National Security State
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UK Government Targeting of Muslim Scholar Part of a Coordinated Campaign to Clamp Down on Pro-Palestine Solidarity
Amid a deepening crackdown on Palestine solidarity in the country, a senior member of the British parliament is leading a campaign to have a popular activist and Muslim scholar arrested. Alicia Kearns, the Shadow Minister for Home Affairs has called on the U.K. Home Office to detain Sayed Hussain Makke. Continue reading
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CNN or CIA?
Fourth estate or national security state? It is often difficult to know which one you are listening to when turning on cable news. In this series, MintPress highlights five senior media figures you might not know have extremely close links to the CIA. Continue reading
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The previous Government’s consultation on more data brokers – envisaging a future that is already past
The new Government has inherited an open consultation on allowing data brokers to be ever more creepy, to buy and sell more data with less regulation. It’s coated in the language of helping individuals, but the focus is giving data brokers more permission to sell data about you, and giving you less say in the… Continue reading
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NHS 2028 – The Trajectory of Current Decisions (from medConfidential)
The Health Bill/Act of 2026 is expected to come into force for 2027, creating an all-powerful Department of Health in England which will have powers of Direction and delivery unmatched since the creation of the NHS. Delivery will be steered by DH/E AIs. Continue reading
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Kettled. Beaten. Police ID hidden. This wasn’t chaos. This was the plan.
On April 18th protesters gathered oppose Britain First marching through Manchester. They were kettled, beaten, pepper sprayed, choked, hair was pulled, sexualised violence was used. Around 150 were injured by the police. Medical access was frequently obstructed. Continue reading
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Britain detains human rights lawyer Daniel Kovalik
On Saturday morning at around 11 am, U.S. human rights lawyer, professor and journalist Daniel Kovalik was detained by three counter-terror police officers at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, which allows border police to detain and question people they believe to be… Continue reading
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Palantir: How a US spy-tech firm with links to Israel’s genocide infiltrated the British state
Since 2020, Palantir, the controversial US data surveillance firm with links to Israeli abuses in occupied Palestine, has won over £670m in contracts with British civil and defence industries, raising both ethical and national-security concerns among politicians and campaigners. Continue reading
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One last authoritarian flourish from Starmer
New legislation being rushed through Parliament could criminalise British journalists for simply engaging with certain state-backed groups. The National Security (State Threats) Bill, currently in its final stages, would grant the Home Secretary powers to designate any state-backed organisation as a threat if it is judged prejudicial to the UK’s “safety and interests”. Continue reading
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“Papers Please” For The Internet? UK’s Social Media Ban Reality, w/Jen Persson (Defend Digital Me)
The UK government today announced a new under-16 social media ban alongside proposals for stricter age verification online. But what does this actually mean in practice? In this timely interview (recorded Friday), Rob Tyson speaks with Jen Persson, Director of Defend Digital Me, about the implications of these changes for children’s rights, privacy, education data,… Continue reading
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UK policing culture – from the Nowak murder to crushing protest – grows ever more rotten
The goal of the Israel lobby has been to loosen evidence thresholds, constrain critical thinking, and redefine racism and criminality. The effects have bled into dangerous new policing norms Continue reading
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Accountability for protesters, anonymity for cops
We have three new blogs exploring the continued expansion of police powers and the growing lack of accountability for how those powers are used. Continue reading
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NHS: Wes Streeting’s final Bill
On Wednesday, it was named the NHS Modernisation Bill; a day later it was published as the Health Bill, with this funny line in Hansard: “Secretary Wes Streeting, supported by the Prime Minister”… oh. Clause 1 is wonderful: “NHS England is abolished”, but they didn’t stop there. Continue reading
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Direct Action, Terrorist Consequences
Four Palestine Action activists convicted in a retrial over a protest at a UK site owned by Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer could be sentenced as terrorists. No case in British legal history has seen direct action activists sentenced under terrorism provisions – until now. Continue reading
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Signing The Pledge Against Digital ID (25 April Rally)
Alan Miller signs the new #together & NO2ID joint Pledge in London at the Trafalgar Square rally, one of our Four Nations “Scrap Digital ID Rallies” on Sat 25 April Continue reading
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Palantir and the Digital Leviathan: Silicon Power, State Violence, and the Technofascist War on Humanity
A manifesto appears, and the media rings the alarm—yet stops short of naming the system that produced it. Beneath the controversy lies a vast machinery linking deportation databases, battlefield targeting, and corporate-state integration into a single infrastructure of control. What looks like a rogue tech firm is in fact the polished interface of a deeper… Continue reading
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Digital ID consultation closes in 6 days – what it really reveals
As we know, Digital ID has NOT gone away! The government’s “consultation” on Digital ID closes in less than a week (deadline 12.30pm, Tuesday 5 May). -> You can complete the consultation HERE -> You can also read our guide to completing it HERE Continue reading
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Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative
The Integrity Initiative now accounts for most of the budget of a Scottish-registered charity named the Institute for Statecraft founded by Daniel Lafayeedney and Chris Donnelly in 2006. Most of the overt funding for this programme — about £2.6 million / year — comes from the Conflict Security and Stability Fund’s Russian Language Programme, now… Continue reading
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Report back: Palantir debated in parliament
In the most significant parliamentary debate yet on the NHS Federated Data Platform in England, MP after MP – from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP, Conservatives, the DUP, and independents – made the case that the government must use the break clause in Palantir’s contract and find a trustworthy alternative. It was an extraordinary… Continue reading
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What’s in Palantir’s ‘Technofascist’ manifesto?
American surveillance tech contractor Palantir released a 22-point manifesto over the weekend, calling for a “new era” of AI-enabled US military supremacy. The internet went wild, with the text being labeled a blueprint for “technofascism.” Continue reading
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25 April Rallies: Trafalgar Square & Cities UK-Wide – Be There!
Our SCRAP Digital ID rallies are just days away – this Saturday, 25 April – and momentum is building fast as volunteers spread the word across the country. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 