Did Britain's focus on discrediting lawyers and fixers accused of pursuing false claims in Iraq ultimately obscure credible evidence of civilian harm, leaving many Iraqi victims of British military action without investigation, recognition or justice? aoav.org.uk/2026/ghosts-...

Might over law: how the US strike on Venezuela erodes global norms My thoughts for @aoav.bsky.social aoav.org.uk/2026/might-o...

I can't help but feel that - to some degree - Brexit is behind this. We have put all of our eggs in the Anglo-sphere basket and are terrified of criticising anything Trump does for fear of alienating our one supporter. And so we side with despotism and bullying.

Ghosts of War – Iraq: the killings of Mohammed Midel and Kfaya Majid, and the wounding of Saad Quasim aoav.org.uk/2026/ghosts-...

Ageing: the condition of becoming less serious about all you were once far too serious about and more serious about all that you once undervalued.

In 2025 and 2024 Israel’s air force and army chiefs were given special immunity by Keir Starmer’s government to visit Britain, to protect them from possible prosecution for war crimes. www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-...

Because 14 years of Tory rule ruined their prospects?

They knew what they were voting for. I suppose this will be Starmer's fault too.

Brexit’s dividends

"Fragile is the flesh of defenceless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds” The pope on the nose. Merry Christmas x

[Opinion] Jenkins will use Yorke to shield himself from the media, and as an extremely useful link to one of the UK's "Newspapers of record." It would not surprise me at all if The Times, and The Sunday Times, were rewarded with preferential treatment, and enhanced access to breaking news.

Why, as legal and reputational pressure mounts, has the Royal Navy chief opted for a media hand rather than a military aide? Sir Gwyn Jenkins appoints Harry Yorke of The Sunday Times as scrutiny of Afghanistan killings intensifies. aoav.org.uk/2025/why-has...

New from @aoav.bsky.social MoD blocks data on arrests for British troops paying for sex overseas, citing cost limits aoav.org.uk/2025/mod-blo...

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre - subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/81/h... "The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism." Please support independent journalism and subscribe. Without your support, truth seeking dies

***Breaking*** The British government insists revealing the exact number of the spy flights it flew over Gaza would endanger national security New from @aoav.bsky.social aoav.org.uk/2025/the-bri...

The Pentagon will not publicly release—or show to all lawmakers—a “top secret, full, unedited video” of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat. Footage from the attack, on September 2nd, reportedly shows two survivors clinging to the vessel before a second strike kills them—a war crime.

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre - subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/81/h... "The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism." Please support independent journalism and subscribe. Without your support, truth seeking dies

Where has Santa been more than Nigel Farage? His house in Clacton. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

📽️ 🛩️ MAJOR NEW FILM COMING TODAY AT 4PM UK TIME Will this documentary put Keir Starmer behind bars❓ Watch the Trailer below 👇 Watch the full film here after 4pm 👉 youtu.be/0fk3t28TiAc

It’s interesting how articles like this are written as if the UK has had no role to play whatsoever in heightened tensions with Russia. Sure, Russia is behaving like an asshat. But that people might profit from framing the UK as under threat is absent from this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Secretary of State Marco Rubio (gave) an order halting the State Department’s official use of Calibri, reversing a 2023 Biden-era directive that Mr. Rubio called a “wasteful” sop to diversity." *replaces it with Comic Sans* www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

🔴The UK’s Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries – including states with no declared UK mission @iainoverton.bsky.social reports bylinetimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

‘The system has failed’: Giles Duley’s mission to reframe disability in war news.un.org/en/story/202...

British troops in Kenya face damning accusations of sexual abuse, killings and environmental harm aoav.org.uk/2025/british...

How firearms turned a Caribbean crime wave into a public health emergency aoav.org.uk/2025/how-fir...

Is Syria safe to return to? New report for @aoav.bsky.social by Jennifer Dathan aoav.org.uk/2025/is-syri...

Global arms giants see record profits as civilians count the cost aoav.org.uk/2025/global-...

"We didn't join UKSF for this sort of behaviour, you know, toddlers to get shot in their beds or random killing." Inside the Afghanistan inquiry: four UKSF insiders warn of implausible kill ratios, flawed reports and potential abuse aoav.org.uk/2025/inside-...

British Forces cleared of criminal liability but criticised over three Iraqi civilian deaths, new inquiry finds aoav.org.uk/2025/british...

Does music fuel gun violence? A comparative analysis across five genres and settings Should we try to ban or blame music for gun violence? Our study suggests not. aoav.org.uk/2025/does-mu...

Londons looking pretty.

Assessing the nature of the US-UK Military partnership under Trump’s second term Great report here for @aoav.bsky.social by Cole McCartney aoav.org.uk/2025/assessi...

Does music fuel gun violence? A comparative analysis across five genres and settings Should we try to ban or blame music for gun violence? Our study suggests not. aoav.org.uk/2025/does-mu...

The owner of Facebook and Instagram has revealed in internal documents (exposed by Reuters) that around 10 per cent of its annual revenue comes from advertising placed by fraudsters.

Sun 14 Dec 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Voice Notes from Palestine Fundraiser Dinner www.tickettailor.com/events/voice...

UK MoD spent £110m on travel in 170 countries in just one year – including to states beset by coups and repressive regimes aoav.org.uk/2025/uk-mod-...

UK MoD spent £110m on travel in 170 countries in just one year – including to states beset by coups and repressive regimes aoav.org.uk/2025/uk-mod-...

Suspensions of Dannatt and Evans reveal persistent vulnerabilities in Britains' defence-linked Parliamentary lobbying aoav.org.uk/2025/suspens...

Suspensions of Dannatt and Evans reveal persistent vulnerabilities in Britains' defence-linked Parliamentary lobbying aoav.org.uk/2025/suspens...

Gaza ‘Humanitarian’ Hub to Function More as US Military Command Centre I report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on leaked documents that suggest Trump’s plans for a ‘humanitarian relief’ centre for Gaza more closely resemble those for a US Army-run command post bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/g...

For The Sun, a news-outlet that is at times more patriotism than it is paper, to run this story shows just how much a problem the British Army has with misogyny.

On a daily basis I get an alert from Google News on stories relating to the 'arms trade' and if there is a frog being slow boiled in hot water it is us. A war is coming, lads. A war is coming.

Here @iainoverton.bsky.social reports for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on leaked documents that suggest Trump’s plans for a ‘humanitarian relief’ centre for Gaza more closely resemble those for a US Army-run command post bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/g...

Gaza ‘Humanitarian’ Hub to Function More as US Military Command Centre I report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on leaked documents that suggest Trump’s plans for a ‘humanitarian relief’ centre for Gaza more closely resemble those for a US Army-run command post bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/g...

Human rights are not optional: why the SAS cannot be above the law My thoughts for @aoav.bsky.social aoav.org.uk/2025/human-r...

Britain’s military still reflects deep class, gender and racial fault-lines. @aoav.bsky.social's new report uncovers recruitment loads drawn from deprived communities, the officer corps dominated by the elite and persistent barriers for women and ethnic minorities. aoav.org.uk/2025/britain...

FCDO flouted own rules designed to stop MoD spy plane intelligence harming Palestinian civilians aoav.org.uk/2025/fcdo-fl...

Children among 25 killed in one of Russia's deadliest strikes on western Ukraine