On Mainstreaming Islamophobia
Has Islamophobia been mainstreamed? It certainly looks like it. Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman recently wrote in the Telegraph that Islamists are “bullying Britain into submission", while ex ...
26 Feb 202428min
Ukraine Full Scale Invasion: 2nd Anniversary Special
This is special episode to mark the second anniversary of invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia had already annexed Crimea in 2014, and separatists backed by Moscow also sparked fighting in Ukraine’s Do...
23 Feb 202459min
Why Is It So Hard To Call For A Gaza Ceasefire?
Tens of thousands of Palestinians – many of them non combatants - have been killed since October 7th when Hamas launched a series of co-ordinated incursions into Israel. 1200 Israelis – most of them c...
23 Feb 202424min
Citizen's Assemblies: Restoring A Democratic Deficit
Are Citizens Assemblies the way to make up the so-called "democratic deficit" which leaves many people estranged from parliament? Sue Gray the former senior civil servant who reported on Partygate dur...
21 Feb 202425min
Tories Trounced Twice: Sunak's By Election Blues
As the Tories are trounced in two by elections is there any way back for Rishi Sunak? Labour overturned Peter Bone’s 18,000 majority in the Northamptonshire seat of Wellingborough – a “catastrophicall...
16 Feb 202423min
Votewatch: Protecting Democracy
Introducing Vote Watch, a new Byline Times campaign to ensure that the upcoming UK general election is both free and fair. We want to hold political parties of all stripes to account by making sure th...
15 Feb 202420min
Sunak's Trans Gaffe; Starmer's Green U Turn
The two likeliest contenders to be the next UK Prime Minister have both come under pressure in recent days... PM Rishi Sunak mocked Kier Starmer's stance on trans women, even though the mother of murd...
10 Feb 202425min
Towards A Palestinian State
Foreign secretary Lord Cameron has said rather than waiting for a successful outcome of peace talks in the Middle East the UK would consider the idea of Palestinian state during negotiations. It’s a ...
8 Feb 202430min
