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Richard NortonTaylor

@nortontaylor

Former Guardian defence/ security editor, writer of 'Tribunal Plays', on Liberty's Policy Council and Board of DeclassifiedUK, author of The State of Secrecy.

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Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Guardian has not published a single word about arrest of journalists Richard Medhurst and Sarah Wilkinson under the Terrorism Act this past fortnight. The paper has also never mentioned the detention of journalists Craig Murray and Kit Klarenberg by UK counter-terror police.

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YouTube has age restricted our most recent interview about UK arms sales to Israel. This will massively reduce the video's audience, effectively censoring us. What is YouTube concerned about? Watch the interview here πŸ‘‡ youtu.be/COZtzdlVuEA?si…

alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an extraordinary claim by a former Home Office minister. Which special forces? How many have they murdered? Hope journalists in Birmingham will be pressing him for answers...

Mark Curtis (@markcurtis30) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The extreme right is having a meltdown over the fact the UK might in 99 years have to give up running a military base on territory acquired after defeating Napoleon, illegally dismembered in 1960s to create that base and which it’s allowed CIA to use in secret kidnapping/bombing.

The extreme right is having a meltdown over the fact the UK might in 99 years have to give up running a military base on territory acquired after defeating Napoleon, illegally dismembered in 1960s to create that base and which it’s allowed CIA to use in secret kidnapping/bombing.
Andrew Neil (@afneil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If Israel destroys Iran’s oil facilities on Kharg Island β€” its only oil export infrastructure β€” which generate 70% of the Tehran regime’s revenues, there are fears Iran will hit Arab oil facilities in the Gulf or try to close the Straits of Hormuz. But Iran’s great ally in the

Tim Shipman (@shippersunbound) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I agree. A lot of us who did not venture far enough in 2016 got the referendum wrong. I try to sit in focus groups to hear from people with very different lives. Bluntly, I don’t think enough hacks do this. It amazes me how little some journalists understand their own country

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Once upon a time the fourth estate stood outside power and held it to account. Now they’re in the room to oblige with the photo-opportunities. Photo proudly appears in Murdoch’s own NY Post

Once upon a time the fourth estate stood outside power and held it to account. Now they’re in the room to oblige with the photo-opportunities. Photo proudly appears in Murdoch’s own NY Post
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RIP Oleg Gordievskyβ€”spymaster, defector, hero. πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Smuggled out of the USSR in the trunk of a car, he warned the West just how close we were to nuclear war. A legend who truly changed history. πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ #spy #doubleagent #MI6 #ColdWar #SpyLegend #espionage theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…