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    2 hours ago

    Our new website launches tomorrow, with a week of revelations and our AMA with Chomsky on Weds at 6pm. It's two years since we established. Thanks to all our public supporters and independent trust funders, we're moving to another level. Join us!

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  2. 45 minutes ago

    Last year the MOD blacklisted us and its chief media officer said we were a "hostile website, rather than a proper news organisation". The defence secretary ordered a review and apologised Journalists not annoying the establishment are not journalists

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    Sep 7

    We will be joined by Noam Chomsky on Wednesday 22nd @ 6pm to discuss the UK/US special relationship following the defeat in , and the catastrophic interventions in , and . Get your free invite now -

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    Sep 15

    Watch the moment we challenge defence secretary Ben Wallace over the Saudi killing of Jamal Khashoggi, as he chats with Saudi arms dealers at the London arms fair.

    Ben Wallace with Saudis at
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  5. 5 hours ago

    We're growing a community of people informed about the UKs role in the world - to combat being uninformed or misinformed, by the national media. Stay informed and make sure you never miss an article, with our fortnightly catch up and monthly newsletter.

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  6. 20 hours ago

    ICYMI -- and managed to get inside the London arms fair and found corporations linked to civilian deaths all around.

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  7. 23 hours ago

    DCUK is publishing EXCLUSIVE content on the UK’s role in the world, that the mainstream media are not. No one else is investigating the government’s ‘security’ and foreign policies like we are. Support our work and help us inform more people.

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  8. Sep 18

    Labour's shadow defence minister, , backed the world's largest arms fair in London and praised UK "defence industry". Check our timeline for our eyewitness coverage of the arms corporations linked to civilian deaths in Yemen, Palestine and Nigeria who exhibited.

    Over the past couple of months I have met so many people over zoom from the defence industry. It was great to meet so many familiar faces in person today at . Thank you to for organising a fascinating day
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  9. Sep 17

    ICYMI -- The UK exported £11bn worth of arms in 2019 and it's a fiction to think it applies real controls on them. Britain routinely arms human rights abusers, violating domestic law with no repercussions. By and Alexandra Smidman

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    Sep 17

    "The missiles are well-polished, sparkling under the strip lights attached to the ceiling. Men in expensive suits, perfectly coiffured, stand next to them and talk with prospective buyers. Their teeth flash: perfect white, glistening under the lights."

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    Sep 17

    NEW -- Inside the world’s largest arms fair in the heart of London by and We get inside and find corporations complicit in the deaths of civilians, as we question the UK defence secretary over UK support to the Saudis.

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  12. Sep 17

    The world's largest arms fair has now ended, having been subject to virtually no UK press coverage, and still less any substantive critical reporting. We'll continue to monitor UK arms deals and inform you where others don't. Thanks to our followers for your support.

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    Sep 15

    Raytheon's missiles - which are part-made in Scotland - have killed civilians in Yemen. The company is today exhibiting its arms at the London arms fair. The firm's UK operation is chaired by Conservative peer Lord Strathclyde.

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    Sep 16

    Here is Labour's shadow defence minister, , being thanked by Lockheed Martin UK chief executive for flying its F-35 warplane simulator at the London arms fair. Lockheed's missiles have killed civilians in Yemen.

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  15. Sep 17

    Here's how the "defence and political correspondent" of the Daily Telegraph, , is reporting the world's largest arms fair. Such "cool news". For actual journalism, follow us.

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    Sep 17

    please support 's work: they are trying to build a new media environment in UK. Proud to be one of their advisers

    We can't continue with our critical investigative journalism on our own. We need your help. We run on just 0.08% of the Guardian's budget! Please help us from as little as £2/month or £20/year.
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    Sep 17

    And follow/ support - one of the only outlets doing serious fact-based reporting, while the rest of the media circles around the drain.

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    Sep 16

    There were Saudi TV channels filming while this happened, but funnily enough they didn't broadcast it. Also a Saudi air force officer was trying to elbow me out the way

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    We asked defence secretary Ben Wallace why he's still dealing with the Saudis after they murdered a journalist. This was his response.
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  19. Sep 17

    The UK does not export enough arms, defence secretary Ben Wallace tells the London arms fair -- "Our Defence sector must do more to prioritise its exports. We must become even more competitive on the global stage".

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  20. Sep 17

    The government tells parliament: "there is no complete assessment of the [UK] matériel and equipment ... which are now in the hands of the Taliban". The "vast majority" of equipment previously provided to Afghan security forces was "non-lethal".

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