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Michael Goodier

@michaelgoodier.bsky.social

Journalist on the Guardian Data Projects team London and Brighton Ignore my silly posts

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Ana Lucía González@anlugonz.bsky.social · 2w ago

Your passport, that pocket-sized booklet, can open doors or keep you waiting in visa queues. See how yours ranks, and explore what passports can reveal about geopolitics and inequality www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... W/ @prinashah.bsky.social's beautiful stamps and patterns design & Garry Blight

How powerful is your passport? Explore the global rankings

A symbol of global inequalities and shifting geopolitical fortunes, some passports offer their holders far more freedom to travel than others

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Hettie O’Brien@hettieobrien.bsky.social · 3w ago

After seven months of spinning multiple plate promoting THE ASSET CLASS on maternity leave, today I’m starting a new role at the Guardian writing the flagship morning newsletter with the brilliant @libbybrooks.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

Guardian announces new writers for flagship newsletters

The Guardian has today announced key appointments for its First Edition and Long Wave newsletters, boosting its newsletter expertise globally.

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George Greenwood@georgegreenwood.bsky.social · 4w ago

Breaking: The Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into at least £500,000 of donations made to Reform UK by the mother of the convicted fraudster who secretly bankrolled Nigel Farage. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Police investigate Reform donations by mother of fraudster who bankrolled Farage

Fiona Cottrell, mother of George Cottrell, who has been funding the Reform UK leader’s operations, gave £500,000 to the party before the last general election

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w ago

More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency

More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency

Exclusive: Bankers have raised potential money-laundering concerns over loans and donations involving senior party figures * UK politics live – latest updates A host of transactions involving Reform UK’s most senior figures and donations to the party caused bankers to report potential money-laundering concerns to the National Crime Agency, a Guardian investigation has found. On Tuesday, the Guardian revealed that the undisclosed £5m gift provided to the Reform leader, Nigel Farage, by a cryptocurrency billionaire shortly before the 2024 general election was reported to the NCA. One relates to a £1m donation made to Britain Means Business, a fundraising organisation for Reform UK, before the last general election. Half of the £1m was then transferred by Tice, as director of the company, to Reform UK. Renamed from Leave Means Leave, Britain Means Business is a company that is used to help fund Reform. The £1m seemingly came from the aristocrat and Reform UK donor Fiona Cottrell. In this instance, the Guardian understands bank staff were not satisfied that the funds had ultimately come from her. The NCA has sought help from a foreign partner agency to trace the original source of the funds. Two other SARs relate to a loan from George Cottrell to Tice. The loan was made shortly before Tice finalised a property purchase and made a party donation, and was not repaid until after those two transactions were completed, according to sources. George Cottrell is the son of Fiona Cottrell, and is a convicted fraudster, former deputy treasurer of Ukip and close associate of Farage. A fourth relates to the £5m gift from the Thailand-based businessman Christopher Harborne to Farage, which was first revealed by the Guardian in April. Continue reading...

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Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 4w ago

EXC - The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns

Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection

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Ruth Fox@ruthfox.bsky.social · 4w ago

🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in...

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Noah Law MP@noahlawmp.bsky.social · last mo.

My letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino regarding Jarell Quansah's red card and the importance of the international rules-based order. Congratulations to England on their stunning win! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

Bizarre questions and an all-male ‘jury’: woman strangled by US pilot in Britain tells of airbase trial

Bizarre questions and an all-male ‘jury’: woman strangled by US pilot in Britain tells of airbase trial

Sarah Steele waives anonymity to call for greater scrutiny of how US military courts are allowed to ‘rip apart’ vulnerable witnesses in the UK * Why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England? * Explainer: how the US bypasses British courts A woman strangled by an American fighter pilot at his home in an English city has come forward to criticise the handling of his prosecution via a US court martial, a process she described as “military first, justice second”. Sarah Steele, a British academic, has come forward to speak about the “distressing and degrading” experience she had with the US military justice system after she was assaulted by the airman in Cambridge. Continue reading...

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