An excellent article. It shows, amongst other things, the backwash of the USA's realpolitik approach to their obsessive meddling in other countries, throwing huge amounts of greenbacks about with no accountability whatsoever. Also, how Britain's laissez faire attitude towards capital 1/2

A great read on behaviour that is just waved through, time and again, by those who could put a stop to it.

My investigation into the network that pioneered the "dodgy shop" model just landed. I trace the group’s mid-2000s takeover of the West End souvenir trade, their expansion across the UK, and follow the money used to fuel it all the way to the badlands of Afghanistan the-fence.com/article/grav...

Huge new investigation from @coramazov.bsky.social on the Afghan trio who pioneered the model of the 'dodgy shop' that litter Britain's high streets. the-fence.com/article/grav...

Issue 28 Is Here 🤭 With writing from @coramazov.bsky.social, James Ramsden, @heawood.bsky.social, @danielshailer.bsky.social, Lucy Peett, Clive Martin, Zara Meerza, @williamasclarke.bsky.social & many more www.the-fence.com/shop

Investigation with @thedetailtv.bsky.social & the Guardian this morn. We reveal how British security services were involved in formulating the Legacy Act, despite the fact the act was supposed to investigate state killings. Read here thedetail.tv/articles/sec... - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Lots of work went into getting the detail on this group, by human rights group @cajni.bsky.social and investigative reporter @coramazov.bsky.social Have a read this morning... Revealed: The secret group linked to security services that helped shape the Legacy Act

Some great news to announce this morn😁: The case against us has been thrown out! However, its absurdity highlights the urgent need for the govt to stop talking about it and just go ahead with reform. A waste of time and energy for all involved. pressgazette.co.uk/news/mill-me...

A good email to get from our lawyers: "Great news!! The attached judgment was handed down this morning and we have won!!!” Nightmare over for @londonermag.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social. And a huge win for the free press. So delighted with this. ✊ www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-won-our-d...

In 2015, the ORCL was set up by PM David Cameron (who later became a lobbyist) to monitor lobbying activities. We analysed all of its investigations for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social & found that 95% ended with findings of no wrongdoing. Read below - www.thenewworld.co.uk/charles-ross...

Our investigation - a Democracy for Sale co-production with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social by me and @jennacorderoy.bsky.social - is already prompting cross-party calls for libel reform. www.newstatesman.com/investigatio...

🔴 Keir Starmer promised to crackdown on "Slapps" - abusive libel cases to silence journalists and critics Then Labour quietly dropped it We can reveal why: a three-year lobbying blitz by libel lawyers who've acted for Russian oligarchs, Epstein + more democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyer...

Don’t miss the ground breaking investigation by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @jennacorderoy.bsky.social exposing how lawyers for the ultra-rich derailed Labour’s plans to tackle SLAPPs. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyer...

A remarkable lament of Labour's failure to reform UK libel laws by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @jennacorderoy.bsky.social in the NS this morn. It details the genesis of the law from Postwar era to Londongrad, up until my own & @londonermag.bsky.social case today newstatesman.com/investigatio...

Delighted to be the .5 part of this team up for two Orwell Prizes with @londoncentric.media

a proud day at London "2.5 journalists in a trenchcoat" Centric towers! www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

UK: Local Media Outlet and its Journalist Threatened with Civil and Criminal Legal Action and Imprisonment Find out more 👉 go.coe.int/bY5rw Alert submitted by @indexoncensorship.org @europeanjournalists.org @ifjglobal.bsky.social #EuropeForFreeMedia @londonermag.bsky.social @coramazov.bsky.social

Our @prospectmagazine.co.uk piece shows how, over the last decade, 120+ ex snr military officers, civil servants & politicians made apps to work at defence firms, some of them holding MoD contracts. We ask if this revolving door comes at taxpayers expense? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

The Detail is proud to announce the No Stone Unturned Journalism Fellowship. It is dedicated to pursuing issues arising out of the landmark 2017 documentary and the subsequent arrest of Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney. Investigative reporter @coramazov.bsky.social will be the first fellow.

Immensely proud to be granted the No Stone Unturned fellowship & to carry on the work of Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney who were arrested in 2018 after exposing the extent of collusion btw the British state & loyalist paras in the Loughinisland massacre thedetailni.substack.com/p/launch-of-...

