@ChrisMayLA6 Snap! Not having other social media to hand, means I do likewise. Of course we have to also consider the impartiality or otherwise of the media sources we are reading; except for the excellent #bylines teams.

Thoughtful analysis of the #Labour position on #Brexit and the upcoming book and webinar by Peter Foster, FT journalist
(Share this article from the #Bylines network) https://northeastbylines.co.uk/labour-and-brexit-the-high-cost-of-low-ambitions/

The New York Times launches “enhanced bylines,” with more information about how journalists did the reporting #2023_05_18 #nieman_lab #hanaa_tameez #featured_art #regular_post #audience_trust #bylines #new_york_times

>> https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/05/the-new-york-times-launches-enhanced-bylines-with-more-information-about-how-journalists-did-the-reporting/

my piece for @BylineTimes

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/04/03/it-is-not-who-we-are-government-hostility-towards-asylum-seekers-misreads-public-opinion/

#bylines #illegalmigrationbill

How one photographer rekindled his passion for photography to create a successful business and to help improve his mental health. Jamie Robinson
#Bylines #photography #MentalHealth
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/photography-saved-my-mental-health/

The tendency to oligopoly lies behind many of the UK’s contemporary economic problems, as the supermarket sector shows. By @ChrisMayLA6
#Bylines #Economy #Oligopoly
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/business/oligopolies-market-power-and-the-exploitation-of-the-consumer/

Merseyside has seen the return of gangland shootings. What are the underlying reasons? Will Merseyside ever see an end to gangs and guns? (By Robert Hesketh)
#Bylines #GangViolence #Merseyside
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/news/crime-and-justice/breaking-the-grip-of-gangs-guns-and-grafting-on-merseyside/

“As has been very wisely said, had Johnson been sitting in Graham Norton’s Big Red Chair, he would have been flipped very early on in the session. Yet the chair remained resolutely unflipped to the end”.
Peter Burke examines Johnson’s performance at the Parliamentary Standards and Privileges Committee.
#partygate #Johnson #Bylines
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the-big-red-chair-remained-unflipped/

The political “re-education” of journalists has been overseen by the very people who would have the BBC defunded and who are associated with climate denying. By Tom Hardy
#Bylines #BBC #BBCIMpartiality
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/tv-film-and-theatre/impartiality-in-the-bbc/

This is a great article by @phildavies1995 asking "Who should benefit from Wales’s abundance of water?"

How can it be right to supply so much of England with water yet pay the second-highest average household yearly water price in Britain at £499?
Via @BylinesCymru

#Wales #Bylines #Cymru
https://bylines.cymru/environment/welsh-waters-past-present-future/

The Dangers of the RAF’s Spitfire Nationalism

A culture of air power exceptionalism has created an environment in which the RAF can operate without fear of public scrutiny or consequence, writes Iain Overton

Via @BylineTimes

#Bylines #RAF
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/03/27/the-dangers-of-the-rafs-spitfire-nationalism/

Richard compares the monsters of today (AI and social media) with those of Jurassic Park and wonders if we should have created them. #poetry #monsters #Bylines

https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/business/technology/monsters/

The next election will be like no other in living memory. The UK is at a tipping point, economically, socially and democratically and the next election will in effect be a referendum as to what kind of country the citizens of the UK wish to live in and the sort of future they wish to create for generations to come. https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/features/brokenbritain/britain-on-the-brink/
#GE #Bylines

Will Keir Starmer’s war against the left wing of his party prove damaging to Labour’s chance of victory at the next election?

#Bylines #Starmer #Labour
https://centralbylines.co.uk/starmer-could-regret-continuing-his-war-on-the-left/

🆕 Book Festivals Spring spotlight
Sarah Smith tells us some of the best Scottish Book Festivals planned for this Spring.

#BookFestivals #bylines
https://bylines.scot/lifestyle/literature/book-festivals/book-festivals-spring-spotlight/

A letter to Keir Starmer: you need the courage to adopt a new way of doing politics. PR would place Labour within a broader cross-party community that underpins sustained economic progress, retains voter goodwill, and realises the fairer, more compassionate social agendas we urgently need.

The will to adopt PR is already here – in the other progressive parties, increasingly, amongst the UK electorate and, overwhelmingly, in Labour’s own community.
#PR #Bylines
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/electoralreform/letter-to-starmer-you-are-heading-for-a-brief-encounter-with-power/

Brexit: a very British Greek tragedy

Even previous leave voters now agree that Brexit has been a tragedy for Britain, almost on a par with the epic myths of destruction from Ancient Greece.

#BrexitBrokeBritain #Brexit #Bylines

https://centralbylines.co.uk/brexit-a-very-british-greek-tragedy/

Does Lee Anderson believe the Tory party's future in office can be secured by fighting a war on woke?

Via @WEBylines

#LeeAnderson #Woke #Tory #Bylines
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/lee-anderson-the-future-face-of-the-conservative-party

Join the debate: PR is the first step to mend our broken politics.
#Oxford #MVM #PR. #Bylines

Ben Watters reminds us that the new deputy chair of the Conservative Party is a man whose current controversial views should come as no surprise to us once we look back on his history.
#30pLee #conservatives #Bylines
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/lee-anderson-the-future-face-of-the-conservative-party/