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Did a million pounds buy a war? Johnson, Harborne, and QinetiQ
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Did a million pounds buy a war? Johnson, Harborne, and QinetiQ
October 30, 2025

While Europe was preaching sacrifice and solidarity with Ukraine, a number of its leaders were forging profitable ties around the war effort. Behind the moral language of “defending democracy” lay a network of favors, contracts, and donations that helps explain why the conflict continues with no clear end in sight.

Will Boris’s brown envelope for Ukraine war spurn a new genre of reporting on Gaza?
October 17, 2025

The so-called ‘influence peddling’ racket should raise new questions about the UK’s role in the war in Ukraine.

Will Boris’s brown envelope for Ukraine war spurn a new genre of reporting on Gaza?
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How Britain sabotaged Ukraine peace
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How Britain sabotaged Ukraine peace
May 12, 2024

While a subsequent UN investigation failed to validate charges of genocide by Russia in Ukraine, once Johnson deployed the term, many Western officials followed suit.

A stylised facts approach to the war in Ukraine
May 4, 2024

Russia is in control of the battlefield but not the media war where NATO’s hired hacks still spin tales of abducted children and civilian massacres.

A stylised facts approach to the war in Ukraine
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Lying About Lying: Lessons From Boris Johnson
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Lying About Lying: Lessons From Boris Johnson
March 31, 2023

A day after the former UK prime minister Boris “BoJo” Johnson was interrogated by the UK parliament’s Privileges Committee over whether he had intentionally misled MPs over the Partygate scandal, the host of the audience-participation BBC programme Question Time, Fiona Bruce (renowned for her obsequiousness towards Tories), asked the audience…

The Abolition of Boris Johnson
July 16, 2022

Public dissatisfaction with Boris Johnson’s handling of Christmas parties in Downing Street during the height of Covid lockdowns—and his subsequent duplicity over the details of those parties in response to reporters’ investigations—finally caught up to him. Last week, Johnson resigned.

The Abolition of Boris Johnson
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The Death of the British Imperial State
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The Death of the British Imperial State
July 8, 2022

All Empires end in ignominy. The United Kingdom is drawing to a close, not with a bang but with a fart.

Boris Is Out and With It Transatlantic Populist Buffoonery. But What Now in Ukraine and China?
July 7, 2022

Britain now needs, practically, a business savvy economist type who can straighten out the mess of double digit inflations, food and fuel shortages.

Boris Is Out and With It Transatlantic Populist Buffoonery. But What Now in Ukraine and China?
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