The U.K.’s global influence is routinely seen as benign, writes Mark Curtis. Only occasionally does a more accurate picture emerge.
The Guardian Misinforms on UK Role in World
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The British Cabal Behind a Gulf Dictatorship
Senior figures in the British establishment have secretly served as “privy councillors” to a highly repressive dictatorship in the Gulf state of Oman, Phil Miller reports.
‘Power to the Platform:’ The Tactics of Airbnb & Uber
Britain Must Learn from Burma Bloodbath
Diplomats should think hard about why their policy of aiding and trading with the regime went so wrong, write Phil Miller and Matt Kennard.
Long Live the Monarchy! And So They Do
We Only Notice When a Royal Dies
Jonathan Cook says the wall-to-wall propaganda surrounding the death of Prince Philip may look exceptional but is in fact entirely routine.
A Manchester United for a More Equal Metropolis
Sam Pizzigati says the British urban center has just delivered what egalitarians worldwide have sorely needed in the face of this pandemic.
In WWII British Special Forces Were More Transparent Than Today
Researchers have unearthed long-forgotten ministerial statements to show how Whitehall’s culture of secrecy deepened in the late 1980s, Murray Jones and Phil Miller report.
The UK Military’s Secrecy Problem
Richard Norton-Taylor says a new book illustrates how the military establishment tries to censor, bully and threaten publishers and journalists.
COVID-19: Greed Drove Big Pharma Companies to Privatize Vaccines
The AstraZeneca jab was actually developed by scientists from a publicly-funded institution, writes Nick Dearden in a retort to comments by Boris Johnson.