Brian Latham

Nov 16, 2023 | bylinetimes.com | Brian Latham

Receive our Behind the Headlines email and we’ll post a free copy of Byline TimesAbout 24 hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, Rishi Sunak and his new Home Secretary James Cleverly were in the Commons to tell the nation that they are working on a new plan… to send refugees to Rwanda.

Sep 19, 2023 | bylinetimes.com | Brian Latham

Receive our Behind the Headlines email and we’ll post a free copy of Byline TimesLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer says he, too, will crack down on people smugglers and possibly have them classified as terrorists. That’s hyperbole designed to appeal to the so-called Red Wall, but it’s also misleading. The men piloting small boats with little outboard motors aren’t terrorists, and most are ‘’people smugglers’’ in the loosest sense.

Sep 13, 2023 | bylinetimes.com | Brian Latham

Receive our Behind the Headlines email and we’ll post a free copy of Byline TimesThe discovery of a single alleged Chinese spy strolling through Whitehall and Westminster should set heartbeats racing in that ugly building near Vauxhall Bridge where Britain’s spies play out their craft. It means there are many more – probably a great many more. Some may not even realise that they’re spies. Most people won’t be panicked by the allegation. After all, countries spy on one another, even on their allies.

Sep 5, 2023 | bylinetimes.com | Brian Latham

Receive our Behind the Headlines email and we’ll post a free copy of Byline TimesWith the West having to ramp up production to meet Ukraine’s ravenous demand for ammunition and avoid shortages of its own, it shouldn’t shock anyone that Russia is facing an even greater threat to the flow of weaponry to the front. The West is wealthy, Russia isn’t and sanctions make it difficult to buy arms, or source the dollars dealers and manufacturers would demand.

Jul 23, 2023 | bylinetimes.com | Brian Latham

Receive our Behind the Headlines email and we’ll post a free copy of Byline TimesWhen Sir Richard Moore, Britain’s top spy and head of MI6, recently said that China was “absolutely complicit’’ in Russia’s invasion of China, he may have expected surprise from his audience in Prague. Meanwhile, people across a vast swathe of the globe would have smiled wryly and said it was ever thus. China has long been complicit in Russia’s foreign adventures – and Russia in China’s.