Nick Davies

@bynickdavies.bsky.social

Former special correspondent of The Guardian - phone-hacking, Wikileaks, Edward Snowden, toil and trouble.

Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits" "And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids" "This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"

You can't accuse the Solicitors' Regulatory Authority of not whole-heartedly embracing the government's pro-growth agenda. If lawyers can't take money from murderous scum to sue journalists for writing true things, how will we ever have growth again? democracyforsale.substack.com/p/uk-law-fir...

UK law firm that acted for Putin’s warlord Prigozhin 'broke no rules'

Exclusive: Taking cash from a sanctioned Russian mercenary chief to enable him to sue a British journalist is not an abuse of our legal system, solicitors' regulator finds

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Most of the evidence which Murdoch has suppressed is here - allegations that execs conspired in crime to get stories; to spy on politicians; and to pervert the course of justice. All allegations remain untested in court; all are denied by Murdoch company. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

The Murdoch spy papers

What if phone hacking was worse—much worse—than previously thought? Reporter Nick Davies uncovered the original scandal. Now, with remarkable document...

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This is spot on. I was in court for the settlement negotiations. It was explicit in comments from both sets of lawyers that the the suppression of evidence due to be heard in the trial was an absolutely essential requirement for the Murdoch side.

Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 2y ago

It was Rupert Murdoch’s company wanting to avoid a public trial—and not the costs risk on the claimants, including Prince Harry—that brought this case to its end, writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

New for @motherjones.com: Jeff Bezos’ Media Companies Kiss Trump’s Ring…Again Amazon Studios will release a documentary about Melania Trump that she’s exec producing, and WaPo killed an editorial cartoon satirizing Bezos’s fealty to Trump. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Jeff Bezos' media companies kiss Trump's ring…again

Amazon Studios will release a documentary about Melania Trump, and the Washington Post just killed an editorial cartoon satirizing its owner's fealty to the incoming president.

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Another two days on the picket line tomorrow & Friday with fellow Guardian & Observer journalists to protest shocking decision to give away the Observer to loss-making startup Tortoise. Please join us from 9am – 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Cake, songs, anger & surprise guests

The very idea that Mexico must be bullied with tariffs into cracking down on migrants is designed to imply that it’s doing nothing right now—it’s taking advantage of us, Trump might say—and only his fearsome threats can force it into submission. newrepublic.com/article/1888...

Mexican President’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA Scam

Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s threat of tariffs revealed truths that the president-elect doesn’t want Americans to know.

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