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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 34m

How did billions of £££ worth of unused #PPE literally go up in smoke?

@russellscott1.bsky.social wonders why no one has been held to account for the UK's biggest ever waste of taxpayer's money.

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott

Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 4h

How did billions of £££ worth of unused #PPE literally go up in smoke?

@russellscott1.bsky.social has been investigating the UK's biggest waste of taxpayer's money - and asks why no one has been held to account.

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott

Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 22h

"The people criticising it are all the sophisticated experts on the outside - but they're not the ones living this conflict."

Former UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social on #GazaCeasefire

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 1d

"There are generations of traumatised kids and parents and individuals on the ground. The mistrust on both sides is huge..."

Ex UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social on the difficult path of peace after #GazaCeasefire

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 1d

"If we're going to give #Trump credit, we also have to ask whether the conflict could have been solved much sooner if had leaned harder earlier on Netanyahu."

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social on #GazaCeasefire w/ ex UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 1d

"If we're going to give #Trump credit, we also have to ask whether the conflict could have been solved much sooner if had leaned harder earlier on Netanyahu."

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
on #GazaCeasefire w/ Ex UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 1d

It’s so easy for armchair critics living in safety to find fault, tear things down, scoff. Would they prefer war to continue, more Palestinians die? Of course the deal is risky, flawed, lacks details. But, in our imperfect world, this is what we got, and I’d rather it succeed, than the alternative.

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 1d

I have impression that many people deriding deal secretly hope it will fail so that they will be proved right; even though that means more death and destruction for Pal’ns. I agree with most of the comments about what “should” be. But, in imperfect world with only bad options, this is least bad.

bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 2d

"The people criticising it are all the sophisticated experts on the outside - but they're not the ones living this conflict."

Former UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social on #GazaCeasefire

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 1d

"Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating the end of incessant bombing and two years of terror. My friends there are really pleased with this deal..."

Former UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social on #Gaza

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 2d

"The people criticising it are all the sophisticated experts on the outside - but they're not the ones living this conflict."

Former UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social on #GazaCeasefire

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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Russell Scott @russellscott1.bsky.social · 2d

Baroness Mone isn’t the only Tory Peer named as a VIP Lane referrer.

Also on the list:

Lord Agnew
Lord Gove
Lord Leigh
Lord Feldman
Lord Chadlington
Lord Marks
Lord Deighton
Lord Bethell
Lord Lansley
Lord Prior
+10 other Tory MP’s 👀⤵️

Listen to my chat with @BylineTimesPod :

bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Billions of pounds worth of unused #PPE literally went up in smoke.

@russellscott1.bsky.social has been investigating the UK's biggest waste of taxpayer's money - and wonders why no one has been held to account.

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott

Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 2d

NEW NEW NEW

Trump's #Gaza peace plan...

Assessed by former UK ambassador Alex Hall.

With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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Keith @kc4009.bsky.social · 2d

Cracking episode, highly recommended.

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 3d

NEW EPISODE: #Trump #Gaza Peace Plan...

Former UK ambassador @alexhh.bsky.social joins @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall

Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....

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Jules McHamish @julesmchamish.bsky.social · 3d

I listen to quite a few podcast regularly. Might have to make room for another one. Gonna have to raise my listening speed from x1.25 to x1.5!

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Billions of pounds worth of unused #PPE literally went up in smoke.

@russellscott1.bsky.social has been investigating the UK's biggest waste of taxpayer's money - and wonders why no one has been held to account.

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott

Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Billions of pounds worth of unused #PPE literally went up in smoke

@russellscott1.bsky.social has been investigating the UK's biggest waste of taxpayer's money - and wonders why no one has been held to account.

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott

Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Great to see the #NathanGill story pursued last night on #BBCQT

@peterjukes.bsky.social has been calling out the "spurious" claim that #Farage didn't really know who the bribe taking Russian stooge was...

With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Farage "Thick As Thieves" with Reform's Russian Stooge

Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes joins Adrian Goldberg to discuss the links between Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and the party's former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, who has admitted acce...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Is it REALLY possible #Farage didn't have a close relationship with Nathan Gill - the former #ReformUK leader in Wales, who admitted taking bribes to speak up for Russia?

Not a chance says @peterjukes.bsky.social

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Farage "Thick As Thieves" with Reform's Russian Stooge

Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes joins Adrian Goldberg to discuss the links between Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and the party's former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, who has admitted acce...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 4d

Some complained that @zackpolanski.bsky.social wasn't given a fair hearing last night on #BBCQuestionTime

Fear not - you can hear the #GreenParty leader talking in depth here with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Zack Polanksi: New Green Party Leader

Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 09/09/2025 · 34m

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Ewan Hoyle @ewanhoyle.bsky.social · 4d

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An essential listen. Spread it far and wide.

bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 4d

"Stupid, spurious and absurd."

@peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social reacts to claims that #Farage barely knew Russian stooge Nathan Gill - the former #ReformUK leader in Wales

With @goldbergradio.bsky.social

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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Farage "Thick As Thieves" with Reform's Russian Stooge

Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes joins Adrian Goldberg to discuss the links between Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and the party's former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, who has admitted acce...

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Ewan Hoyle @ewanhoyle.bsky.social · 4d

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Bylines podcast have absolutely hammered the Reform lies here.

bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 4d

"Stupid, spurious and absurd."

@peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social reacts to claims that #Farage barely knew Russian stooge Nathan Gill - the former #ReformUK leader in Wales

With @goldbergradio.bsky.social

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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Farage "Thick As Thieves" with Reform's Russian Stooge

Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes joins Adrian Goldberg to discuss the links between Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and the party's former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, who has admitted acce...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 4d

With #GreenParty closing the gap in the polls on Labour, who is their leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social - and what does he stand for?

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes in hard - but fair.

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Zack Polanksi: New Green Party Leader

Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 09/09/2025 · 34m

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 4d

"Stupid, spurious and absurd."

@peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social reacts to claims that #Farage barely knew Russian stooge Nathan Gill - the former #ReformUK leader in Wales

With @goldbergradio.bsky.social

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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Farage "Thick As Thieves" with Reform's Russian Stooge

Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes joins Adrian Goldberg to discuss the links between Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and the party's former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, who has admitted acce...

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 5d

The UK was the only country in the world to set up a VIP lane to procure PPE - billions in wasted equipment literally went up in smoke

@russellscott1.bsky.social wants to know why no one's been held accountable

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott

Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...

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