Claudio Di Giovanni is suing me, @coramazov.bsky.social and @millmedia.bsky.social because we are refusing to take down a great piece of investigative journalism published by @londonermag.bsky.social. He also pursued Cormac personally and sent bizarre threats. www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

An update from @joshih.bsky.social on our libel case www.the-londoner.co.uk/that-busines...

🚨Grateful to be a recipient of the 2026 Tenacious Journalism Award from @publicinterestnews.org.uk . Putting the money toward an incredibly exciting investigative project with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale🚨 Stay tuned & all that www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/blog/announc...

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher yesterday claimed that journalist Vincent Kearney was not treated as a criminal suspect. However, police documents from 2013 explicitly label him as one — Piece with @lukejbutterly.bsky.social in @thedetailtv.bsky.social this morn open.substack.com/pub/thedetai...

Asif Aziz evictions story is going mainstream. Telegraph and Independent have covered in recent days. Now the FT has done a brilliant piece - including finding another property affected, where a Ukrainian refugee and their disabled son are being evicted by Aziz. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Have a short piece in off @thefence.bsky.social newsletter today about the appearance of an Irish lawyer (who represented Britney Spears and Gerry Adams) in the Epstein Files

Been a lot happening over last 24 hours, obviously, but worth flagging again this story again We really need more accountability in British politics. Should have been mechanisms to properly investigate Simons weeks ago

Breaking: *Asif Aziz's mass evictions of Londoners appear to be BACK ON *Sadiq Khan personally demands immediate response from the landlord *Leading homelessness charity cuts ties with the Aziz family and refuses donation *Questions over legality of paperwork www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

pipeline from @thefence.bsky.social to guardian going strong

The latest @londoncentric.media piece in the “largest mass eviction in London’s modern history” saga. The day started with @jim.londoncentric.media and I heading out for Omar Aziz’s mansion (once home to Schopenhauer) at 6 this morn. Read below open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

Had my first piece in @theguardian.com yday about the campaign of illegal interference waged by PSNI & Mi5 against former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney. Reading this paper everyday, cover to cover since I was about ten - so I'm delighted to have written for them www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

My scoop this morning in @thedetailtv.bsky.social about PSNI surveillance including a detailed 'profile' of journalist Vincent Kearney's private and public life www.thedetail.tv/articles/psn...

Excellent reporting by @jim.londoncentric.media, @pollysmythe.bsky.social, @coramazov.bsky.social with a robust and swift response by @tomcopley.bsky.social www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

One of my favourite pieces from the last edition of The Fence. It’s about the silence surrounding the mysterious death of a young British man in the West of Ireland.

Our piece this morning about a billionaire halting one of the largest mass evictions in London’s recent history after London Centric’s weekend report — open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

Exclusive: Josh Simons claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf. He had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda. w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.social

Piece in the newsletter this week about the business affairs of Shahid Butt— a man once jailed for attempting to blow up the British consulate in Yemen, now running to be a councillor in Birmingham open.substack.com/pub/thefence...

An absolutely disgraceful attack on the free press. Solidarity with @direthoughts.com & @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social and others affected

'We tried to cock a snook at faceless ones in power, but we knew well that if the cock was just that bit too snooky, we would suffer the consequences.' John Banville remembers his time on the subs desk at the Irish Press. www.the-fence.com/banville-pub...

We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong! Please read and share. www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

I'm being sued for libel by a man who ran a rental arbitrage scheme involving some of London's priciest properties. The Londoner have been brilliant in standing behind me & refusing to give into this naked attempt at silencing the truth. Read below - www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

solidarity with top hack @coramazov.bsky.social

We're being sued.... www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

Thanks to @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for covering the case in @pressgazette.co.uk. "The nagging spectre of financial ruin haunted the back of my mind for a few months" @coramazov.bsky.social tells her. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

Massive story here, do have a dig in

Big first story here

I’ve been reading The Fence since around covid time. It just keeps getting better and better.

🚨My first @thefence.bsky.social investigation reveals how an enigmatic Greco-Russian billionaire is transporting billions of dollars’ worth of sanctioned Russian oil and gas to Europe and beyond.🚨 Read "Barrels of Black Gold" below! thefence.substack.com/p/off-the-fe...

🚨 A @computerweekly.bsky.social Investigation by @billgoodwin.bsky.social and I found that the Policing Board has asked the PSNI for clarification after it emerged they hadn't reported IT issues affecting their ability to record reports from the public🚨 www.computerweekly.com/news/3666370...