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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 7h
🟢 NEW EPISODE "It was a real game changer moment in terms of Labour and and its direction." @josiahmortimer.bsky.social on Burnham's conference speech - latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social pod @adambienkov.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social Listen: pod.fo/e/63fac8 YouTube: youtu.be/HO3hKXvXx00
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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: The UK "Is a hostage to the bankers"
Andy Burnham’s government should throw off the shackles of the international money markets and look at alternative ways of funding public investment, argues Jamie Driscoll, former Labour Mayor fo...
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Cheshire Dog Lady (thoroughly irritated since 2010). @cheshiredoglady.bsky.social · 8h
But free speech.....
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underdog67 @underdog67.bsky.social · 8h
The Tories folllowing the Trump doctrine. Who’d have thought?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 8h
“We urge the Conservative Party to explain why Byline Times journalists have been denied accreditation and to rethink its decision. Once again, the union calls on all political parties to uphold press freedom, freedom of expression and the public's right to be informed.” ✍️ NUJ responds
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The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 8h
NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference • www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference
The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 9h
🟡 Print Edition The Two Professors and a ‘War on Ideas’ By @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces at work around hierarchies and structural power. Hardeep Matharu reports
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The Two Professors and a ‘War on Ideas’
The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces at work around hierarchies and structural power. Hardeep Matharu reports
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 9h
📌 ICYMI — Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations — Samantha Asumadu The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK…
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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DanMygind @mygind.bsky.social · 16h
One of the few UK publications talking truth to power is effectively banned from covering UK Conservatives conference in a move that confirms conservatives' Trumpian aspirations.
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Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social · 16h
It says everything about how little other news publications, their editors and owners care about scrutiny of politicians and freedom of expression that they don't boycott the Tory conference in solidarity.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 17h
The moral health of the British media will be judged by how many boycott Tory events and briefings in support of @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 17h
Quelle surprise... Rabid free speech advocates don't like free speech
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h
Free speech news
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Ben Stanford @drbenstanford.bsky.social · 14h
Never, ever listen to these people when they preach from the rooftops about free speech, cancel culture and lefty snowflakes. The only speech they care about is that which agrees with them.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13h
🟣 SUBSTACK Burnham’s ‘Honest Gov’ Speech By @goldbergradio.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Burnham’s ‘Honest Gov’ Speech
For the Byline Times Podcast, Adrian Goldberg catches up with Byline Times Political Editor Adam Bienkov and Chief Reporter Josiah Mortimer to analyse the Prime Minister’s Conference Speech.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13h
🔴 NEW Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban By Byline Times Team Read below. ↓
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Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🔴 Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir’s Manifesto "Karp and Thiel are no longer engaging in ideological debate, but are handing down their mandate as an expression of confidence that the Technological Republic has arrived"
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Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir’s Manifesto
Palentir's CEO Alex Karp has confirmed the anti-democratic agenda of the company's founder Peter Thiel
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13h
Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative… bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/kemi-bad…
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Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
In the US, this technofascist coup shreds the Constitution and violates numerous statutes around privacy and data protection. It is treason and should be treated as such.
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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
For the sake of humanity, #Palantir needs to be removed from #Europe, and its technology, CEO, and directors banned from every decent #European country.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 16h
Double standards or simpy a hypocrite? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Kemi Badenoch condemns Reform UK’s ‘authoritarian’ press bans
Tory leader says Nigel Farage’s party would seek to abuse state power, as she also defends her housing benefit plans
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 17h
If only the UK media showed the same kind of solidarity we recently saw in the US, to make this kind of shit impossible and to humiliate those who try it.
