Article by @pmdfoster.bsky.social H/t @sabine34.bsky.social @nicoledso.bsky.social

submitted 82 days ago • 9 comments

Check out Blue Has No Borders: A documentary about crossing the divide by Charlie Phillips on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

I’m stunned at how good NotebookLM is. It summarised my Masters thus: ‘This is Rob Stead's Master's dissertation in photography, exploring his project "Well Grubbed Old Mole." It examines his photographic practice in relation to Brexit populism, using theories from …

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Congratulations both, a powerful story @alixandrafazzina.bsky.social and done justice in the magazine @joshklustig.bsky.social

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments

"Some forecasts suggested UK GDP could be reduced by as much as 10% over the long term (2030 or so). Recently: The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change estimated in Feb 2023 that the impact could already be 5.5%. This year (Feb 2024) Goldman Sachs estimated the impact was already at 5%."

submitted 88 days ago • 11 comments

In months ahead, 🇪🇺 leaders need to decide long term strategy to tackle 🇪🇺 economic, fiscal, industrial and security challenges Conventional view is that 🇪🇺 is forged in crisis as Monnet’s saying goes But radical right’s rise in last decade might seriously complicate 🇪🇺’s road to reform 🧵

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

If you read one thread today, make sure it's this one and share it far and wide.

submitted 92 days ago • 3 comments

Please help the Bylines Network get over 50K! Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social … and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻

submitted 95 days ago • 26 comments

If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers. RT and reply to this post and add each other. No fun speaking to yourself.

submitted 105 days ago • 632 comments

On the issue of the Youth Mobility Scheme, I told the Independent that the PM “cannot keep saying ‘no’ to reality forever”. Have a read why. 👇👇

submitted 105 days ago • 22 comments

This is a good watch from at @mrjamesob.bsky.social for those wanting to know how they got there and what it all might mean youtu.be/98UXkL2-Ugs?...

submitted 106 days ago • 12 comments