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• Aug 22, 202613x their median

  🚨🇩🇪“THIS ELECTION INTERFERENCE IS GOING TO BLOW UP.” German MEP Peter Bystron issues an extraordinary warning from inside the European Parliament. ROMANIA. SLOVAKIA. THE NETHERLANDS. FRANCE. GERMANY. Allegations of political interference are now reaching across Europe. And this is no longer a question that can simply be dismissed as politicians complaining about election results. A US congressional investigation has raised serious questions about European censorship, political speech and interference surrounding democratic processes. So I went directly into the European Parliament to investigate. The question at the heart of this investigation is simple: ARE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS PROTECTING DEMOCRACY — OR INCREASINGLY SHAPING THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH EUROPEANS ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE THEIR GOVERNMENTS? These are serious allegations. They require serious evidence. And that is exactly what I went looking for. Watch what Peter Bystron told me inside the European Parliament. This investigation goes much deeper. @PetrBystronAfD

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• Aug 21, 20269.5x their median

  🚨🇨🇦IS FOOD BECOMING ANOTHER TOOL OF CONTROL? Ted Kuntz raises an uncomfortable question about what is happening to farming and food production in Canada. After three days of hearings examining the issue, he says one phrase kept coming back: “NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE.” Not from the perspective of farmers. Not from the perspective of food production. Not from the perspective of health. So Kuntz asks the next question: If these policies don't make sense on their stated objectives, what is actually driving them? He believes that when the various developments are considered together, they point towards something much bigger — reducing our reliance on naturally produced food and protein while moving towards increasingly industrialised and lab-produced alternatives. That is his conclusion, and it deserves to be tested against the evidence. But the underlying question is enormously important. Food isn't simply another commodity. WHOEVER CONTROLS THE FOOD SUPPLY HOLDS EXTRAORDINARY POWER OVER THE POPULATION. If independent farmers disappear...If production becomes concentrated into fewer hands...If governments increasingly determine what can be produced, how it can be produced and ultimately what reaches our plates...Then food security becomes a question of national sovereignty and individual freedom. We have spent decades surrendering control of essential systems to increasingly concentrated interests. We should think very carefully before doing the same thing with the one thing none of us can live without. Ted Kuntz explains what their Canadian hearings uncovered — and why he believes we need to start connecting the dots. Watch this. @Inquiry_Canada

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• Aug 21, 20268.6x their median

  🚨🇺🇦NORD STREAM: THE STORY IS UNRAVELLING Four years after explosions ripped through the Nord Stream pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea, another Ukrainian suspect has reportedly been arrested in connection with the sabotage. And what German investigators are now alleging deserves serious attention. The man arrested in Croatia is alleged to have been one of the trained divers who planted explosives on the pipelines near Bornholm. He is not the only suspect. Another Ukrainian, Serhii K., is already in German proceedings, accused of helping coordinate the operation. But here's where this becomes much bigger than a group of rogue divers. German judicial material says Serhii K. was an officer in a special unit of the Ukrainian armed forces and found it “highly probable” that the alleged sabotage team was acting on behalf of a foreign state. Read that again. “HIGHLY PROBABLE” THEY WERE ACTING ON BEHALF OF A FOREIGN STATE. That does not establish that President Zelensky ordered the attack. It does not yet establish the precise chain of command. And Ukraine has denied state responsibility. But compare where the investigation stands today with what Europeans knew publicly in September 2022. Nord Stream — critical European energy infrastructure — was blown apart. NATO confirmed it was deliberate sabotage, but said attribution remained unresolved. The EU condemned the deliberate destruction of European energy infrastructure without identifying the perpetrator. Now German investigators are pursuing alleged Ukrainian participants, and German judicial findings have raised the possibility of state involvement. There is another extraordinary part of this story. When Poland previously arrested the Ukrainian diver now detained in Croatia, a Polish court refused to extradite him to Germany. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk subsequently made his own position unmistakably clear: “The problem with Nord Stream 2 is not that it was blown up. The problem is that it was built.” So perhaps the biggest question is no longer simply: WHO BLEW UP NORD STREAM? It is: WHAT DID WESTERN GOVERNMENTS KNOW — AND WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT? Were Western intelligence agencies aware of plans to attack the pipelines before the explosions? When did Germany first receive information pointing towards Ukrainian actors? What did Washington know? What did Poland know? And if investigators ultimately establish that people acting on behalf of a NATO-backed state destroyed critical European energy infrastructure, what are the political consequences? I'm now going back through the judicial record, intelligence warnings and government statements from 2022 onwards. Because four years later, the evidentiary picture surrounding one of the most consequential acts of infrastructure sabotage in modern European history looks very different. THIS INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER.

