‘I had heard rumours about MOD waste. What I saw was jarring’ The failed Watchkeeper drone programme isn’t an abnormality, but typical of the incompetence I saw for years as a defence contractor

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By former defence contractor

The failed Watchkeeper drone programme isn’t an abnormality, but typical of the incompetence I saw for years as a defence contractor

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UK arms trade: A trifecta of everything that's wrong Declassified’s latest investigation into UK arms exports to Israel left me shaking my head and shouting at the screen. Here’s why.

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Glad you found it interesting!

Thank you James and Sam and the @lrb.co.uk for a stimulating conversation!

🚨BREAKING: The High Court has just ruled the ban on Palestine Action to be UNLAWFUL.

Turns out opposing genocide ISN'T terrorism.

BREAKING - WE HAVE WON!

Following a successful Judicial Review brought by Huda Ammori, and a sustained campaign of defiance by defend our juries leading to almost 3,000 ‘terror’ arrests, the ban on Palestine Action has been ruled unlawful in the courts.

The Pentagon's AI Surge is a Reckless, Unviable Defense Strategy The US Pentagon has gone all in on artificial intelligence as AI takes a more central role in Washington's defense planning.

The Pentagon says AI is the future of U.S. military dominance. History says otherwise.

In a new piece at @inkstickmedia.com, William Hartung and I unpack the rush to roll out military AI at “wartime speed,” and why sidelining oversight should worry us all.

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Morgan McSweeney has resigned

Lots of reasons for it but among them is our revelation on Thursday evening that McSweeney’s think tank paid a PR firm to investigate journalists.

McSweeney was across that decision.

Still so many questions to answer about it

Ilan Pappe to give #BISA2026 public lecture on Gaza as an epicentre The #BISA2026 conference in Brighton will commence with a lecture given by Professor Ilan Pappe.

Ilan Pappe to give #BISA2026 public lecture! 🎉

‘Gaza as an epicentre - the breakdown of the international order’ trying to provide an explanation why the events in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 unsettled the international order 🌍

Space is limited so register now! 👉 https://ow.ly/qhIf50Y4lfY

Nor are we surprised that many male colleagues will continue to insist that sex, gender and race are irrelevant to politics

The fabulous @declassifieduk.org team in action! Great to hear them talk first hand about their work

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The Revealing Tidbits Buried in Defense Contractors' Local Records Here’s some gems about Northrop Grumman's fire equipment, RTX's ethics and Anduril's wildlife challenges I discovered in public records last year.

@tkbarnes.bsky.social is a superb journalist: and I love this latest post of revealing tidbits. I agree that "every day is a day to report on and read about the people and places tied up in the $1 trillion Pentagon budget"! inkstick.substack.com/p/the-reveal...

Rights groups slam UK pledge to resume Israel arms sales Business Secretary Peter Kyle indicated that the government could resume arms sales and restart trade talks if it enters the second phase of the ceasefire.

UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle indicated that the government could resume arms sales with Israel and restart trade talks if it enters the second phase of the ceasefire 👇

Fake it ’till you make it: How an SA arms company built UAE armoured vehicles The UAE is selling well-equipped armoured vehicles to African states under a ‘Made in Emirates’ label. But documents from a whistleblower show that these are South African-designed vehicles built by t...

Brilliant research from Open Secrets in South Africa: UAE selling armoured vehicles to Sudan, DRC, as 'made in the UAE' but actually South African-designed, built by South African engineers using South African parts, in Emirati free zones - www.opensecrets.org.za/how-an-sa-ar...

British-made weapons were used by the US to attack Venezuela on 3rd January.

Starmer, instead of condemning these violations of international law, cheered it on.

Shameful.

Thanks to @pollypw.bsky.social and Judith Koch for this conversation! Great to talk all things arms trade for an hour.

How you manufacture consent.

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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.

🧵Collection of concerns expressed about US actions in #Venezuela today (Jan 3, 2026) -- from Congress, civil society, and others.
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LIVE UPDATES: Zarah Sultana rushes to HMP Bronzefield for dying hunger striker At 2am on Wednesday 17 December, Zarah Sultana went to HMP Bronzefield after it refused to call 999 for a dying hunger strike prisoner

It's terrifying that today might be the day a hunger striker dies - allowed to die by the state, for demanding a fair trial: www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Inside the Campaign to Block Israel’s War Ships Podcast Episode · Things That Go Boom · 01/12/2025 · 43m

This, with Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah, looks amazing. Can’t wait to listen. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Disciplining dissent: UK universities, the arms industry, and protest Laura Shewan, SGR, describes the increasingly close relationship between the military-industrial complex and the academic sector in Britain. She also highlights the increasing antagonism of university...

SGR’s campaigner Laura Shewan documents how UK universities are clamping down on student protests while deepening ties with the arms industry.

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