Peter Jukes

London

Founder and Executive Editor at Byline Times

Dramatist wrenched out of fiction 12 years ago by the fierce urgency of fact (& Murdoch crimes). Co founder @Byline_Media @BylineFest @BylineTimes - myself here

Articles

Russian Interference: Some Good News for Once - Journalism Can Make a Difference

3 weeks ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

Some good news for once, and a word of thanks for all of you who have supported Byline Times over the six years since our launch on 31 March 2019. By coincidence, the day after our sixth birth, the Government announced that it was putting Russia as the second country (after Iran) on its new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS).
The Transatlantic Rift

1 month ago | bylinesupplement.com | Peter Jukes |Byline Supplement

Writing any kind of definitive editorial for Byline Times in the tumultuous first 50 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency is a hiding to nothing and a hostage to fortune.
Trump's Mob Rule: An Offer We Can Only Refuse

1 month ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

This article was originally published in the April 2025 print edition of Byline TimesTo stay ahead of the curve, subscribe nowIn this snapshot from outside the Elysée Palace, taken two months before the fateful confrontation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, the dynamics between the American, Ukrainian, and French Presidents were already clear.
Sergei Cristo versus the Secur-Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring

1 month ago | podcasts.apple.com | Carole Cadwalladr |Peter Jukes

On reading the Russia Report finally published by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) in the Summer of 2020, Sergei realises the significance of his experience with the Russian diplomat and MI5 eight years previously. He writes to his old friend Dr Julian Lewis MP, who becomes the Chairman of the Committee. The advice comes back from Westminster, which sends Sergei round the circles of police and judicial authorities, which, in the end, yields nothing.
From Murdoch to Musk: Hacking the State

2 months ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

This article was originally published in the March 2025 print edition of Byline TimesTo stay ahead of the curve, subscribe nowWe can blame Steve Jobs. The founder of Apple gave Rupert Murdoch an iPad around Christmas 2011, and Murdoch thought it was a game-changer. He installed one of its most popular apps. “Hello @twitter!” Murdoch wrote:“First tweet. Thanks to all my followers.
The Gulf of America

2 months ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

FOR MORE THAN 80 years the mainstay of Britain’s foreign policy has been to stick close to the world’s economic and military superpower – the United States, for right or wrong. The transatlantic alliance was the spine of NATO as it won the Cold War. It also led to grave errors such as our support for the exploits in Iraq and Afghanistan. For generations, the ‘special relationship’ has underpinned our nuclear deterrent, our intelligence services, and military bases across the world.
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring: Follow the Money

2 months ago | podfollow.com | Carole Cadwalladr |Peter Jukes

Carole, Peter and Sergei are closing on the core of the Russian Westminster plot as they untangle the secrets around the parliamentary Russia Report.
The Professor and the Trolls

2 months ago | podcasts.apple.com | Carole Cadwalladr |Peter Jukes

Westminster is caught up in bitter Brexit debates and Trump’s first term in office is getting mired in investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Suddenly the two worlds collide in the form of an enigmatic Maltese professor, revealed in the unsealing of FBI indictments. Sergei is disgusted with the atmosphere pervading British politics.
From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk

2 months ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

This article was originally published in the February 2025 print edition of Byline Times Stay ahead of the curve and support independent investigative journalism subscribe now The invitation came out of the blue: “His Excellency Ambassador of the Russian Federation requests the pleasure of the company of Mr Peter Jukes at a Digital BBQ.” Back in December 2015, I had no idea why Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko was inviting me to talk about “social media vs mainstream media” at his sumptuous...
Honey Pots and Stalin's Vodka

Jan 20, 2025 | podcasts.apple.com | Carole Cadwalladr |Peter Jukes

Sergei Cristo circles back to his first meeting with Nalobin at the Carlton Club in London and the newspaper article that had got the Russian diplomat’s attention. How could this story about a suspected Russian honey pot be linked to activity around the Russian Embassy during the Brexit campaign? And what is a mysterious man introducing himself as Oleg doing at the UKIP party conference at Doncaster race track in 2015? It’s time to tie up some loose ends.