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• Aug 28, 20267.7x their median

  🇬🇧 SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT IS HAPPENING INSIDE BRITAIN'S NATIONAL SECURITY MACHINERY. Britain's classified WAR BOOKS are being updated. Government departments are preparing for: CYBER ATTACKS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DISRUPTION ENERGY AND WATER FAILURE DIGITAL FAILURE MAJOR NATIONAL EMERGENCIES And Britain is preparing what the Government describes as its largest home-defence exercise in decades — Exercise ALBISTON SHADOW. I'm not telling you war is coming to Britain. I'm showing you what the British Government's own documents actually say. Then you can decide whether this deserves more public attention. Watch this. ↓

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• Aug 22, 20265.0x their median

  🚨🇬🇧DIGITAL ID IS NO LONGER A WARNING. IT IS GOVERNMENT POLICY. I joined Clayton Morris on Redacted after King Charles announced the government's intention to proceed with digital ID during the King's Speech. Listen carefully to the words: “My ministers will also proceed with the introduction of digital ID that will modernise how citizens interact with public services.” For years I have warned about where centralised digital identity infrastructure could ultimately lead. Now the debate has changed. Digital ID is moving from proposal towards implementation — and the critical questions must be asked BEFORE the infrastructure becomes embedded into everyday life. Will it remain genuinely voluntary? What happens to people who refuse it? Which public services will eventually use it? What information will be connected to it? Who will have access? And, most importantly: WHAT STOPS A SYSTEM BUILT FOR “CONVENIENCE” TODAY BECOMING A SYSTEM OF CONTROL TOMORROW? Technology itself isn't the issue. The concentration of power is. Watch my discussion with Clayton Morris on Redacted. @ClaytonMorris @RedactedNews

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• Aug 27, 20264.6x their median

  🚨🇬🇧BREAKING: RUSSIA THREATENS BRITISH MILITARY TARGETS Russia has issued an extraordinary new warning to Britain. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says British military facilities and equipment inside Ukraine AND BEYOND could become targets for Russian retaliation if Ukraine uses British weapons to strike Russian territory. Moscow has also warned British citizens to consider what it calls the “inevitable catastrophic consequences” of their Government's actions. This comes after Britain agreed to provide Ukraine with classified technical information concerning British components of Storm Shadow/SCALP long-range missiles to help Ukraine develop its own production capability. This is not social-media speculation. This is an official warning from the Russian Foreign Ministry. And it comes as Britain is: rewriting its War Books; preparing its largest home-defence exercise in decades; strengthening national resilience planning; and encouraging households to prepare for serious disruption. I have spent the last several days documenting those preparations. Today's statement from Moscow makes the question behind that investigation even more important: WHAT IS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR? More to follow.

