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Declassified UK’s investigations identify roughly 180 of 650 MPs in the last parliament as having accepted funding, hospitality or trips from pro‑Israel organisations, individuals or Israeli state bod...
Craig Murray is a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who became a prominent critic of the official UK narrative about the 2018 Salisbury/ Skripal poisonings, publishing articles and blog posts th...
Major pro‑Israel lobby organisations active in the UK include Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI), Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), BICOM (British Israel Communications and Research Centre), and a net...
Just Stop Oil is not shown in available reporting to be funded by oil companies; multiple mainstream sources state its primary backers are the US-based Climate Emergency Fund and public donations, wit...
Arrest figures for people "supporting Palestine" vary widely by country, protest and definition: reported UK arrests tied to support for the proscribed group Palestine Action total at least 2,489 as o...
The answer is: complicated — the UK both supports Israel in some official and practical ways while also criticising and constraining Israeli actions. The government has repeatedly said it backs Israel...
Rwanda currently leads the world in female parliamentary representation — official Rwandan sources report 63.75% of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 50% in the Senate, and multiple international d...
Craig Murray publicly disputed the official UK account of the March 2018 Skripal poisoning by advancing several specific alternative claims: that Israel or UK state actors (including Porton Down) were...
Nigel Farage has been the subject of repeated documented allegations and official probes that raise tied to external income, gifts and donor relationships during his time as an MEP and as an MP. Recor...
Declassified UK published reporting identifying donations and paid-for trips involving large numbers of MPs and says it “revealed” a full per‑MP accounting, but the provided sources do not include a d...
The short answer: Donald Trump exhibits many characteristics associated with the contemporary far right—nativism, authoritarian populist style, and normalization of political violence in rhetoric—whil...
An investigation compiled largely from Declassified UK’s reporting finds that roughly 180 of the 650 MPs in the last parliament accepted funding, hospitality or funded trips from groups and individual...
Pro‑Israel organisations in the UK use a mix of direct donations, hospitality and funded travel to influence politicians, with investigations finding roughly 180 MPs have accepted such support worth o...
Craig Murray publicly promoted sceptical and conspiratorial accounts of the Skripal and related Salisbury cases, drawing sustained criticism from journalists and fact-checkers and leading to reputatio...
UK pro‑Israel lobbyists concentrate on shaping parliamentary opinion, bilateral ties, and public messaging — using parliamentary groups, funded trips and donations to promote strong UK‑Israel relation...
Reporting shows hundreds of UK MPs have accepted donations or paid trips from pro‑Israel groups since 1999, with investigations finding more than £280,000 in direct Labour donations from pro‑Israel do...
Declassified UK’s investigations show pro‑Israel groups, individuals and Israeli institutions have given over £1m in donations and hospitality to UK politicians since around 2020, with particular dono...
Pro‑Israel donations are documented to be widespread in Westminster and have been linked to softened political rhetoric and privileged access for pro‑Israel actors, though direct causal links to speci...