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Author: Adam Bienkov
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‘When the Herd Moves’: Britain’s Pro-Farage Press Finally Turns Against Reform
In an industry that tends to bend towards power rather than against it, the recent media pivot against Nigel Farage is less surprising than it at first appears, writes Adam Bienkov
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Turning the Tide on the Rage Wave? Nigel Farage’s Explicit Politics of Race and Violence Could Cost Him
Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election indicates that a ‘politics of hope’ may yet be possible to counterweight the far-right normalisation now found in the mainstream, writes Adam Bienkov
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Sadiq Khan: ‘I recognise I’m clickbait being monetised in this outrage economy’
The Labour Mayor of London spoke to Adam Bienkov about how 10 years of rising algorithmic online hate has put his own safety at risk and ‘put a target’ on the capital’s back
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Blue Labour Crashes Into a Green Wall
The historic losses suffered by Keir Starmer’s party in this month’s local elections have finally exposed the flawed approach of abandoning its progressive base to appeal to Reform UK voters, writes Adam Bienkov
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The ‘Seesaw’ of Change Redefining UK Politics
We were in Greater Manchester chatting to a couple of women,” says Luke Tryl, whose organisation More in Common has spent the past 10 years speaking to voters about what is driving our national politics.
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The Epstein Files Reveal the‘Plot to Topple’ Theresa May
Far-right former Trump advisor Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein worked with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage to “overthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK, newly released messages in the Epstein Files show.
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As Another Brick Is Laid in the Green Wall, a New ‘Silent Majority’ Emerges
‘We’re building a Green wall,” a senior source in Zack Polanski’s party told Byline Times at the start of this year, predicting it would soon “reach a crossover” with Labour in the polls.
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The Downfall of Peter Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney Offers a Chink of Light for Keir Starmer
The Prime Minister went against his own instincts by deferring so heavily to his former chief advisor – he now has a chance to offer the ‘government of service’ he promised. Adam Bienkov reports
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Building the Green Wall
Adam Bienkov speaks to Labour and Green Party insiders about how the Starmer Government’s strategy has helped create a potentially new oppositional force to both itself and Reform UK
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‘Lies’ and the Lobby
The Socially Exclusive World of Political Journalism that Continues to Distort the National News Agenda
