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Help us build the better - independent - media Britain deserves. Subscribe to the Byline Times news magazine: https://t.co/4gzUGVjDBt
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. GB News Star Dan Wootton Unmasked in Cash-for-Sexual Images Catfishing Scandal. In the first part of a three-year investigation, @danevanswrites & Tom Latchem reveal the accounts of victims targeted by the powerful TV presenter.
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BREAKING THREAD: Dan Wootton tonight crowdfunded for legal fees as he faces a series of allegations made by Byline Times he sent a message to dozens of celebrity contacts book begging for them to contribute - including at least one of those he is alleged to have catfished.
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. ‘Martin Branning’ – His First Victim. In part three of our special investigation, @TomLatchem and @danevanswrites detail the trauma of a man controlled for 10 years by Martin Branning – the pseudonym of TV presenter Dan Wootton.
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Dan Wootton and Martin Branning – The Proof. In part seven of this investigation, @danevanswrites and @TomLatchem reveal the internet data leaks that tie the TV presenter to the online aliases he has not denied being connected to.
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Security update two. The same team member who we believed was hacked had blood smeared over the windscreen of his car this morning. This may very well be a coincidence, but rest assured both incidents have been reported to the police.
Update on our next #MediaToo Dan Wootton story. There has been some illicit attempts to access our work by unknown third parties. We’re conducting a full security review with our IT consultants. This may delay our next story a little till this evening.
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Dan Wootton was a ‘Serial Bully’ at The Sun – But Bosses Promoted Him as Complaints were Silenced. In part 2 of this investigation, Tom Latchem & @danevanswrites examine the professional conduct of the TV presenter at the tabloid.
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Update on our next #MediaToo Dan Wootton story. There has been some illicit attempts to access our work by unknown third parties. We’re conducting a full security review with our IT consultants. This may delay our next story a little till this evening.
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We have an update on our Wootton exclusive coming very soon, and then a new chapter of the story tomorrow early afternoon. Do follow @BylineTimes for what the papers won't say.
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We will not be intimidated by (to quote a phrase) “nefarious characters” or “dark forces”. Do chip in to help keep our journos safe and their work uninterrupted . Byline Times are crowdfunding an investigation into the toxic culture of UK media
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. MailOnline and The Sun Hid Serious Dan Wootton Claims – While Attacking Huw Edwards and the BBC. In part five of our investigation into the conduct of the GB News presenter, @danevanswrites reveals how Wootton has been protected.
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🚨Statement on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and Lord Watson 22 January 2025. In a monumental victory today, News UK have admitted that The Sun, the flagship title for Rupert Murdoch’s UK media empire, has indeed engaged in illegal practices. This represents a vindication for the.
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Part Four of our three year long investigation into Dan Wootton coming around 6pm today. A tale of a man with many masks. Don’t miss it.
The fourth part of our investigation into Daniel Wootton is due tomorrow afternoon, with more extraordinary revelations. Meanwhile, do support @BylineTimes by subscribing 👇. Or our dedicated #MediaToo team here 👇.
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Update Three: as well as the security threats, we of course face legal challenges to our reporting which we will counter. This was sent by Wootton's lawyers to a raft of other news organisations in an attempt to chill their follow-up reporting. To us, this looks like SLAPP
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Dan Wootton Paid Porn Stars with Sun’s Depp Money for Covert Catfish Sex Videos. @danevanswrites and @TomLatchem reveal how Wootton used News UK cash to pay actors to film themselves having sex with men he’d targeted on Facebook.
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Now Mark Matlock has been verified (with quite an amazing recovery from the pneumonia that kept him away from the count) we have at least 30 other Reform candidates who have not been identified or have other potential issues with their declaration. votewatch24@bylinetimes.com.
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Why did THAT story about Carrie Johnson disappear from the Times and the Mail?. Well, the PM's "COVID bungs" for his friends in the press – the billionaire newspaper barons who advance their interests over the public interest – may help explain it 👇👇👇.
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The Bungs for Billionaires scandal gets an airing in the House of Lords via @LordRennard. Yet silence prevails in the rest of the media.
