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Sean Dadds
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Co-editor-in-chief at Yorkshire Bylines, Editorial co-ordinator for the Bylines Network.
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Now Trump is suing the BBC, even the dimmest UK politicians, ie. Starmer, must realise that there's no "special relationship" & Trump hates Britain & any democracy. Time to join to only democratic trading alliance left. the EU.
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."

—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Poor Aya is caught between two disasters. Her tent has been destroyed by the rain. She needs to replace it to protect her girls; but Majd needs urgent surgery or he could lose his leg. Please save her from this awful choice. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny

Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Reading about the rapid collapse of Eastern European governments in 1989 as completely rotten and corrupt leaderships disintegrated when people realised fear was all that was holding them up. Apropos of nothing.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Why Labour’s peril is a warning shot for Britain’s populist surge

How Labour may become the latest casualty of the disturbing political undercurrent, adding fuel to the fire of Trumpian radical populism

By Harry Ray

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Why Labour’s peril is a warning shot for Britain’s populist surge
How Labour may become the latest casualty of the disturbing political undercurrent, adding fuel to the fire of Trumpian radical populism
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter

The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy

By Dr Russell Jackson

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter

The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy

By Dr Russell Jackson

@docrussjackson.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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‼️The Pro-Trump Bias of the 'Neutral' Sources in the Leaked BBC 'Prescott Dossier'

@nafeez.bsky.social’s analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan right-wing, Trump-aligned organisations

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...
The Pro-Trump Bias of the 'Neutral' Sources in the Leaked BBC 'Prescott Dossier'
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan right-wing, Trump-aligned organisations
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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If anyone wants to know what Gibb was actually ‘like’, this Twitter exchange is a great cameo. Writing the alt text for the screenshot was fun, too! #EduSky
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share

By Dr Pam Jarvis

@drpam.bsky.social
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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BYLINES NETWORK SPECIAL
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.

Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.

Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Interested to know what the lawyers amongst us think about the calls for change in this story of survivors of abuse at Harrods.

@stephenkinsella.bsky.social
@goodlawproject.org
BYLINES NETWORK SPECIAL
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.

Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.

Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Given modern social and tabloid media ‘moral panics,’ did the powers that be take a too hasty decision to place Richard III in a sumptuous tomb in Leicester Cathedral after a ceremony resembling a state funeral? @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/richa...
Richard of York: coming home?
Richard of York’s remains were discovered, then retained in the area where he fell. But should he come home to Yorkshire?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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East Anglia Bylines - along with our sister Bylines publications around the country - are part of the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk. We are regulated by IMPRESS, officially recognised as the UK's only Leveson-compliant independent press organisation.
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Soad is still unable to get online to talk to her supporters, but she and young Omar continue to depend on donations. With the borders still blocked, just getting the food and medicine they need day to day is difficult. tinyurl.com/ycxdtddx @mommunism.bsky.social @gorangligovic.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked.

And we can ill afford to lose these trees on these under-forested islands

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus
Huge increase in tree-killing disease is result of climate crisis, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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"More than 440 City companies have moved almost £1tn — or roughly 10% of the entire UK banking system — to financial hubs across the EU because of Brexit."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Everything is now ready for Samaa to move back to Gaza City, but she needs to raise $1,000 for transport and rent, so that Julia and baby Talia can be warm through the winter. Can you help? gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid #Gaza 🍉
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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* Corruption Pecksniff can’t publish: Tory donor gets rich off asylum contract
* Polls show fears over immigration are media-driven, not real-life
* Tory HQ loses contact with 1 in 5 local parties

Read this and more in the latest diary ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Pecksniff: Evidence of corruption in refugee hotel contracts must remain unpublished
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Can citizens and journalists unite to hold back authoritarianism and protect democracy?

On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:

- George Monbiot

- Nafeez Ahmed

- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

- Nick Lowles

Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Very slowly there is starting to be discussion of free movement of people between EU and UK, and I long suspected that this will be central to any major change, in truth regulatory sovereignty and independent trade policy are too abstract for most people... www.politico.eu/article/end-...
Ending EU free movement a ‘disaster’ for Britain, says Green Party’s Zack Polanski
The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.
www.politico.eu
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM