Matt Gallagher
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Not a good look for a party leader reportedly "worried" about his Russia Problem
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Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
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February 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Not a good look for a party leader reportedly "worried" about his Russia Problem
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By popular demand, we are removing the paywall from this informative and prescient article by @adambienkov.bsky.social from last July's print edition
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The Myth of Morgan McSweeney – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The established press’ focus on supposedly ‘all powerful’ individual advisors often obscures the more important structural issues that come to define politics, writes Adam Bienkov
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February 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
By popular demand, we are removing the paywall from this informative and prescient article by @adambienkov.bsky.social from last July's print edition
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This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
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*Not satire.
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*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
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Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
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🔴Jeffrey Epstein’s 4chan Plan
The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal
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The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal
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Jeffrey Epstein's 4chan Plan
The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal
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February 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🔴Jeffrey Epstein’s 4chan Plan
The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal
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The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal
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Are the internet's far-right conspiracists useful pawns of Epstein and his network?
I dig into Epstein's meeting with the founder of 4chan and the political project that followed for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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I dig into Epstein's meeting with the founder of 4chan and the political project that followed for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Jeffrey Epstein's 4chan Plan
The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal
bylinetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Are the internet's far-right conspiracists useful pawns of Epstein and his network?
I dig into Epstein's meeting with the founder of 4chan and the political project that followed for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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I dig into Epstein's meeting with the founder of 4chan and the political project that followed for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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🔴Peter Mandelson’s Downfall Puts Morgan McSweeney’s Future in Doubt
Keir Starmer insists he is sticking by his chief adviser in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, but others have their doubts, reports @adambienkov.bsky.social
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Keir Starmer insists he is sticking by his chief adviser in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, but others have their doubts, reports @adambienkov.bsky.social
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Peter Mandelson's Downfall Puts Morgan McSweeney's Future in Doubt
Keir Starmer insists he is sticking by his chief adviser in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, but others have their doubts, reports Adam Bienkov
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February 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
🔴Peter Mandelson’s Downfall Puts Morgan McSweeney’s Future in Doubt
Keir Starmer insists he is sticking by his chief adviser in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, but others have their doubts, reports @adambienkov.bsky.social
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Keir Starmer insists he is sticking by his chief adviser in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, but others have their doubts, reports @adambienkov.bsky.social
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My initial take on the Epstein debacle. Might be an obvious one.
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It's Time For Consequences
Sunlight isn't enough to disinfect the Epstein rot.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
My initial take on the Epstein debacle. Might be an obvious one.
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@mattmgallagher.bsky.social in Feb's @bylinetimes.bsky.social has a great piece on the US Democrats & the autopsy on the Harris campaign:
quoting Christopher Cook - 'chasing moderate Republicans, while neglecting the Democratic base'.
Precisely what UK Labour are doing now - neglecting their base!
quoting Christopher Cook - 'chasing moderate Republicans, while neglecting the Democratic base'.
Precisely what UK Labour are doing now - neglecting their base!
February 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
@mattmgallagher.bsky.social in Feb's @bylinetimes.bsky.social has a great piece on the US Democrats & the autopsy on the Harris campaign:
quoting Christopher Cook - 'chasing moderate Republicans, while neglecting the Democratic base'.
Precisely what UK Labour are doing now - neglecting their base!
quoting Christopher Cook - 'chasing moderate Republicans, while neglecting the Democratic base'.
Precisely what UK Labour are doing now - neglecting their base!
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🔴Reform UK’s Plans For a British ICE
Key figures in Nigel Farage’s party are demanding a UK version of Trump’s immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good
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Key figures in Nigel Farage’s party are demanding a UK version of Trump’s immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good
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Reform UK's Plans For a British ICE
Key figures in Nigel Farage's party are demanding a UK version of Trump's immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good
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January 30, 2026 at 11:35 AM
🔴Reform UK’s Plans For a British ICE
Key figures in Nigel Farage’s party are demanding a UK version of Trump’s immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good
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Key figures in Nigel Farage’s party are demanding a UK version of Trump’s immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good
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Matthew Goodwin is a key node in Reform’s growing ties to autocratic Hungary 👇🏻
The Farage-Orbán network
Inside Reform’s deepening ties to Hungary’s autocratic regime...
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January 28, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Matthew Goodwin is a key node in Reform’s growing ties to autocratic Hungary 👇🏻
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What's happening in the US right now can, and if these people are elected will, happen here.
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
What's happening in the US right now can, and if these people are elected will, happen here.
Look at Trump's America right now and see for yourself where this ends...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Look at Trump's America right now and see for yourself where this ends...
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Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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Abolish ICE is not enough.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Abolish ICE is not enough.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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Remember: Ice and all federal law enforcement are following the new security directive NSPM-7 from POTUS.
They are operating with completely unconstitutional “unqualified immunity.”
They are operating with completely unconstitutional “unqualified immunity.”
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Remember: Ice and all federal law enforcement are following the new security directive NSPM-7 from POTUS.
They are operating with completely unconstitutional “unqualified immunity.”
They are operating with completely unconstitutional “unqualified immunity.”
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"What can Democrats actually do?"
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"What can Democrats actually do?"
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
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24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
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🔵 Democratic voters in the United States now disapprove of their leaders in record numbers.
Refusing to publish an autopsy into Kamala Harris' 2024 election loss is not going to help, @mattmgallagher.bsky.social writes.
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Refusing to publish an autopsy into Kamala Harris' 2024 election loss is not going to help, @mattmgallagher.bsky.social writes.
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Democrats In Denial Why Is the Party Blocking an Autopsy of Kamala Harris’ Defeat? – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
In America’s two-party politics, the Democrats are the only political force that can officially oppose Donald Trump. But their leaders’ refusal to look in the mirror looks set to cost them – and the c...
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January 20, 2026 at 1:05 PM
🔵 Democratic voters in the United States now disapprove of their leaders in record numbers.
Refusing to publish an autopsy into Kamala Harris' 2024 election loss is not going to help, @mattmgallagher.bsky.social writes.
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Refusing to publish an autopsy into Kamala Harris' 2024 election loss is not going to help, @mattmgallagher.bsky.social writes.
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The way I understand Trumpism is similar to the rise of fascism in the 30s:
There was a wave of globalization and liberalization of trade and migration which had clear winners and losers. When the working class lost faith in the system, capitalists aligned with ethno-nationalists to preserve it.
There was a wave of globalization and liberalization of trade and migration which had clear winners and losers. When the working class lost faith in the system, capitalists aligned with ethno-nationalists to preserve it.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The way I understand Trumpism is similar to the rise of fascism in the 30s:
There was a wave of globalization and liberalization of trade and migration which had clear winners and losers. When the working class lost faith in the system, capitalists aligned with ethno-nationalists to preserve it.
There was a wave of globalization and liberalization of trade and migration which had clear winners and losers. When the working class lost faith in the system, capitalists aligned with ethno-nationalists to preserve it.
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"The underlying hum at the moment is how Americanised we’ve become, how much the far-right has penetrated our so-called mainstream politics, and how far we’ve generally shifted to the right," @zackpolanski.bsky.social tells Byline Times
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Zack Polanski - An Outsider Going Mainstream? – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
In September, Zack Polanski – a Member of the London Assembly since 2021 – was elected to the Green Party’s top job. His leadership has seen its membership double to more than 150,000 – overtaking tho...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:02 PM
"The underlying hum at the moment is how Americanised we’ve become, how much the far-right has penetrated our so-called mainstream politics, and how far we’ve generally shifted to the right," @zackpolanski.bsky.social tells Byline Times
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The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
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"Too much of established British journalism remains an elite, closed club. Close to power & influencing it; while claiming to have none when it is scrutinised in the slightest. That it continues to get away with its ability to distort our society is one of the biggest stories & scandals of our time"
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. Byline Times tips its hat to Prince Harry
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January 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
"Too much of established British journalism remains an elite, closed club. Close to power & influencing it; while claiming to have none when it is scrutinised in the slightest. That it continues to get away with its ability to distort our society is one of the biggest stories & scandals of our time"
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I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.