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You did it!. You helped us successfully launch into the shops and news agents. So much so that Sainsbury will stock our next edition in 256 shops adding to our existing stockists. Thank you for your amazing support and please look out for our December issue from 23 November.
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🔴 Harry Takes a Stand for Us All: ‘If They’re Supposedly Policing Society, Who On Earth is Policing Them?’. The crisis in the UK press is one of the biggest scandals of our time. Byline Times tips its hat to Prince Harry, writes Editor @Hardeep_Matharu.
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🔍 Byline Times Archives. 'Laura Kuenssberg’s Time as BBC Political Editor has been a Catastrophic, Systemic Failure'.
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Dan Wootton’s Celebrity Targets Revealed. In part eight, @TomLatchem and @danevanswrites uncover how the powerful journalist used the pretext of ‘underwear modelling’ to target young reality TV personalities.
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🔴 How the BBC got it so badly wrong on the Nadhim Zahawi's tax story. Insiders at the organisation say the corporation's reluctance to touch the story fits a worrying trend.
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🔴 Silence from Dan Wootton’s Employers MailOnline and GB News as Head of Commons’ DCMS Committee Demands Answers from his Former Boss The Sun Over Byline Times’ Investigation. Questions on his employment with them were not acknowledged or responded to.
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🔴BREAKING🔴. MPs Demand Answers From GB News on ‘Serious Accusations’ Against Dan Wootton. The Chair of Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee wrote to the Channel following the extensive allegations against Wootton by Byline Times.
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The UK is falling apart. Austerity, Brexit and Conservative policies are the reason for that. Right wing press supported those things. They are funded by the very people who destroyed the UK, so they don’t want you to know the truth. That’s why Byline Times travelled
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Meanwhile, Wootton's lawyers have made this blatantly false claim to other media organisations about Byline Times. They say "our client was not informed of Byline Times allegations in advance". How come we could cited them when we published the article then?
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Update on our invisible Reform candidates who, unlike paper candidates from other parties, have no visible presence online or at a hustings or a count. We have winnowed down to 60 of them (though more names are coming in). They garnered 281,341 votes
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If you have any information about candidates not appearing on hustings or not turning up at election counts, and with no verifiable identity, this is part of our #VoteWatch24 project - so do email us votewatch24@bylinetimes.com.
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🔴 WORLD EXCLUSIVE 🔴. Exploding 'Megxit': How Dan Wootton and a Cash-for-Leaks Scandal Split the Monarchy . @danevanswrites and @TomLatchem reveal the real story why Prince Harry and Meghan really left the Royal Family.
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The fourth part of our investigation into Daniel Wootton is due tomorrow afternoon, with more extraordinary revelations. Meanwhile, do support @BylineTimes by subscribing 👇. Or our dedicated #MediaToo team here 👇.
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Thanks for the amazing support for our team after their three year long investigation. So much more to report. Every penny will be spent on producing more journalism about the #MediaToo scandal. ‘What the Papers Won’t Say’.
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‘Next year’s headlines today. What the papers don’t say’. Byline Times was founded 4 years ago as an independent investigative newspaper shining a light on the issues the established press won’t examine. Funded by our readers. Outside of the system 🔽.
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Prince Harry Takes a Stand for Us All: ‘If They’re Supposedly Policing Society, Who On Earth is Policing Them?’ – The crisis and corruption in the British press is one of the biggest, ongoing scandals of our time. @BylineTimes tips its hat to Prince Harry
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Truby’s Truth – How Murdoch Made Dan Wootton into a Monster. All Alex Truby wanted to find was washing powder. Instead, he says, he found the key to a scandal now rocking the British media – @TomLatchem and @danevanswrites report.
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Update. By lunchtime today we now have a list of 75 'hyper-shy' or paper candidates who have no public profile and did not turn up to the hustings or count.
Now Mark Matlock has been verified (with quite an amazing recovery from the pneumonia that kept him away from the count) we have at least 30 other Reform candidates who have not been identified or have other potential issues with their declaration. votewatch24@bylinetimes.com.
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🔴Boris Johnson Has Still Not Given his WhatsApps to the Covid Inquiry. A spokesperson for the Covid Inquiry told @AdamBienkov they had received “no update” on when Johnson would comply with the High Court order, ten days after the deadline passed.
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Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties
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🚨We exposed Russia’s influence on Brexit - they called us cranks. 🚨We exposed Putins Disinformation network - they called us conspiracy theorists. 🚨We exposed The Kremlin ties to Trump and they called us mad. ✅And now, for the first time ever, all of it has been proven to be
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🔴 Prince Harry Demands Piers Morgan Police Probe as ‘Shockingly Dishonest’ Mirror Pays Out Again Over Hacking. Substantial evidence of criminal behaviour and cover-up at Mirror Group Newspapers emerged last summer at trial – @danevanswrites reports.
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🔎 We’re getting regular requests to investigate Nigel Farage, his financial background, and connections to Russia. We’ve been doing that for over 4 years. Here’s our back catalogue .
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➡️Starting a daily ticker of our #MediaToo investigation. Number of days Dan Wootton has refused to deny he is Martin Branning . 5⃣. Number of days Dan Wootton has refused to deny bullying NDAs at the Sun . 2⃣.
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🔴 The Media Scandal the Media Didn’t Want to Touch: Byline Times Will Keep Exposing ‘Dark Forces’. “The Wootton scandal was an open secret in the press for years. But it wasn’t willing to go near his story. It still isn’t. Why?” Editor @Hardeep_Matharu.
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🔴The BBC has Blacklisted @PeterStefanovi2 & his ‘Johnson Lies’ Video. Why? . It’s accurate, sheds light on a vital question, has been viewed 33m times, but our national broadcaster is pretending it isn’t there. @BrianCathcart wants an explanation🔽.
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🔴EXCLUSIVE: Police confirm they are investigating allegations of potential election rule breach by a Reform UK candidate.
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Boris Johnson Allowed Russian Interference into the UK as Putin Prepared For War – Byline Times
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Met Police Investigating #DanWootton Over Allegations of 10-Year Catfishing Campaign Following Byline Times’ Special Investigation. @danevanswrites and @TomLatchem report on this latest development. #MediaToo.
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Thanks for your responses. We are getting a lot of new information which will take a bit more time to process, so bear with us a short while we investigate further.
The second part of Byline Times’ special three-year investigation into Dan Wootton will be published on Wednesday. Anyone with information can contact the newspaper confidentially by emailing: news@bylinetimes.com.
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. GB News’ Top Boss Faced ‘Sexual Harassment’ Allegation – as Channel Paid to Shut Down ‘Institutional Racism’ Claims. @danevanswrites and @TomLatchem reveal the ‘racism, sexism and misogyny’ risking the future of the broadcaster.
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🔴 Dan Wootton Reveals ‘Regrets’ & Claims ‘Dark Forces’ Attacking GB News in Response to Byline Times’ Three-Year Investigation. The presenter did not address detailed allegations of him using a fake persona to target men online – @danevanswrites reports.
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Byline Times stands by our allegations - and has more to follow - so support us in our fight for justice for any potential victims:
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📆 A daily ticker of our #MediaToo investigation. Number of days Dan Wootton has refused to deny he is Martin Branning . 6️⃣. Number of days Dan Wootton has refused to deny bullying NDAs at the Sun . 3️⃣.
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🔴REVEALED: Trump Campaigns Received $45m from Tufton Street Donors. A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans, reveals @PeterKGeoghegan and @MC_00_.
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🔴 Dan Wootton Axed from GB News as Ofcom Rules Against Channel in Misogyny Row. The presenter was suspended in September after his exchange with Laurence Fox – with sources revealing he has now departed the channel, @TomLatchem & @danevanswrites report.
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🔴 Constituents Launch Campaign to Unseat Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson for Making ‘Laughing Stock of Area’. "Apparently, he’s putting Ashfield on the map' I think he is making us a laughing stock" a constituent said, reports @josiahmortimer .
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Help us launch the first newspaper this decade into the shops. Find us at WH Smith, Waitrose and 1500 news agents. #buyarealpaper.
For the first time this decade. Britain has a NEW newspaper 🗞️🔥. It's not funded by billionaires or shady advertisers 💰. It's TRULY independent 🕊️. Because Britain deserves a real newspaper, with real journalism. #buyarealpaper
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🚨 BREAKING: Sajid Javid Signs Off £1 Billion Private Health Windfall as MPs Sound Alarm . The Health and Social Care Secretary has agreed an ‘insurance policy’ with private providers, in breach of Treasury spending guidelines, reports @davidhencke .
