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October 2026

The Alarm That May Not Ring
Openreach plans to close its analogue network in January. Can anyone prove that the alarms depending on it are ready?
 • Thom Aster
The Prison Gate Is Not the End of the Sentence
The law releases people earlier. Inspectors have documented how monitoring fails, and ministers have conceded a gap between release and fitting.
 • Thom Aster
Europe's Islamist Influence Inquiry: Grants, Warnings and Missing Evidence
An EU vote, public grants and disputed Brotherhood links raise questions that official records have not yet answered.
 • Thom Aster
Three white vans, no explosives, and a handler called 'Ali': what the public record establishes about the RAF Fairford case
Two men charged under the National Security Act 2023 after petrol-laden vans at RAF Fairford. No explosives found in the vans. Seven arrests, two…
 • Thom Aster
The Unpublished Arithmetic: The £2.8m Grant, the Forecast Behind It, and the Limits of Assurance
A follow-up audit of the £2.8m Move On grant: money and formula are public, the forecast is not, and parliamentary and procurement records from…
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Bill Gates Was Not in Leeuwarden
Seven Dutch claimants took a Covid-19 vaccine injury claim against Bill Gates to a merits hearing in Friesland. The court has not yet decided whether…
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The Eleventh Hour. Two Different Dates.
Tower Hamlets Council advertised an Islamophobia Awareness Month conference for 11am on Armistice Day. The event’s own official booking page says 10…
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They Engineered Our Lives: One Year Later, What the Records Actually Prove
Smart streets. Biometric identity. NHS contractor access. Digital money. Sixteen new information requests. The official paper trail is finally beginning…
 • Thom Aster
Ten Sages, a Secret Qur’an, and the Manuscripts That Refuse to Agree
Medieval Jewish and Christian writers accused Jewish figures of shaping Islam’s origins. Their manuscripts are real. Their stories are different...
 • Thom Aster
The Pact They Called Non-Binding
Nearly eight years of British government records show how the UN Migration Compact became an operational policy commitment, and who chose to implement…
 • Thom Aster
Scotland’s Demographic Gamble: The Public Money, the Housing Crisis, and the Questions Ministers Must Answer
New official figures and freedom-of-information disclosures expose what is being funded, what the government says it is achieving, and what the public…
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