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Parliament watchdog accused of bias over treatment of pro-Israel politicians

1 week ago | declassifieduk.org | Martin Williams

Exclusive: Daniel Greenberg voiced support for Israeli war on Gaza months after taking up role as independent commissioner Labour MPs are being allowed to hide links to a pro-Israel group.
UK defence secretary walks away from Gaza spy flight questions

2 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Martin Williams |Phil Miller |Alex Morris

John Healey tells Declassified he has ‘nothing more to add’ about the UK’s surveillance of Palestine Defence secretary John Healey quizzed by journalist Phil Miller. (Photo: Alex Morris / Declassified UK)Britain’s defence secretary, John Healey, walked through oncoming traffic to escape questions about why the UK is still sharing military intelligence with Israel. Healey told Declassified he had “nothing more to add” about the hundreds of Royal Air Force (RAF) surveillance flights over Gaza.
Illegal police raid on my home won’t stop me covering Gaza

2 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Asa Winstanley

The police broke the law when they ransacked my house. When will they stop harassing pro-Palestine journalists? Met police commissioner Mark Rowley leaves a COBRA meeting on Gaza. (Photo: Karl Edler / Alamy)The metropolitan police carried out a dawn raid on my home in London last October. They asked me to identify all computers and phones in the house that I use as a journalist. Believe it or not, they actually stated this was so they could protect my rights.
Blair and Major reassured Russia about Nato expansion

3 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

Two British prime ministers recognised Moscow’s fears over Nato expanding in eastern Europe – a major cause of the Ukraine war – files show. Vladimir Putin and Tony Blair have an aperitif in a beer garden in Moscow, November 2000. (Photo: LaPresse / Alamy)Declassified British files shed further light on the controversial question as to what assurances were made to Russia by UK officials about the expansion of Nato into eastern Europe.
The UK badly needs an Alternative Defence Review: Here it is

4 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Kate Hudson

Labour is persisting with a “nukes plus NATO” defence policy that is likely to lead to further wars. A new independent report counters this disastrous narrative. Keir Starmer and John Healey on Salisbury Plain, August 2022 (PA Images/Alamy)Just days into his premiership, Keir Starmer announced the commissioning of a “root and branch” Strategic Defence Review (SDR).
Syrian dictator ‘always welcome here’, Tony Blair said

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

Declassified files shed further light on how the UK government courted Bashar Al-Assad at the beginning of his rule, before trying to overthrow him The Blairs greet the Assads at Downing Street in 2002. (Photo: Ammar Abd Rabbo / Alamy)Syrian ruler Bashar Al-Assad “would always be very welcome here”, Tony Blair told an Arab monarch in July 2000, declassified files show.
Two British PMs reassured Russia about Nato expansion, files show

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

British declassified files shed further light on the controversial question as to what assurances were made to Russia by UK officials about the expansion of Nato. The files show John Major, Britain’s prime minister from 1990-97, telling Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov in February 1997 that “if he were Russian he too would be concerned by the possibility that Nato might move up to Russia’s borders”.
The Empire never died

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

The British Empire is still with us, in the UK’s island outposts and military bases, in the plunder of other countries’ resources, and in UK officials’ imperial mindset. A British soldier kicks anti-colonial demonstrators in Yemen, 1967. Keir Starmer bombed the country last month. (Photo: AP / Alamy)There’s long been a debate over whether Britain’s Empire – the largest the world has ever known – was a good or bad thing. There’s another question though – did it really end?
UK leaders have betrayed those who fought in WW2

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

Amid the 80th anniversary of VE day, we reflect on how British governments have failed to uphold the principles men and women defended during 1939-45. Veterans watch VE day commemorations from Buckingham Palace. (Photo: Rob Kane / MoD)We Britons can rightly be proud of helping to win the Second World War 80 years ago. Soviet and American power mainly proved decisive in defeating the evils of Nazi Germany and fascist Japan.
‘Use trade talks with Israel as leverage’, government urged

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

The British government is being urged to halt its trade negotiations with Israel as it continues to bombard and blockade Gaza. Chris Law MP, the Scottish National Party’s spokesman on international trade, has accused Labour of acting “as if it is business as usual” after it sent a UK trade envoy to Israel. Keir Starmer’s trade commissioner for Europe, Chris Barton, visited Tel Aviv and Jerusalem between 24-27 March “to discuss a range of trade matters”, the government has said.