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Historian/journalist on UK foreign policy. Editor . Books: Secret Affairs, Web of Deceit, Unpeople, The Great Deception, Ambiguities of Power

Oxford, England
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    Apr 20

    Whitehall has "reserved the right" to bomb or fight anywhere it wants for 300 years. What would the world look like if every state in the world behaved like the UK?

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  2. 18 minutes ago

    How much time have you got, ?

    What are good and important stories being ignored by media? Go!
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    4 hours ago

    The enemy of your enemy is not my friend. We must hold all human rights abusers to account, everywhere.

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  4. 4 hours ago

    À tous mes lecteurs, amis et parents en France, puis-je simplement profiter de cette occasion pour m'excuser pour les connards militaristes qui dirigent le Royaume-Uni. Ils ne représentent pas ni moi ni nous.

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    11 hours ago

    UK FOI process is broken, exhibit 25,327: - Six months ago I asked for details of 5 airstrikes in which civilians were allegedly killed. It was rejected on account of size. - I reduced it to 3 airstrikes. Same again - So I asked about just ONE strike. The response:

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    9 hours ago

    Looking forward to my "celtic short film" (it was shot in Newquay) for being shown at this month. We are currently working on a follow up to the story as more evidence emerges

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    How right you are

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  8. Retweeted
    May 5

    If an independent Scotland decided to scrap nuclear weapons - currently based at Faslane - where would the London government seek to move them?

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  9. May 5

    Whitehall is intensely relaxed about illegal occupations and constant abuses. Well, it did write the textbook for the modern era.

    Great to meet to talk about UK Israel £5bn trading relationship. We have signed a continuity FTA with Israel and we want to go further in a new free trade agreement in areas including tech, digital and data. 🇬🇧🇮🇱
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    May 5

    As pro-independence parties are poised to secure a significant majority at the Scottish parliament elections, we asked Scottish politicians, campaigners and thinkers for their views on nuclear weapons, Russia, China, the arms trade and human rights.

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    May 5

    ‘The tail wagging the dog’: How Scottish independence could transform British foreign policy By With elections tomorrow, Declassified explores how Scotland could forge a radically different foreign policy from the rest of the UK.

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    May 4

    Poll -- Ahead of Scottish elections on Thursday, do you think an independent Scotland would pursue a better, more progressive foreign policy than the UK? Please retweet after voting

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  13. May 4

    MOD says read the Times to find out how the military is doing. The state and media in perfect symmetry - exactly the problem.

    📖Check out this recent article to find out how the UK contingent of is getting on👇 Operating in intense heat is commonplace for UK troops helping to secure long lasting peace in Mali 🇬🇧🇲🇱🇺🇳
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  14. May 4

    A reminder that the Guardian played a key role in destroying the only leader who might have tackled this. It produces such articles now to please its liberal base, and increase its funding, knowing the prospects for serious change in the UK are over - thanks partly to it.

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    May 3

    For months I've tried to secure a video-meeting between a group of MPs and Julian Assange, in jail in the UK because the US wants him extradited for exposing war crimes. The UK authorities have prevented this Today on World Press Freedom Day they should permit this to go ahead.

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  16. May 4

    UK media continue to do a wonderful job of not disturbing the public with the troubling news that their government has for the last few years been stepping up its support of apartheid Israel.

    The Integrated Review illustrates the UK’s ambition for greater cooperation between UK 🇬🇧 and Israel 🇮🇱 across a range of sectors, including technology and security. Today I met and of to discuss this and other important issues.
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  17. May 4

    The UK needs a massive Full Fact service to impartially refute the lies and falsehoods told by the corporate media, IMO. Current regulator IPSO is useless: the media currently misleads with impunity (like the govt). Progressive funders should back it.

    This article in Wednesday's Daily Telegraph uses a few sources. The study it mentions didn’t look at social media use and the academics quoted in the article explain it's a complex picture. But you wouldn't know it from the headline. 📒 Our factcheck 👉
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  18. May 4

    According to this poll, 45% of people in the UK have a great deal or a lot of trust in TV news - which is the absolute worst end of UK journalism when it comes to covering this country's role in the world. Highlights what we're up against to help create an informed public.

    How much do Britons trust the following institutions? Trust is highest for the medical system, military, and police, and lowest for social media as well as online and print media.
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  19. May 4

    Raab lied: "We support journalists who are trying to shine a light on ... abuses around the world".

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  20. May 3

    ... and the UK also invited Brunei, the chair of Asean, which legalises death by stoning and whose dictator is kept in power by the British army.

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  21. May 2

    It's easy to investigate and write the truth as a journalist in the UK. In numerous other countries, you risk your life. Respect to journalists around the world seeking the truth. Shame on those UK corporate 'journalists' for failing to even try, even when the costs are so low.

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    2/.  is a day to remember journalists who've been harassed, intimidated, jailed or even killed 32 were killed in 2020 But it’s also a day to take strength The truth is powerful It’s why they fear it It’s why they try to silence it
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