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Proud Celt and supporter of Scottish Independence; avid reader; love Nature and the outdoors; can out-stubborn a Beagle.

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 This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would “receive immediate access to welfare and social housing” if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified.

From breaking news to huge investigative proje

This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would “receive immediate access to welfare and social housing” if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified. From breaking news to huge investigative proje

Guardian has now [after my complaint] corrected Mahmood's deliberate & incendiary false claim settlement gives immigrants "immediate access to welfare and social housing".

Good for Gdn but embarrassing/shameful that Home Secretary deliberately misled the public for political gain like this.

05.03.2026 16:45 👍 614 🔁 260 💬 21 📌 15
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Recovering from surgery - hence the suit - but still trying to get in some yoga practice.

01.03.2026 15:32 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🔥 Might be a good time to drive this over 100,000.

Link —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

28.02.2026 21:00 👍 477 🔁 331 💬 29 📌 14

It was so refreshing to actually hear some decent common sense - such a shame it didn't come from the UK government.

28.02.2026 20:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not to mention murky media that perpetuates the myths and promotes the losers ad nauseam.

28.02.2026 12:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Only important if the MP is identified - otherwise they're just words many of us are saying.

27.02.2026 13:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"We're working to line the pockets of billionaires..." at last a politician in this country telling it as it is.

27.02.2026 10:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Absolutely - his behaviour was easily predictable as he appears incapable of having an original thought.

27.02.2026 10:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov

In a battle between hope and hate, hope won out.

Why voters rejected the hateful politics of Reform and instead embraced the "Green Menace" in Gorton and Denton

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

27.02.2026 06:53 👍 2582 🔁 581 💬 81 📌 41

Congratulations to you and your partner - and welcome to your new arrival.

24.02.2026 16:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Which begs the question, why is he being platformed by the BBC AGAIN?

21.02.2026 23:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Given that the party already exclude Byline Times from their press conferences (because they know they'll be challenged in the way the mainstream media, in the main, seem incapable of doing) then the likely answer is yes.

17.02.2026 20:47 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.

Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

13.02.2026 10:22 👍 7480 🔁 1900 💬 166 📌 80

The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.

08.02.2026 07:27 👍 1126 🔁 560 💬 70 📌 30
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Epstein survivor rejects Starmer’s apology.

Pls share.

08.02.2026 10:34 👍 621 🔁 367 💬 46 📌 24
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‘Virginia Roberts Giuffre Was an American Hero’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Amy Wallace spent four years collaborating with Virginia Roberts Giuffre on her memoir, Nobody’s Girl, which has had a far-reaching impact in the fight for justice for the victims and survivors of Jef...

In honour of the woman who, more than anyone, is responsible for this moment of transparency with the #EpsteinFiles, we're removing the paywall from this profile

🟨‘Virginia Roberts Giuffre Was an American Hero’ subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/80/v...

07.02.2026 16:33 👍 692 🔁 295 💬 6 📌 9
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Jeffrey Epstein Co-Owned Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson

"If Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein's business partner and co-owner retain access to the UK's most sensitive national security infrastructure?"

Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.

04.02.2026 22:46 👍 1387 🔁 780 💬 31 📌 53

@channel4news.bsky.social You've featured Matt Goodwin - and his supporter Yaxley-Lennon. You've featured Labour's Angeliki Stogia. When are we going to hear about the Green Party's candidate for Gorton and Denton? There's something very BBC about this unequal coverage.

31.01.2026 19:58 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Sounds par for the course for #bbcqt

29.01.2026 23:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 👍 97508 🔁 40894 💬 4301 📌 5366

Excellent expose from Channel 4 News' Alex Thomson

26.01.2026 20:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And tonight they report on a leaflet confusing the Reform candidate with a local chip shop owner - but still managed not to mention the result. Absolutely SHAMEFUL.

23.01.2026 19:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is there any sanction for such breaches or can he just carry on regardless?

21.01.2026 20:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

21st Century feudalism alive and kicking...

20.01.2026 23:39 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Glasgow. Ya belter.

18.01.2026 22:43 👍 147 🔁 48 💬 3 📌 0

Strangely enough that was exactly what came into my head when I first saw that photo!

18.01.2026 17:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If ever there was a time for poetic justice......!

18.01.2026 17:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Power of Poetry
 
with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,
 
it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,
 
so he reached for his copy  
of The Complete Works of Yeats
 
and bludgeoned the President
of the United States


Brian Bilston

The Power of Poetry   with things falling apart and anarchy let loose,   it was only poetry, he found, which had any use,   so he reached for his copy   of The Complete Works of Yeats   and bludgeoned the President of the United States Brian Bilston

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

18.01.2026 09:47 👍 3678 🔁 1183 💬 104 📌 94
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16.01.2026 17:37 👍 8471 🔁 2707 💬 332 📌 124
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Good question.

17.01.2026 21:53 👍 4818 🔁 1332 💬 257 📌 72