#YorkshireBylines
My latest article for @yorkshirebylines is on the dangerous fragility of a global economy run in the interests of a few ultra rich licence and resource owners. The chances of another 2008 crash are high and the ability to survive it very low.
The rule of oligarchs threatens us all, but we can fight back

The irresponsible rich are bringing us to the very brink of economic and environmental disaster – they must be controlled

By Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
The rule of oligarchs threatens us all, but we can fight back
The irresponsible rich are bringing us to the very brink of economic and environmental disaster – they must be controlled
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
So proud of #YorkshireBylines today, #Yorkshire’s latest great innovation: co-creative independent citizen journalism. We are crowd funded to produce high quality, edited, fact checked journalism. Looking forward to celebrating our first decade in 2030! 🥂🍻
#HappybirthdayYorkshireBylines.

The first of our 10 publications launched five years ago today. Here's editor in chief Louise Houghton to tell you all about it.

Help @BylinesNetwork celebrate five years of speaking #TruthToPower - send @YorksBylines a birthday wish today. 1/2
April 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
By Anthony Robinson
(Read full article)
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
#YorkshireBylines
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Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’
Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain.
by our chair #SueWilson MBE in
#YorkshireBylines
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Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’
Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
After two weeks the US thought it had everything under control in Iraq twice, Libya and Afghanistan. Trump's Iran war is even less well thought out with even worse long lasting consequences. Sort it out on your own Donald
@yorkshirebylines
Iran: the long-term impact of a reckless war

History shows America’s wars are never over quickly. Can Britain protect itself from the inevitable consequences this time?

By Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
Iran: the long-term impact of a reckless war
History shows America’s wars are never over quickly. Can Britain protect itself from the inevitable consequences this time?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Yorkshire Bylines, founded on 15th April 2020, passionately represents the communities of North, West, East Riding, and South Yorkshire. They bring local stories to the forefront, amplifying the voices that make Yorkshire a vibrant and diverse region. 📰✨ @yorksbylines.bsky.social #YorkshireBylines
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Nurturing democracy through not-for-profit citizen journalism
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December 2, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Paul reading out my *story* last night 😊
#LookNorth
#PeterLevy

ps Happy Birthday 🥳 @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Trump’s authoritarian threat to Europe and the UK
No room for complacency: the signs are that US authoritarianism will spread here – and we must be prepare
by #HelenJohnston #BremainInSpain in #YorkshireBylines
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tru...
Trump’s authoritarian threat to Europe and the UK
No room for complacency: the signs are that US authoritarianism will spread here – and we must be prepared
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Brexit 10 years on: the UK needs a bigger European ambition
Ten years after Brexit, Europe is reshaping itself around security and enlargement while Britain risks being left behind
#ProfessorJulietLodge
#YorkshireBylines
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Brexit 10 years on: the UK needs a bigger European ambition
Ten years after Brexit, Europe is reshaping itself around security and enlargement while Britain risks being left behind
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 20, 2026 at 6:48 PM
"It’s not you, it’s not the economy: it’s him
Sir Keir Starmer should drop the pretence that the UK-Europe relationship is only about trade and economics: it’s much deeper than that."
#ProfessorJulietLodge
#YorkshireBylines
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/its...
It’s not you, it’s not the economy: it’s him
Sir Keir Starmer should drop the pretence that the UK-Europe relationship is only about trade and economics: it’s much deeper than that
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
The UK is getting it wrong on immigration – that must change
A new report highlights that there is another way possible on immigration that will benefit everyone
#SueWilsonMBE Chair of #BremainInSpain in #YorkshireBylines
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The UK is getting it wrong on immigration – that must change
A new report highlights that there is another way possible on immigration that will benefit everyone
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
December 2, 2024 at 9:29 PM
"Catastrophe in Libya made 50 times more likely by climate breakdown" by Brian McHugh for #YorkshireBylines: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Catastrophe in Libya made 50 times more likely by climate breakdown
New report confirms that astronomical death toll in Libya is largely due to human-caused global warming
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 19, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Trump’s war is a mistake he must own in isolation
Sometimes a memorandum adds to understanding; at others one may prove to be more of a memorandum of misunderstanding
#YorkshireBylines
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Trump’s war is a mistake he must own in isolation
Sometimes a memorandum adds to understanding; at others one may prove to be more of a memorandum of misunderstanding
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
🙏🙌 @yorkshirebylines
“If we can afford not to have a wealth tax, not to equalise capital gains, or draw on the excess profits of corporate greed; then we can afford PIP.”

Labour MP Rachael Maskell gave a passionate and emotive speech at the welfare bill debate in commons this afternoon. Watch the clip 🎬
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A truly excellent article from Lisa Burton, vice chair of Bremain In Spain and member of the national council of European Movement UK, writing for #YorkshireBylines.
#BestOfBylines
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BEST OF BYLINES: How Reform UK’s ‘family friendly’ agenda threatens women and girls
With Reform UK still polling highly, we take a hard look at what the party’s politics could mean for abortion, contraception and motherhood
bylinesnetwork.substack.com
March 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM
@yorkshirebylines is brilliant.
January 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Nigel Farage is outraged! The cause of his latest indignation? A decision by the “PC mad, loony” BoE to remove historical figures from British banknotes, replacing them with British wildlife. A decision, Farage claims, that is the very “definition of woke”.
#SueWilsonMBE in the #YorkshireBylines
Banknote redesign has the usual suspects in a a flap
The Bank of England’s proposals to feature wildlife on banknotes have been met with dismay in some quarters
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 30, 2026 at 8:27 PM
"Current European heatwave virtually impossible without human-induced carbon pollution" [and models may be underestimating] by Brian McHugh for #YorkshireBylines: https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/current-european-heatwave-virtually-impossible-without-human-induced-carbon-pollution/
Current European heatwave virtually impossible without human-induced carbon pollution
Greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation have made the July heatwaves much hotter than is natural
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 25, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Banknote redesign has the usual suspects in a a flap
The Bank of England’s proposals to feature wildlife on banknotes have been met with dismay in some quarters
By #SueWilsonMBE chair of Bremain in Spain in #YorkshireBylines
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/bank...
Banknote redesign has the usual suspects in a a flap
The Bank of England’s proposals to feature wildlife on banknotes have been met with dismay in some quarters
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
EU crisis in housing has a “dangerous triple impact”: threatening people's fundamental rights, undermining competitiveness, and undermining trust in democracy. Member states are responsible for housing but shd the EU help? @yorkshirebylines
October 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The latest article by our chair @suewilson91.bsky.social in #Yorkshirebylines
"Social care could be the start of a new politics
Can Andy Burnham's call for cross-party cooperation on social care usher in a new kind of politics?"
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/con...
Social care could be the start of a new politics
Can Andy Burnham's call for cross-party cooperation on social care usher in a new kind of politics?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Take another look at that oft derided vegetable with this ruby red recipe for Beetroot Chutney. Thanks to @yorkshirebylines yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/food...
Beetroot finds its groove
Meryl White shares her recipe to transform an overlooked root vegetable into a delicious chutney
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
My last contribution to @bylinetimes.bsky.social via #YorkshireBylines concerning similar electoral issues plaguing both the US and UK; the people demand better representation - even as certain political parties like things more or less how they are.
Electoral reform: hard truths for politicians, a democratic necessity for voters
Conservatives in the UK and the US are facing the implications of electoral reform. It’s not good news for them but it is for voters
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 22, 2023 at 2:41 PM