The greenhouse gas emissions produced by the UK military and its supply chain are up to 11 times higher than admitted by the Ministry of Defence, which has produced a ‘pattern of flawed reporting’ on its environmental impacts, new research carried out for Declassified UK has found.
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Revelations about UK covert operations in Syria challenge media narratives on the war
by MARK CURTIS | 18 May 2020
TAGGED: Aid, Syria, terrorism
Newly-discovered documents show how UK covert operations in Syria helped ‘shape perceptions’ of the war. The British government effectively ran Syrian opposition groups’ media offices and created publicity material aimed at Syrian and UK audiences, challenging the idea the UK has played a small role in the conflict.
Revealed: How Britain’s profiteering spymasters ignored the country’s biggest threats like coronavirus—and endangered the public
by MARK CURTIS | 7 May 2020
TAGGED: BP, Coronavirus, GCHQ, MI5, MI6
There is money and power in identifying Russia and cyber attacks as the key security threats facing Britain — but not in addressing the more important issues of pandemics and climate change. Former UK intelligence chiefs are personally profiting from the ‘revolving door’ between government and business, and the public is paying the price.
British ministers, complicit in millions of deaths since 1945, won’t face justice over coronavirus
by MARK CURTIS | 2 May 2020
TAGGED: Coronavirus
The UK government’s failure to provide protective equipment to all health staff treating coronavirus victims prompts questions over whether ministers are legally culpable for failing to prevent deaths. But ministers routinely act with impunity and every prime minister since 1945 has been complicit in deaths abroad.
How Britain’s Labour government facilitated the massacre of Biafrans in Nigeria – to protect its oil interests
by MARK CURTIS | 29 April 2020
TAGGED: Declassified files, Nigeria
On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Biafran war, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in the late 1960s, declassified British files show that Harold Wilson’s government secretly armed and backed Nigeria’s aggression against the secessionist region.
The UK will spend over £350bn on extravagant military projects while failing to ensure national health security
by MARK CURTIS | 25 March 2020
TAGGED: Coronavirus, Nuclear
New analysis shows that Britain plans to spend hundreds of billions of pounds on expensive military projects while the UK’s under-funded public health system struggles to address pandemics such as Covid-19.
How the UK press supports the British military and intelligence establishment
by MARK CURTIS | 11 March 2020
TAGGED: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, US, Yemen
How the UK press is misinforming the public about Britain’s role in the world
by MARK CURTIS | 9 March 2020
TAGGED: Egypt, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
Britain’s national press consistently portrays Britain as a supporter of noble objectives such as human rights and democracy. The extraordinary extent to which the public is being misinformed about the UK’s foreign and military policies is revealed in new statistical research by Declassified UK.
UK minister who approved Trump’s request to extradite Assange spoke at secretive US conferences with people calling for him to be “neutralized”
by MARK CURTIS | 22 February 2020
TAGGED: Assange
REVEALED: Chief magistrate in Assange case received financial benefits from secretive partner organisations of UK Foreign Office
by MARK CURTIS | 21 February 2020
TAGGED: Assange