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Nic Boothby @nicboothby.bsky.social · 15h
The MAGAfication of British politics... ☹️
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 16h
🟡 Print Edition Nathan Cofnas and America’s Protection for Anti-Black Racism By Karam Bales The reinstatement by Ghent University of a key figure in the Jason Arday affair followed pressure from Trump’s State Department. It reveals a wider ideology of ‘injustice as illusion’. Karam Bales reports
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Nathan Cofnas and America’s Protection for Anti-Black Racism
The reinstatement by Ghent University of a key figure in the Jason Arday affair followed pressure from Trump’s State Department. It reveals a wider ideology of ‘injustice as illusion’. Karam Bales reports
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18h
A *third* Byline Times journalist has now been barred from Conservative conference – Chief Reporter @josiahmortimer.bsky.social. It comes after Political Editor @adambienkov.bsky.social and the late, great David Hencke were barred last year. bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18h
A *third* Byline Times journalist has now been barred from Conservative conference – Chief Reporter @josiahmortimer.bsky.social. It comes after Political Editor @adambienkov.bsky.social and the late, great David Hencke were barred last year. bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Burnham today gambled that his willingness to be honest about where he thinks the country has gone wrong and how he plans to set it right again will ultimately be rewarded by a country wearied by a decade of national drift.” ✍️ @adambienkov.bsky.social
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Andy Burnham's Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h
🔴 NEW ‘Andy Burnham’s Plans to Make Britain Great Again Are the Polar Opposite of Trump’s’ By Alexandra Hall Hall Read below. ↓
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‘Andy Burnham’s Plans to Make Britain Great Again Are the Polar Opposite of Trump’s’
If Burnham succeeds where Trump has failed, the whole MAGA agenda will be exposed, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h
🔴 NEW Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations By Samantha Asumadu Read below. ↓
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h
📌 ICYMI — ‘Andy Burnham’s Plans to Make Britain Great Again Are the Polar Opposite of Trump’s’ — @alexhh.bsky.social If Burnham succeeds where Trump has failed, the whole MAGA agenda will be exposed, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Andy Burnham’s Plans to Make Britain Great Again Are the Polar Opposite of Trump’s’
If Burnham succeeds where Trump has failed, the whole MAGA agenda will be exposed, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h
Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation…
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h
‘Andy Burnham’s Plans to Make Britain Great Again Are the Polar Opposite of Trump’s’ If Burnham succeeds where Trump has failed, the whole MAGA agenda will be exposed, argues… bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/andy-bur…
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‘Andy Burnham’s Plans to Make Britain Great Again Are the Polar Opposite of Trump’s’
If Burnham succeeds where Trump has failed, the whole MAGA agenda will be exposed, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22h
🟡 Print Edition Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’ The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🟡 Print Edition Finding the Right Energy to Tackle Our Existential Climate Dread By @johnmitchinson.bsky.social John Mitchinson finds an inspiring warmth in the reality-checking work of climate justice activist Mikaela Loach
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Finding the Right Energy to Tackle Our Existential Climate Dread
John Mitchinson finds an inspiring warmth in the reality-checking work of climate justice activist Mikaela Loach
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair — @adambienkov.bsky.social The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Burnham today gambled that his willingness to be honest about where he thinks the country has gone wrong and how he plans to set it right again will ultimately be rewarded by a country wearied by a decade of national drift.” ✍️ @adambienkov.bsky.social
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Andy Burnham's Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair By @adambienkov.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister’s emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔴 NEW Andy Burnham’s Pledge for Electoral Reform: What We Know So Far By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Andy Burnham’s Pledge for Electoral Reform: What We Know So Far
After years of pressure from campaigners, a Labour Prime Minister has now finally committed to overhauling Westminster's First Past the Post voting system, reports Josiah Mortimer
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham’s Pledge for Electoral Reform: What We Know So Far After years of pressure from campaigners, a Labour Prime Minister has now finally committed to overhauling Westminster's First Past the… bylinetimes.com/2026/09/29/andy-bur…
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Andy Burnham’s Pledge for Electoral Reform: What We Know So Far
After years of pressure from campaigners, a Labour Prime Minister has now finally committed to overhauling Westminster's First Past the Post voting system, reports Josiah Mortimer
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔴 NEW Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair By @adambienkov.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a… bylinetimes.com/2026/09/29/andy-bur…
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Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Adrian Goldberg @goldbergradio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It’s really as significant as it gets in the world of football..." Sports law expert Dr Jan Zglinski on Manchester City charges - with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social Listen: pod.fo/e/65c01d Watch: youtu.be/e-eGJ5g2lic?...
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The State Of Manchester City
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Tractor Boy🚜 #FBPE 🇪🇺 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @tommoitfc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fans hardly register on their priority list, 100% driven by money…. bsky.app/profile/byli...
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The whole country is watching and is expecting a proportionate sanction..." Sports law expert Dr Jan Zglinski on the 115 charges faced by Manchester City - latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social podcast @goldbergradio.bsky.social Listen: pod.fo/e/65c01d Watch: youtu.be/e-eGJ5g2lic?...
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The State Of Manchester City
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🟡 Print Edition The Digital Domain Is the Most Mortal of All Social media and digital storage are radically changing our concept of time and consciousness of death, writes @peterjukes.bsky.social
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The Digital Domain Is the Most Mortal of All
Social media and digital storage are radically changing our concept of time and consciousness of death, writes @peterjukes.bsky.social
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🟡 Print Edition Who Owns Our Beautiful Game? Global capital is threatening a takeover of the essence of football – but it’s that essence that makes the sport such a commodity, writes @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
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Who Owns Our Beautiful Game?
Global capital is threatening a takeover of the essence of football – but it’s that essence that makes the sport such a commodity, writes @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s actually quite sad how politicians, especially those on the Right, still pander after the endorsement of Rupert Murdoch. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have more influence over British voters than the Murdoch Empire at its prime ever had. Murdoch is in every respect yesterday’s man.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🟡 Print Edition ‘You Want to Love His Music. Without Thinking That This Guy Raped Kids Year After Year’ By @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, Hardeep Matharu sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’ – which…
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‘You Want to Love His Music. Without Thinking That This Guy Raped Kids Year After Year’
After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, Hardeep Matharu sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’ – which documented sexual abuse allegations against the late singer – to…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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