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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · Sep 9

The only time Macron has ever made a concession that wasn't to the politics of the RN was to the Gilets Jaunes. A concession obtained by force, not through negotiation.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Aug 12

🔴 Bankrupt Firm of Reform UK’s Waste-Busting Local Government Chief Owes Taxpayer £36,000

EXCLUSIVE: Cllr Jaymey McIvor declared his company insolvent months before becoming party’s director tasked with stamping out council waste. Taxpayers are likely to pick up the tab. Olly Haynes reports

Bankrupt Firm of Reform UK’s Waste-Busting Local Government Chief Owes Taxpayer £36,000

EXCLUSIVE: Cllr Jaymey McIvor declared his company insolvent months before becoming party's director tasked with stamping out council waste. Taxpayers are likely to pick up the tab. Olly Haynes reports

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · Jul 28

My piece on a couple of transparency loopholes in the APPG rules.

The number of PLGs, APPGs by another name which evade the rules, has doubled since their existence was first reported last year.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jul 28

🔴The Parliamentary Funding Loophole Allowing Murdoch To Dodge Scrutiny

‘MPs engaging with these groups may have no idea whose interests dominate the funding… allowing wealthy interests to quietly steer policy’

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

The Parliamentary Funding Loophole Allowing Murdoch To Dodge Scrutiny

'MPs engaging with these groups may have no idea whose interests dominate the funding... allowing wealthy interests to quietly steer policy'

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jul 28

🔴The Parliamentary Funding Loophole Allowing Murdoch To Dodge Scrutiny

‘MPs engaging with these groups may have no idea whose interests dominate the funding… allowing wealthy interests to quietly steer policy’

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

The Parliamentary Funding Loophole Allowing Murdoch To Dodge Scrutiny

'MPs engaging with these groups may have no idea whose interests dominate the funding... allowing wealthy interests to quietly steer policy'

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jul 25

🔴‘House of the People’ Citizens’ Assembly Provides Alternative to UK’s Far-Right Descent’

The first sitting of the assembly recommended a ‘People’s Charter’, backed a wealth tax and an arms embargo on Israel

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'House of the People' Citizens' Assembly Provides Alternative to UK's Far-Right Descent'

The first sitting of the assembly recommended a 'People's Charter', backed a wealth tax and an arms embargo on Israel

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jul 20

Think this is the purest and most open distillation of what is an increasingly influential among elites, strain of thought on the British Christian right which goes “I oppose Islam because it is hostile to mainstream modern British thought, which I am explicitly hostile towards”.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Jul 20

Daniel Kruger MP made this speech on a call for a "new restoration" which recognises that "all politics is religious"
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

Future of the Church of England - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : ' Future of the Church of England' on Thursday 17 July 2025.

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · Jun 18

My piece on the far right billionaires funding the NatCon movement.

Thanks to @jasonaw.bsky.social who I spoke to for it.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jun 16

🔴JD Vance’s ‘British Sherpa’ Chairs Organisation Funded by Billionaires Urging a Second US Civil War

The man described as the Vice President’s “philosopher king” is linked to a series of right-wing billionaires who have condemned democracy and called for a “limited dictatorship” in the US

JD Vance's 'British Sherpa' Chairs Organisation Funded by Billionaires Urging a Second US Civil War

The man described as the Vice President's "philosopher king" is linked to a series of right-wing billionaires who have condemned democracy and called for a "limited dictatorship" in the US

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · Jun 18

My piece on the far right billionaires funding the NatCon movement.

Thanks to @jasonaw.bsky.social who I spoke to for it.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jun 16

🔴JD Vance’s ‘British Sherpa’ Chairs Organisation Funded by Billionaires Urging a Second US Civil War

The man described as the Vice President’s “philosopher king” is linked to a series of right-wing billionaires who have condemned democracy and called for a “limited dictatorship” in the US

JD Vance's 'British Sherpa' Chairs Organisation Funded by Billionaires Urging a Second US Civil War

The man described as the Vice President's "philosopher king" is linked to a series of right-wing billionaires who have condemned democracy and called for a "limited dictatorship" in the US

bylinetimes.com

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · Jun 5

Congratulations Josiah!!

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jun 5

🔴‘A Warning From Europe on Why Keir Starmer’s ‘Blue Labour’ Strategy Is Such a Dangerous Dead End’

Attempts by centre left parties to mimic the right on immigration almost always ends up strengthening the far right parties they hope to defeat, reports Olly Haynes
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'A Warning From Europe on Why Keir Starmer's 'Blue Labour' Strategy Is Such a Dangerous Dead End'

Attempts by centre left parties to mimic the right on immigration almost always ends up strengthening the very far right parties they hope to defeat, reports Olly Haynes

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Joe Guinan @joecguinan.bsky.social · May 28

Everywhere we look there are new tripwires being laid, actions by the Trump Administration that could easily serve as the proximate cause or trigger of a financial crisis that could cause a chain reaction ending in a great crash. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/a-grea...

