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Continue reading →: The story of how I became a whistleblower and exposed 411 Communications with Declassified UK
In the summer of 2025, I got an odd direct message on TikTok. From there, I worked with Declassified UK to uncover a covert social media operation recruiting influencers which is headed by an ex IDF spy and is linked to the Labour Party. The end result was this article:…
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Continue reading →: Interview with False Heads singer Luke Griffiths
In the summer of 2025, I sat down with lead singer and guitarist Luke Griffiths from the British rock band False Heads. As a fellow politically engaged Brit, Luke was kind enough to contact me through my TikTok account and agreed to interview to explore his background, discuss his thoughts…
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Continue reading →: A covert influence operation tried to recruit me. Here’s who’s really behind it.
Last summer, an organisation called the Amplifiers tried to recruit me as a journalist to post political content without disclosing who was behind it. When they got on a call with me, they never once mentioned their connections to the Labour party. Here’s what I found when I started digging…
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Continue reading →: Parliament and the media are theatre and you’re the audience
If you watch the news or PMQs, you might think you’re seeing real debate. Politicians shout. Journalists chase soundbites. Big issues are “tackled.” The system looks like it’s functioning. But it’s not. What you’re seeing is a performance. The theory of parliament sounds amazing and it is certainly better than…
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Continue reading →: Too Many on the Left Don’t Understand How to Win
If you’re left wing, as I am, your goal should be clear: elect a left-wing government to enact meaningful policies or at least build popular support to influence the current government. If you support Palestine, like I do, your aim is to raise awareness and persuade pro-Israel supporters to join…
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Continue reading →: The Right-Wing Victim Complex: Who’s Really Cancelling Whom?
Right-wing politicians and pundits love to decry “cancel culture,” portraying themselves as heroic underdogs battling a world supposedly dominated by the left and liberal elites. Donald Trump has pushed this narrative so forcefully that it culminated in a violent insurrection on January 6. In the UK, Nigel Farage plays a…
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Continue reading →: An ode to Akala
Akala is my personal hero, role model and inspiration. I recommend everyone follow him and his work. If I achieve nothing other than getting more people into Akala, then I’m satisfied. I would love to meet him one day as an equal. I tried writing this article a few times…
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Continue reading →: Cult of personality politics always fails, why do people still fall for it?
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao – the idea of one man who will change a broken society for the better has been gambled with before and it never worked. The left and the right alike fall for such fallacies because humans are emotional, desperate creatures particularly in times of crisis. The…
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Continue reading →: Why the UK should learn from Pedro Sanchez on Palestine
The Israel/Palestine issue has cut through all else in world politics since October 7. In the UK, for the first time, four MPs were elected solely on that platform. Since Hamas’ attack, around 17,000 children have died in Palestine. It is clear that there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.…
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