Henry Dyer
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Investigations Correspondent, The Guardian | Tips: henry.dyer@theguardian.com/henrydyer.01 (Signal) | Interested in Politics/Media/🚂/CofE https://www.theguardian.com/profile/henry-dyer http://direthoughts.com
Just finished reading King of Kings (about the fall of the Shah) and I really can recommend it. It came out last year but it's exceptionally timely given the current crisis in the Gulf, all the more so considering that the Americans seem to have learnt very little since.
Jack Tindale@jacktindale.bsky.social · 4d ago
Not sure Richard Tice necessarily helping himself with the parliamentary commissioner for standards who has recently taken a dim view of breaches of the code's rule 13, which limits members from disclosing details about investigations into them without the commissioner's authorisation.
Voters have been denied the right to know whether any ministers declared past criminal convictions when appointed, after a transparency tribunal upheld Whitehall attempts to keep its vetting processes secret for data protection reasons. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Ministers’ criminal records to remain secret, tribunal rules
The public has been denied the right to know of ministers’ disclosures of criminal records during vetting processes, despite a ‘legitimate public interest’
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I fear only two, maybe three, of the ten people featured here are OK and the rest are all insufferable in a shocking variety of ways
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago‘£5,800 on a watch?!’ What happened when five couples kept separate money diaries – then revealed all to their partners?
Had a great time at this show last night (full disclosure, free ticket). The songs are great and choreography makes the most of the space of the @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social. May well end up on a bigger stage but for now runs until 16/8 - catch the presidential barbershop while you can…
Here Comes J Edgar! A Musical Comedy review – show tunes, Mel Brooks zing and real human anguish
Camp comedy from The Simpsons’ Harry Shearer and Seinfeld writer Tom Leopold explores the relationship between FBI boss Hoover and protege Clyde Tolson
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The level of negligence in just merrily rolling out this feature is quite breathtaking. www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-pla...
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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The co-founder of Palestine Action has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court against a ruling by the Court of Appeal that then then home secretary had acted lawfully when she proscribed Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 last year. rozenberg.substack.com/p/palestine-...
Palestine Action can appeal
UK Supreme Court to hold full hearing this autumn
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New story on Reform's finances from @annaisaac.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
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You’ve probably seen @peterwalker99.bsky.social’s story on the London flats where the temporary accommodation residents had their air con turned off in a heatwave; we had a look at what’s going on and who is responsible. www.londoncentric.media/p/air-condit...
"If you're poor, you can sweat": One building's air conditioning divide
The struggles of residents in a London tower block sum up the challenges of heatwave-era London.
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April — 1805 Napoleon is Master of Europe Only the British Fleet stands before him Oceans are now Battlefields
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’ * UK politics live – latest updates A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim. The case relates to a Moroccan woman and her child who fled her country after experiencing forced underage marriage and extreme violence, including rape. The woman claimed asylum on the basis of fears that she would be killed by her husband: a powerful, previously convicted criminal. Continue reading...
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More shocking reporting from colleagues @robevansgdn.bsky.social @harryfoxdavies.bsky.social and Emine Sinmaz www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
US airman accused of ‘spree’ of rapes on sleeping women avoided UK courts
Suffolk police ceded investigation into James Loubeau to the US military, leading to court martial acquittal
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Families in London temporary housing told they cannot use in-built air conditioning - leading to hospitalisations. This is inhumane. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Families in London temporary housing told they cannot use in-built air conditioning
Exclusive: Two children taken to hospital during heatwaves after residents told units in glass-fronted block ‘not offered as amenity’
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When the editor of the Guardian finds out her econ correspondent is from the same Warrington suburb as the new Prime Minister… A pleasure, yet daunting to write. Hope I’ve done Culcheth justice: I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped the UK’s new PM www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped the UK’s new PM
In the Warrington suburb of Culcheth, people are hopeful about what one of their own can achieve as the first northern PM in half a century
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Hilarious that lobbyists tried to bribe @peteapps.bsky.social of all people to write articles criticising post-Grenfell building safety rules That would be the Peter Apps who literally wrote the book on pre-Grenfell building safety failures (and would never agree to this sort of thing anyway)
Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press
Exclusive: Guardian investigation of CT Group uncovers practice that appears to seek hidden influence over public opinion
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My church is looking to raise £100k to unlock a £75k grant from the Julia Rausing trust towards a major project to install a proper organ. The organ will be used to support the church’s vital work with children’s choirs, creating great opportunities through music. If you can support us, please do!
SJDK Organ Project
Help our inner-city church raise the funds needed to move and install the pipe organ gifted to us by St. John's College, Cambridge, to the benefit of our worshipping community and the dozens of childr...
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What is the purpose of departments posting social videos of their civil servants applauding new or returning secretaries of state? Don’t see what the communications appeal to the wider public is meant to be
God they are not sending their best
Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike@gazza-d.bsky.social · 2w agoCan you imagine the uproar if someone's legal car was seized and immediately crushed because some woodentop made a mistake? And the Police don't even apologise or accept they made a mistake. It's good to see this go mainstream. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scoop by @rachel-rees.bsky.social leaves another senior Reform figure facing questions about their finances:
Robert Jenrick’s wife knew in 2024 about foreign payments to his top donor, lawyer claimed
Police are investigating the legality of donations to the politician during his Conservative Party leadership bid
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right, so - in this summer's Prospect cover feature! I spoke both to young people and to the people who study them about the many ways in which new generations have got shafted, how they feel about it all, and what should happen next: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/741...
A few very exciting jobs with The Guardian FIRST! We are looking for a graphics editor to manage our team of visual journalists workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics Editor
The Guardian is a global news organization that delivers fearless, independent journalism. From breaking news and award-winning investigations to in-depth coverage of technology, sports, film, culture...
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Why are service charges suddenly being applied to everything? How did US-style automatic tipping come to London? It’s a sign of an unwell hospitality industry promoting a mass outbreak of entirely legal tax avoidance. www.londoncentric.media/p/how-us-sty...
How US-style tipping culture came to London
Plus: Andy Burnham's copy-and-paste pledge to the capital • Dawn Butler's mayoral fundraiser • The ongoing hunt for a luxury children's meal.
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With MPs set to vote tomorrow to control money in politcs, @guardianheather.bsky.social sums-up the case: "it is wrong in principle, and dangerous in practice, for a new class of mega-donors to bankroll British politics. Donations should be capped; and if Starmer does not act, his successor must."
UK must cap political donations to stop the rich buying influence | Heather Stewart
If Keir Starmer won’t act then his successor should – by restricting the power of a small group of mega-donors
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Never knew Dublin had so many Argentinians and Swiss
Henry Dyer@direthoughts.com · 4w agoNever knew Dublin had so many Norwegians
Right now, just 4-6% of lobbying has to be declared. The rest happens in the dark. The Ethics and Integrity Commission has just handed ministers a serious blueprint for cleaning up lobbying. A serious, welcome blueprint. Now ministers have to deliver it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says
Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards
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