A Great Trump Crash? — The Democracy Collaborative

Everywhere we look there are new tripwires being laid, actions by the Trump Administration that could easily serve as the proximate cause or trigger of a financial crisis that could cause a chain reac...

www.democracycollaborative.org

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 28

One Gaza doctor told the Tribunal that he witnessed "mass casualty events" multiple times a day.

Gaza Tribunal Gathers in Sarajevo in Attempt to Hold Israel to Account Over 'Genocide and War Crimes'

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · May 27

"The blame for the civilian dead lies with Hamas.. When this war began, I said with confidence that Israeli forces would never target children."

Finkelstein's line is that only *now* has it become obvious that Israel is committing systematic war crimes against civilians.

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · May 27

Alright Candace 🙄

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · May 20

My piece in the Guardian on the trajectory of climate protest

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back | Oliver Haynes

The pandemic and harsh laws suffocated climate movements as we knew them. Get ready for a new kind of action, says journalist Oliver Haynes

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · May 20

My piece in the Guardian on the trajectory of climate protest

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back | Oliver Haynes

The pandemic and harsh laws suffocated climate movements as we knew them. Get ready for a new kind of action, says journalist Oliver Haynes

www.theguardian.com

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · May 19

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 16

🔴Labour Minister Defends RAF Gaza Surveillance Flights Amid Growing Scrutiny of UK-Israel Relationship

Defence Minister Maria Eagle spoke at a private Israel Independence Day meeting and said the UK would continue to back the country

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Labour Minister Defends RAF Gaza Surveillance Flights Amid Growing Scrutiny of UK-Israel Relationship

Defence Minister Maria Eagle spoke at a private Israel Independence Day meeting and said the UK would continue to back the country

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · May 16

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · May 16

1 of the attendees at the British museum was Robert Stearns, a Christian Zionist, who in the video linked below advocated for the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza into Jordan and Egypt. Maria Eagle's speech also raises Qs about UK involvement in war crimes

bylinetimes.com/2025/05/16/m...

Labour Minister Defends RAF Gaza Surveillance Flights Amid Growing Scrutiny of UK-Israel Relationship

Defence Minister Maria Eagle spoke at a private Israel Independence Day meeting and said the UK would continue to back the country

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · May 14

“With far-right politicians and Big Tech billionaires threatening to tear up our national institutions, we need genuinely democratic media that’s owned, controlled by & accountable to the public” — Tom Chivers

Our report with @mediareformuk.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social 👇

🖊️ Olly Haynes

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 14

🔴The BBC Must Be Mutualised to End Its ‘Pro-Establishment Bias’ Warns Report

It finds that BBC reporting is overwhelmingly focused on the concerns of senior politicians and business people around Westminster, rather than the country at large

bylinetimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

The BBC Must Be Mutualised to End Its 'Pro-Establishment Bias' Warns Report

It finds that BBC reporting is overwhelmingly focused on the concerns of senior politicians and business people around Westminster, rather than the country at large

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 14

🔴The BBC Must Be Mutualised to End Its ‘Pro-Establishment Bias’ Warns Report

It finds that BBC reporting is overwhelmingly focused on the concerns of senior politicians and business people around Westminster, rather than the country at large

bylinetimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

The BBC Must Be Mutualised to End Its 'Pro-Establishment Bias' Warns Report

It finds that BBC reporting is overwhelmingly focused on the concerns of senior politicians and business people around Westminster, rather than the country at large

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · May 13

No it hasn't lol

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Olly H @ollyhaynes.bsky.social · May 13

www.dropsitenews.com/p/abubaker-a...

The Unbearable Pain of Leaving Gaza

Journalist Abubaker Abed never wanted to leave his homeland. He describes the excruciating decisions he was forced to make.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Jerry Levine @jerrylevine.com · May 12

In no way should a U.S. Citizen be detained, anywhere, because of their protected speech (and neither should a non-citizen, to be clear). To do so is to violate an oath to the Constitution and the rule of law.

www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike... ( @taylorlorenz.bsky.social )

Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics

+ TikTok clout loop, Kai Cenat's next chapter, the "safest white boy", Minecraft marriages, group chat trauma, a MAHA-friendly food app, Altman's kitchen fails, and Silicon Valley's existential crisis

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