The words that maketh murder: how arms shows make the act of killing palatable aoav.org.uk/2026/farnbor...
Dr Iain Overton
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⚔ Investigative journalist and reporting on war - Action on Armed Violence 📗 History of suicide bomber: The Price of Paradise 📘 Global gun harm: Gun Baby Gun ☞ PhD for war-reporting ☞ Write for Byline Times / Declassified / The Guardian
Mountainish inhumanity. Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack
Ukraine said the video - showing a terrified civilian being hounded by a remotely-controlled drone - amounted to a war crime.
bbc.co.uk
The words that maketh murder: how arms shows make the act of killing palatable aoav.org.uk/2026/farnbor...
The words that maketh murder: how arms shows make the act of killing palatable aoav.org.uk/2026/farnbor...
Beyond the battlefield: should we be rethinking National Security in an age of drought? aoav.org.uk/2026/beyond-...
Beyond the battlefield: should we be rethinking National Security in an age of drought? - AOAV
As drought exposes the fragility of Britain’s water and food systems, the government’s defence-spending surge raises a larger question: whether national security is still being defined too narrowly fo...
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The words that maketh murder: how arms shows make the act of killing palatable aoav.org.uk/2026/farnbor...
AOAV is hiring a Freelance Digital Communications and Data Impact Consultant to grow the reach of our Explosive Violence Monitor. £1,000 a month for 12 months, around one day a week. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Apply: ioverton@aoav.org.uk aoav.org.uk/job/freelanc...
Reform UK's Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog
Tice says the complaint related to a debate on Israeli influence and whether he should have referenced his register of interests.
bbc.co.uk
Beyond the battlefield: should we be rethinking National Security in an age of drought? aoav.org.uk/2026/beyond-...
Beyond the battlefield: should we be rethinking National Security in an age of drought? - AOAV
As drought exposes the fragility of Britain’s water and food systems, the government’s defence-spending surge raises a larger question: whether national security is still being defined too narrowly fo...
aoav.org.uk
‘They did it for fun’: witness describes alleged prisoner abuse by UK SAS to Afghanistan Inquiry aoav.org.uk/2026/they-di...
60 hours a week and the poor chap can't even afford a shirt.
Investigating the Military-Technological Complex: an overview of AOAV’s event on AI and Warfare aoav.org.uk/2026/investi...
Investigating the Military-Technological Complex: an overview of AOAV's event on AI and Warfare - AOAV
AOAV and SOAS brought together journalists, researchers and experts to examine how artificial intelligence, surveillance, big tech and automated targeting are reshaping warfare, civilian harm and the ...
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Argentina are the global equivalent of Millwall. Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup 2026: Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina
Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina over their behaviour after their World Cup final loss to Spain and throughout the tournament.
bbc.co.uk
Investigating the Military-Technological Complex: an overview of AOAV’s event on AI and Warfare aoav.org.uk/2026/investi...
Investigating the Military-Technological Complex: an overview of AOAV's event on AI and Warfare - AOAV
AOAV and SOAS brought together journalists, researchers and experts to examine how artificial intelligence, surveillance, big tech and automated targeting are reshaping warfare, civilian harm and the ...
aoav.org.uk
‘They did it for fun’: witness describes alleged prisoner abuse by UK SAS to Afghanistan Inquiry aoav.org.uk/2026/they-di...
All good questions. We really need to have this debate more openly... @iainoverton.bsky.social in Byline Times open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...
The Business of War: Who Really Benefits From Britain’s Planned Military Spending Surge bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/t...
The Business of War: Who Really Benefits From Britain’s Planned Military Spending Surge?
As the Government gears up for a military spending bonanza, Iain Overton asks whether Britain is really defending its territory, or simply the profits of the global defence industry
bylinetimes.com
Police investigate donations by Tice company to Reform UK Police investigate donations by Tice company to Reform UK A party so steeped in scandal and so bafflingly popular. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police investigate donations by Richard Tice company to Reform UK
Britain Means Business, owned by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice, made two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election.
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Something you’d not likely see as a Daily Mail headline.
"Defence spending in Britain has become something close to political Teflon. It shapes the national conversation on security while remaining remarkably resistant to scrutiny." ✍️ @iainoverton.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/t...
The Business of War: Who Really Benefits From Britain’s Planned Military Spending Surge?
As the Government gears up for a military spending bonanza, Iain Overton asks whether Britain is really defending its territory, or simply the profits of the global defence industry
bylinetimes.com
Is this what happens when a former Defence Minister is given the keys to No 11 Downing Street? A drop in BAE Systems share price when doubt sets in that it wouldn't be Healey and then a steady rise once he's announced as Chancellor? 8.5% in the last 5 days alone.
The headline is as below. The article "The MoD...insisted no breaches or cyber incidents had occurred and all cyber systems remained protected." Is this journalism or click bait?
The Business of War: Who Really Benefits From Britain’s Planned Military Spending Surge bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/t...
The Business of War: Who Really Benefits From Britain’s Planned Military Spending Surge?
As the Government gears up for a military spending bonanza, Iain Overton asks whether Britain is really defending its territory, or simply the profits of the global defence industry
bylinetimes.com
I have been called a 'conspiracy theorist' for writing about the military-industrial complex in the UK but here, yesterday, was Wes Streeting talking about this government's relationship with defence and industry. It's military. It's industrial. And it's a complex.
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The Business of War: Who Really Benefits From Britain’s Planned Military Spending Surge?
As the Government gears up for a military spending bonanza, Iain Overton asks whether Britain is really defending its territory, or simply the profits of the global defence industry
bylinetimes.com
The Military-Industrial complex: why this is of importance to Action on Armed Violence and what it has to do with the erosion of civilian protection aoav.org.uk/2026/the-mil...