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Adam Bienkov

@adambienkov.bsky.social

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Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 馃摡Adam@bylinetimes.com Subscribe to my Substack 猬囷笍 https://www.adambienkov.co.uk

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Adam Bienkov路Oct 17

To all the newly-arrived Twitter refugees, I've created a starter pack of UK political journalists, experts, commentators and politicos to follow here go.bsky.app/2CwmVfN

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Adam Bienkov路Aug 26

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

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Adam Bienkov路Sep 11

Charlie Kirk was killed for saying things "that used to be simple common sense," says Boris Johnson. Here's a few of those things

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The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own

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Adam Bienkov路7h

Just perfect

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Adam Bienkov路3d

The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like

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Adam Bienkov路4d

The Labour Party are now polling on average ten points higher under Andy Burnham than they were at the turn of the year under Keir Starmer. Reform are polling on average eight points lower than they were this time last year.

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Adam Bienkov路4d

On LBC talking about Kemi Badenoch's banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social from Conservative conference after calling such bans of journalists by Reform UK "authoritarian" and an assault on free speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps4T...

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Adam Bienkov路4d

Was just on LBC with @mrjamesob.bsky.social to discuss Kemi Badenoch's banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social from attending Conservative conference after calling such bans by Reform "authoritarian" and an assault on free speech bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...

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Adam Bienkov路5d

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

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Adam Bienkov路6d

Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference

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Adam Bienkov路6d

Despite all the talk about him being 'Starmer with a Northern accent,' Andy Burnham's conference speech suggests he is set to be a very different prime minister from his predecesssor bylinetimes.com/2026/09/29/a...

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Adam Bienkov路Sep 28

"We deserve to be told the truth..."

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