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• Aug 21, 20263.8x their median

  🚨🇬🇧BRITAIN'S FINANCES JUST DELIVERED A £1.8 BILLION WARNING TO ANDY BURNHAM The latest official figures are out this morning. And they should concern every taxpayer in Britain. The UK borrowed £1.8 BILLION in July — a month when the public finances normally benefit from a major influx of self-assessment tax receipts. Economists had expected the books to be roughly balanced. The Office for Budget Responsibility had forecast a £500 MILLION SURPLUS. Instead: £1.8 BILLION MORE BORROWING. And this happened despite the Government receiving record self-assessed income tax receipts. Why? Because government spending continued to rise faster than revenues. According to the ONS, spending on social benefits increased by around £2 billion compared with July last year, while spending on goods and services increased by another £1.2 billion. Now look at the bigger picture. During the first four months of this financial year Britain has already borrowed: £56.7 BILLION That's £2.3 billion MORE than the OBR forecast for this point in the year. And public-sector debt remains just below: £3 TRILLION. This isn't an accounting curiosity. Interest has to be paid on that debt. And ultimately the money comes from somewhere: TAXATION. BORROWING. SPENDING RESTRAINT. OR ECONOMIC GROWTH. Which brings us to Andy Burnham. Today, Britain's new Prime Minister is chairing what has been described as a “growth situation room” in Manchester as his government attempts to develop its economic strategy ahead of Chancellor John Healey's first Budget on 28 October. Burnham has promised change. He has promised investment. He has promised improvements to public services. And he has already acknowledged that the country faces serious financial constraints. But today's figures expose the problem sitting underneath those promises. HOW DOES HE PAY FOR THEM? More borrowing? Higher taxes? Spending cuts? Or can his government generate sufficient economic growth to change the equation? And there is another reason taxpayers should pay attention. Burnham has previously said people may have to pay “a little more” in tax as his government confronts spending pressures. So today's numbers aren't merely economic statistics. They form part of the backdrop to decisions that could soon affect your wages, your business, your savings and the taxes you pay. The October Budget is now becoming extremely important. Because Britain's new government faces a simple economic reality: YOU CANNOT KEEP SPENDING MONEY FASTER THAN YOU CAN RAISE IT FOREVER. Eventually somebody pays. And more often than not... it's the taxpayer.

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• Aug 22, 20263.7x their median

  🚨🇬🇧185 MIGRANT BOATS STOPPED? I CHECKED THE HOME OFFICE DATA — AND FOUND A PROBLEM The Government has announced: “FRANCE PREVENTS 185 BOATS AND 4,300 MIGRANTS REACHING UK SHORES.” It sounds impressive. But before accepting another Government headline about its supposed progress in the Channel, I checked the Home Office's own data. And there is a problem. The underlying statistic does NOT actually say: 185 BOATS PREVENTED. It says: 185 “SMALL BOAT CROSSING EVENTS” PREVENTED. That distinction matters. Because according to the Home Office's own methodology, a prevented “event” can include: — a boat prevented from departing or returned to France; — a find of general maritime equipment; — an arrest of a facilitator linked to small-boat crossings. Yet somehow 185 EVENTS became: “185 BOATS” in the Government headline. So how many of those 185 were actually boats? The published statistics don't tell us. There is no public breakdown showing how many were boats, equipment finds or facilitator arrests. Then there is the claim that 4,300 migrants were prevented. Home Office statistical guidance itself warns that attempted-entry figures can include the same individual being detected or attempting entry more than once. So we cannot simply assume this represents 4,300 different people permanently prevented from reaching Britain. And this is the wider point. THE CHANNEL CRISIS HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. Boats continue to cross. People continue to arrive. And British taxpayers continue to pour enormous sums into policies supposedly intended to tackle the problem. Now we are being presented with a headline claiming “185 boats” were prevented when the underlying published statistic actually measures 185 events — a category broad enough to include things that aren't boats at all. That isn't the transparency the British public deserves. If the Government wants these figures presented as evidence that its approach is working, then publish the full breakdown. HOW MANY OF THE 185 EVENTS WERE ACTUALLY BOATS? HOW MANY WERE EQUIPMENT FINDS? HOW MANY WERE FACILITATOR ARRESTS? HOW MANY OF THE 4,300 WERE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS? And above all: HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL REACHED BRITAIN WHILE THE GOVERNMENT WAS CLAIMING SUCCESS? Those are the numbers that matter. I have repeatedly argued that Britain's continuing inability — or unwillingness — to secure its borders demands far greater scrutiny. But whatever conclusion you reach about why this continues, one thing should be beyond dispute: THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT NEED CLEVER STATISTICAL PRESENTATION TO PROVE THAT ITS BORDER POLICY IS WORKING. If it is working, show us the complete numbers. 185 BOATS? PROVE IT. The Government's own figures are below. https://t.co/8P8XkQGLOM https://t.co/gUSVIHOGnf