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Overnight the number of unverified candidates with no official photo or presence at the count has risen to 50. At best, these may be ‘paper candidates’ - but it is still bizarre that they require no photo ID or verification, unlike voters.
Now Mark Matlock has been verified (with quite an amazing recovery from the pneumonia that kept him away from the count) we have at least 30 other Reform candidates who have not been identified or have other potential issues with their declaration. votewatch24@bylinetimes.com.
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The silence of the rest of the media is deafening. .
🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Truby’s Truth – How Murdoch Made Dan Wootton into a Monster. All Alex Truby wanted to find was washing powder. Instead, he says, he found the key to a scandal now rocking the British media – @TomLatchem and @danevanswrites report.
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The Byline Team. Delivering the truth directly to you 👇
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. GB News ‘Axes’ Dan Wootton After Fox Storm and Catfish Scandal: The Exclusive Inside Story. @danevanswrites and @TomLatchem reveal how Wootton’s departure looks set to be permanent – and the cost to the network of sticking by him.
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We’ve been covering this for nearly 2 years!.
in my statement I explain how senior officials in No10 were worried about *corrupt payments made to the newspapers* - & I mentioned it in the Inquiry - do you see ANY coverage of this?!. ZERO. Not one media story - radio silence from all the same wankers who normally jump on.
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Just for some context: we've submitted probably over 50 questions to Wootton's lawyers over the last week which they refuse to answer. They say it's a fishing exercise and will put nothing on the record. We published their off-the-record remarks about Wootton denying criminality.
Update Three: as well as the security threats, we of course face legal challenges to our reporting which we will counter. This was sent by Wootton's lawyers to a raft of other news organisations in an attempt to chill their follow-up reporting. To us, this looks like SLAPP
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Looking forward to our retail launch in WH Smith and Waitrose on 26 October. Please tell your friends to support us!.
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Nigel Farage, who has accused migrants of making women in the UK unsafe, is now refusing to act against a fellow Reform MP who was jailed for beating up his own girlfriend, and is now calling for a 'debate' on restricting women's reproductive rights.
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Donate to our crowdfunder to keep our journalists investigating the truth (when nobody else will).#MediaToo – Byline Times Shop
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🚨BREAKING: Prince Harry's Case Against Rupert Murdoch's UK News Group Looks Likely to Go to Trial . The Prince is suing the publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World, reports @BrianCathcart .
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The PPE scandal is not just about one Tory Peer, but the systematic funneling of public funds to Conservative Donors, who they channelled the money back to the party . £800 Million in COVID Contracts to Donors who have Given £8 Million to Conservatives
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BREAKING: Byline Times has now identified a second hi-viz jacket-wearing man asking questions of Rishi Sunak at this morning's event as local Conservative councillor Ben Hall-Evans
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE 🔴. Calls Grow for Police Probe into Piers Morgan & Mirror Editors. A lawyer, hacking victim & ex-police officer join Prince Harry in demanding action into MGN crimes & alleged Leveson Inquiry lies – @danevanswrites and @TomLatchem report.
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🔴 The Conservative Party is ‘Institutionally Corrupt’ Say Voters. New poll, conducted in the wake of revelations about Nadhim Zahawi and Boris Johnson, suggests that trust in the Government is reaching new lows
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Dan Wootton’s Conflicting Accounts Over Schofield’s ‘Outing’. Wootton said he would ‘never out’ anybody – our returning #MediaToo investigation by @danevanswrites and @TomLatchem examines his tabloid role in revealing men as gay.
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🔴Sangita Myska: Media Figures Sign Open Letter to LBC Expressing ‘Deep Concern’ About Her Departure. Broadcasters and politicians fear her “abrupt” exit means “excellent journalists are at risk for simply doing their job and asking robust questions”.
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🔍 Byline Times Archives. 'Maitlis is Right: The BBC should be Telling the Public the Truth when the Government is Lying'.
