Adam Bienkov
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2 weeks ago |
bylinetimes.com | Adam Bienkov
Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on ‘what the papers don’t say’ – without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. It is hard to imagine a politician less like Donald Trump than Keir Starmer.
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2 weeks ago |
adambienkov.co.uk | Adam Bienkov
“Young people must no longer be taught to dislike our country, our institutions and our history so much that they say they wouldn't fight for it”, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch declared earlier this year, as she accused an entire generation of young British people of not showing patriotism towards their own country. Yet fast forward to this weekend and the person refusing to fight for their own country is Badenoch herself.
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3 weeks ago |
adambienkov.co.uk | Adam Bienkov
Kemi Badenoch this week helped to spread a racist far-right conspiracy theory that the lead character in the Netflix drama Adolescence had been “race-swapped” from black to white. The Conservative leader that the show, about a fictional teenage murderer, had in fact been“based on a real story” and that “my understanding is that the [real life] boy who committed that crime was not white.”Now it’s worth saying immediately that this simply isn’t true.
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4 weeks ago |
bylinetimes.com | Adam Bienkov
Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on ‘what the papers don’t say’ – without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis.
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1 month ago |
adambienkov.co.uk | Adam Bienkov
“I’ll be as bold as Attlee” Keir Starmer promised on the eve of the last general election, telling the Big Issue magazine that “I ran a public service during austerity, I saw the impact of the Tories’ decisions. There will be no return to austerity with a Labour Government.”Fast forward to today and Starmer’s promise is looking increasingly hollow. Not only is he failing to unleash the Attlee-style renewal of public services he promised, but the Prime Minister is actively unleashing cuts instead.
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