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Sep 27, 2023 18 tweets 6 min read
🔴 For those asking for a thread on our Wootton investigations that have been published over the last two months, the archive is here, but now follows a thread on each one 1/18 @TomLatchem and @danevanswrite broke the first #MediaToo story in mid-July after a three year investigation about how 'GB News Star Dan Wootton Unmasked in Cash-for-Sexual Images Catfishing Scandal' 2/18bylinetimes.com/2023/07/17/gb-…
Jul 21, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING THREAD: Dan Wootton tonight crowdfunded for legal fees as he faces a series of allegations made by Byline Times he sent a message to dozens of celebrity contacts book begging for them to contribute - including at least one of those he is alleged to have catfished In a round-robin message, Wotton wrote: "This has been the worst week of my life, but I have to fight these disgusting smears against me. I wouldn't ask for your help unless I was desperately in need.
Mar 16, 2023 8 tweets 5 min read
“A small segment of society dines on the wealth of a nation”.

Bullingdon Club Britain by @WrightsBright gets to the core of British corruption and inequality. The first 500 are signed! Pre-order your copy now:

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/bullin… “Conveys the moral stench of the Johnson era in all its horror.”
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Dec 24, 2021 13 tweets 5 min read
The Byline Intelligence Team Highlights 2021:

12 Tweets of @BylineBITE/@allthecitizens
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This year we've uncovered crony contracts, Whitehall parties, police misbehaviour, gender inequality, dug into asylum data and much more. Here are 12 of our winter BITEs… 1. First up - our agenda-setting investigations into Covid-19 contracts revealed how the UK's outsourcing of Covid response has cost more than the GDP of 140 countries.
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Apr 17, 2021 8 tweets 5 min read
Both Stephen Pollard, editor of the Jewish Chronicle, and Douglas Murray have left up Tweets claiming @NafeezAhmed’s investigation of new Commissioner for Counter Extremism is an “Islamist smear” & “Conspiracist Pap”. Why have they done this? bylinetimes.com/2021/04/13/new… Could it be due to our investigations of them and their associates?

Stephen Pollard’s paper is now run by consortium including Sir Robbie Gibb who also was an early founder of GBNews. We’ve been looking at their close ties to media and Government bylinetimes.com/2021/02/10/gb-…
Mar 19, 2021 22 tweets 13 min read
We're delighted to announce that we are publishing the first book by @kyletaylor – founder and director of @fairvoteuk – The Little Black Book of Data and Democracy. Pre-order a copy at littleblackdatabook.com Image Tune in at 7pm tonight to the @BylineTV show to hear @kyletaylor, @DawnButlerBrent and @JesseLehrich chatting about the book
Mar 11, 2021 16 tweets 5 min read
Today @OborneTweets released fifteen selected false statements made by Boris Johnson and his cabinet which he sent five weeks ago to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Here they are, with a reminder of the Ministerial Code 1/15 bylinetimes.com/2021/03/11/a-s… 2/15 Murder Rates in London
Nov 18, 2020 22 tweets 9 min read
Lots of journalists are now (finally) waking up to the Great Procurement Scandal.

We have been covering this subject for months, and if you've been shocked by the stories of the past few days, wait until you read this thread... 🔽🔽
subscribe.bylinetimes.com 😷 A company with no employees or trading history awarded a £25m contract to supply PPE

(📅 2 July - H/t @StephenD_)
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Jul 13, 2020 11 tweets 3 min read
THREAD The Government's Ten Biggest Coronavirus Lies Unmasked 👇

There's a wealth of choice, but @StephenColegra1 and @peterjukes have come up with their list of worst COVID-19 whoppers. Do add your own at the end of the thread 1/11 Lie 1: The Government Never Pursued Herd Immunity’
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May 27, 2020 12 tweets 7 min read
SPOTLIGHT ▶️ #DominicCummings

WHO IS DOMINIC CUMMINGS?

Do the early years of the Prime Minister's chief advisor explain his disruptive career and ultimate motives?

bylinetimes.com/2020/01/09/the… SPOTLIGHT ▶️ #DominicCummings

THE PROJECT OF PARADOXES

"At the heart of the Dominic Cummings story lies a great big paradox encircled by a burning ring of double standards"

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