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• Aug 21, 20262.9x their median

  🚨🇺🇸THE BRIEFING SENT TO JD VANCE'S OFFICE BEFORE HE CONFRONTED STARMER OVER FREE SPEECH A document has now been made public that deserves far more attention in Britain. In February 2025, ahead of Keir Starmer's visit to the White House, the Free Speech Union sent a detailed briefing to the Office of US Vice President JD Vance setting out what it described as attacks on free speech under the British government. The FSU has now published that briefing in full. And what it told Vance's office was remarkably specific. The briefing urged the US administration to challenge Britain over: The Online Safety Act. The Investigatory Powers Act. Government anti-disinformation activity. Prosecutions involving speech. Non-Crime Hate Incidents. And extraordinarily, it proposed using US-UK trade negotiations as leverage to press for a pause in further implementation of the Online Safety Act. Then came 27 February 2025. Keir Starmer walked into the White House. Sitting only feet away from him, JD Vance publicly raised the issue of British free speech. Vance said there had been: “infringements on free speech” that affected not only British people but American technology companies and, by extension, American citizens. Starmer rejected the criticism, insisting Britain had enjoyed free speech for a very long time and saying he was proud of Britain's record. But now we know something the public did not know at the time. VANCE'S OFFICE HAD BEEN BRIEFED ON BRITAIN'S FREE-SPEECH REGIME BEFORE THAT MEETING. And some of the concerns in that document overlap strikingly with what Vance subsequently raised. Now let's be precise. There is currently no public evidence that Vance personally read the briefing, and it would be wrong to claim the document caused his confrontation with Starmer. Vance was already publicly criticising restrictions on speech in Europe. But that leaves a legitimate question: WHAT DID JD VANCE KNOW BEFORE STARMER WALKED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE? Did Vance read the briefing? Did his senior staff? Did it help shape the issues subsequently raised with the British government? And did those concerns feed into later American pressure over Britain's regulation of US technology companies? Those questions matter because this isn't simply a disagreement about domestic British politics. The argument reaches into government surveillance, encrypted communications, online censorship, American technology companies and the power of the British state to regulate speech on the internet. The document is now public. The chronology is now public. And the similarities between some of what Vance's office was told and what subsequently emerged in US-UK discussions deserve scrutiny. Britain's free-speech regime wasn't merely being debated in Westminster. It had reached the White House. And now, for the first time, we can examine exactly what the Vice President's office was being told.

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• Aug 22, 20262.9x their median

  🚨🇪🇺“YES — THERE IS AN AGENDA BEHIND IT.” Hungarian politician Ádám Argyelán gives his assessment of one of the most contentious questions facing Europe: IS MASS MIGRATION SIMPLY HAPPENING — OR HAVE POLITICAL DECISIONS HELPED DRIVE IT? Argyelán makes an important distinction. People wanting to move somewhere they believe offers them a better life is entirely natural. But he argues the political question begins when Western populations are told that accepting migration on an enormous scale is necessary — while the potential consequences for housing, public services, wages, security, integration and social cohesion are pushed aside. His argument raises a much bigger question: DID EUROPE'S LEADERS EVER SERIOUSLY ASK THEIR OWN PEOPLE WHETHER MASS MIGRATION WAS THE FUTURE THEY WANTED? Or was a fundamental transformation of European society allowed to proceed without genuine democratic consent? Watch Ádám Argyelán explain why he believes what Europe is experiencing isn't simply an accidental phenomenon. @ArgyelanAdam

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