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Ever wondered where British TV news channels find all these young guests with near identical hard-right libertarian views?. Well it turns out a lot of them are being pushed out by specialist 'talent agencies' backed by pro-Trump billionaires.
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One recipient told Byline Times: "I haven't heard from Dan in years. The fact he messaged me - and presumably many like me who he's not got any ongoing relationship with - makes him look both guilty and desperate.".
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🔴EXCLUSIVE🔴. Conservatives Caught Publishing Fake Newspapers Again, as Party Mimics Defunct Local Outlet. This deception seems to be becoming part of a deliberate strategy by Conservative Party HQ, reports @josiahmortimer .
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. One senior host told Byline Times it had been “inevitable”. Dan Wootton is suspended from GB News following vile Fox exchange – after the broadcaster was largely silent on our allegations. @TomLatchem and @danevanswrites report.
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🔴EXCLUSIVE🔴. PPE Firm Subject to £122m Recovery Action from UK Government Has Only £4m in Assets . After £200m in Government COVID contracts, PPE Medro, associated with the Conservative peer Baroness Mone, appears to have few assets left. @StephenD_ .
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🔴Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules. Covid Inquiry evidence reveals Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm.
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Exposing the Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players & Transatlantic Network Around ‘Tommy Robinson’. @NafeezAhmed uncovers a nexus of tech platforms & far-right conspiracy – linking to Europe, Russia & the January 6 insurrection.
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Meanwhile, often forgotten that Farage’s Leave EU campaign was bankrolled by Arron Banks — the largest ever political donation of £8m . 🔎 Here’s our coverage of Banks and his Russian connections .
🔎 We’re getting regular requests to investigate Nigel Farage, his financial background, and connections to Russia. We’ve been doing that for over 4 years. Here’s our back catalogue .
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Here’s the full apology by Murdoch’s NGN to the Duke of Sussex Prince Harry and Lord Tom Watson read out in court
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The Murdoch trial starts on Monday . Help us make sure it’s reported fairly unlike the rest of the press.
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Papers in the US and Europe all covering our Wootton/Sussex scoop. Silence from the cowed, captive UK press.
(Marie-Claire, France 🇫🇷). "The investigation carried out by (@BylineTimes) journalists seems to prove that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were telling the truth when they claimed that the royal family was secretly revealing information about them in the tabloids."
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🚨 BREAKING . Unlawful Rwanda Scheme Set to Cost UK 'Staggering' £500 Million, National Audit Office Reveals . Half a billion. Report by @davidhencke .
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Government Refuses to Reveal Taxpayer Cost of Secret COVID Subsidy for Its Wealthy Press Friends – Byline Times
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🔴Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg Should be Banned From TV Jobs, Say Voters. Exclusive poll finds voters want MPs, like the former Culture Secretary and Brexit Minister, banned from hosting shows on GB News and Talk TV.
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🔴Unmusked: How Elon Musk is Using X to Poison our Democracy. Elon Musk has used Twitter to launch an assault on the most foundational parts of of our democratic systems, reports @Heidi_Cuda.
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🔴 Why Did Johnson Meet Evgeny Lebedev Twice in Days Before First COVID Lockdown – With No Civil Servants Present?. The then PM held unminuted meetings with the press baron he later elevated to the Lords despite security concerns, reports @josiahmortimer.
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Cancelling the Canceller: How ‘Martin Branning’ Made Dan Wootton a Timebomb. @TomLatchem and @danevanswrites provide the inside story of why the presenter’s fall was inevitable, following Byline Times’ special investigation.
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Time for Truth: Calls Grow for Police Probe into Piers Morgan and Mirror Editors – Byline Times
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🔴Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief. A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman.
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🔴 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. Five GB News Men Accused of Sexual Impropriety as Channel Engulfed by Dan Wootton-Laurence Fox Misogyny Storm. @TomLatchem & @danevanswrites reveal how GB News is employing at least five men who have faced past sexual allegations.
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For anyone following the #MediaToo scandal - a part three imminent tomorrow. More next week. With the number of people coming forward, this could run the whole summer.
My understanding is that we can all expect part 2 of THAT story from @BylineTimes today…. *if you know, you know.
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Piers Morgan: 'A Pretty Despicable Human Being' – Byline Times
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A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics
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