by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 13 June 2024 The man who wants to be foreign secretary is reassuring elite audiences that UK foreign policy will not seriously change under a Keir Starmer government – a strategy confirmed in Labour’s election manifesto. “Labour has been clear throughout this conflict that international law must be upheld”, David […]
Topic: DECLASSIFIED UK
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 22 May 2024 Seven years after 22 people were murdered in a terrorist atrocity at the Manchester Arena, David Cameron and MI5 continue to escape accountability for what they knew about the bomber. Will the truth about the UK secret state’s connections to the Manchester bomber ever be revealed? Not if MI5 […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 May 2024 Now the International Criminal Court is seeking to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, it must investigate his accomplices in the British government. With the ICC’s chief prosecutor issuing an application for an arrest warrant against Israel’s prime minister for “war crimes and crimes against humanity”, attention must […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 16 May 2024 Britain’s business secretary wants to strike a new trade deal with Israel amid its brutal onslaught on Gaza. The UK government, led by business secretary Kemi Badenoch, has been trying to finalise a new trade agreement with Israel throughout its invasion of Gaza. The latest – and […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 1 May 2024 Six Israeli military personnel are being trained in Britain during the genocide in Gaza, but Grant Shapps’ Ministry of Defence is refusing to provide any details about what instruction they are receiving and where they’re based. The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is refusing to give parliament […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 26 April 2024, In aiding Israel’s mass attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, Britain is implementing an agreement openly signed with Netanyahu’s far-right coalition – which has been almost entirely ignored in the UK national media. “The bilateral relationship has never been stronger”, began a landmark “Roadmap” signed by Britain and […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 18 March 2024 Britain’s foreign minister has played the lead government role in defending the indefensible – the UK’s support of Israel as it engages in the mass killing of Palestinians. Andrew Mitchell has consistently defended and apologised for Israel’s war on Gaza since it launched its brutal campaign following […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 8 March 2024 The UK’s leading liberal media outlet appears to act as a recruitment agency and public relations platform for Britain’s largest spy agency. Most of the articles the Guardian publishes about GCHQ, the UK’s largest intelligence agency, are puff pieces, our research has found. We reviewed all the paper’s 59 […]
by Mark Curtis and John McEvoy, Declassified UK, 16 February 2024 The judge set to rule on the Assange extradition case was previously paid to represent the interests of MI6 and the Ministry of Defence – whose activities WikiLeaks has exposed. One of the two High Court judges who will rule on Julian Assange’s bid […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 16 February 2024 Judge Dame Victoria Sharp’s family have attained high-level positions in the British establishment after being appointed by Conservative ministers. Dame Victoria Sharp has been announced as the High Court judge who will next week rule on Julian Assange’s bid to stop his extradition to the US. The […]