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@karamballes
Feb 22, 2022 • 33 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
🧵Once the West is corrupted then democracy stops looking like a viable alternative for the people of countries like Russia

Best way for Putin to protect his position is to fund corruptions, ferment division, and Foster insurgency

He needs democracy to look like a basketcase
2/ Western politicians thought the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of communism signalled the end of worries about Russia

They embraced the money, the lavish surroundings of oligarchs, look at the dealings Johnson and co have had with Russia

3/ With the collapse of mass membership, politics became reliant on big donors

Anyone connected to Conservative Friends of Russia, linked to IEA Elliot should be under intense scrutiny
4/ Its not just the current Conservative cabinet, we have a couple of decades of politicians being compromised in this particular way

Look at Osbourne
5/ Some good threads here on Kremlin tactics
6/ We also have to question the integrity of many in the media, they are happy to rub shoulders with Russians but then don't want to speak about it

I guess all those accusations against Labour MPs might look a bit hypocritical
7/ We face an unholy alliance between Russia money and the international far right, they aren't hard allies but their objectives have converged, both seek to benefit from division
8/ The Council for National Policy that effectively controls the Republican party now, the Koch Network and dark money all seems to benefit from Russian links
9/ The network of opaquely funded think tanks, institutes and foundations has fully integrated itself into the current conservative party

Libertarian billionaire networks, Russian billionaires, Conservative Party and Republican Party, lines are blurred

10/ For instance look at Legatum, a node in the network, and its links to Gazprom
11/ Climate change denial helps the Koch network who have vast financial interests in fossil fuels, protecting these industries is also important for Russian economy and oligarchs wealth
11/ Makes you wonder why the Conservative Party has been so reluctant to tackle money laundering
12/ Look at the UKs Russia report, a complete failure to investigate, however in the US there are better attempts being made to get to the bottom of corruption

Mueller Report has far more detail than anything out of the UK
13/ US is continuing to look into Facebook over Cambridge Analytica and other scandals
14/ No suprise to see Peter Thiels name cropping up
15/ If you don't know about Thiel, then it's worth seeing the kind of shady stuff Palantir and his other organisations are up to
16/ Considering the accusations made against Cambridge Analytica and Facebook its shocking these cases in the US are not being reported on in the UK, they are very relevant
17/ Seems like RW politicians in UK and US, and elsewhere are increasingly showing anti democratic tendencies

Example of the Ziglag group in the US
18/ World Congress for Families
US-Russia project

Culture wars benefit both
19/ Johnson and Russia, wanted to put this thread near the start but I misplaced it

So many politicians are severely compromised, the information is out there,
20/ See how many of these libertarian types are jumping to Russias defence
21/ Russians appearing to get preferential treatment from Tory MPs
22/ Trump,Bannon, the Mercer, Henry Jackson Society and Tory MPs
23/ There is just too much Russian money propping up the Tory party
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-542280…
24/ As for in the US, there are serious questions about Tucker Carlsons defense of Putin
25/ Mueller Report says handing Eastern Ukraine to Russia was discussed
26/ Image
27/ Jacob Rees-Mogg
28/ UK ruling class sold out
Media couldn't be bothered to pursue the Russia report and let them off the hook
29/ Trumpers can wave their flags as much as they like, pretend patriots Image
30/ More on Carlson
31/ UK has a housing crisis, multiple factors but turning London into a playground and investment opportunity from those getting rich from authoritarian regimes is one of those factors

Cost of living, housing is the biggest cost
32/ Just found out Halfon also has questions to answer

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Jul 3
🧵A thread of links on Reform's general election
2/ Worth noting this other UK based coordinated disinformation network includes Together Declaration

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3/ Casting doubt on validity of UK voting process
Read 21 tweets
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Jun 26
🧵Oh what a suprise, Together Declaration are part of this network, and members of the Exec like UsForThem founder Kingsley accused anyone who said they were a hard right political project of smears and defamation
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2/ Founded as anti-lockdown but going straight into anti-vax talking points, Together then switched to anti Ulez, anti net zero heading towards climate change denial
3/ They have been one of the main groups peddling nonsense about the WHO pandemic treaty, starting two years ago with Farage then becoming the leading face of a new astroturf group
Read 6 tweets
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May 24
🧵The Covid in Schools Scandal

While much of the media claims the inquiry is accomplishing nothing, its slowly revealed the gov knew transmission occurs in schools and causes harm to a not insignificant number of children
2/ The much delayed testimony of Simon Case reveals that covid in schools policy ignored the science and was designed without expert advice

Macnamara
"Genuine suggestion that we secretly do different things in schools in places to see what the impact is.. last straw for me" Image
3/ Sunaks appearance revealed that the senior scientific advisors had warned that schools were the most significant risk to transmission

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Apr 24
1/ Contrary to its name, changes in the Data Protection and Information Bill further shifts the balance of power towards commercial interests
2/ The bill gives the Secretary of State the power to add to the list of interests that can access your childrens data through secondary legislation avoiding parliamentary scrutiny Image
3/ The Bill also permits 14-18 year olds to be targeted with political marketing Image
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Apr 24
1/ The thing is, the UK is institutionally not curious about identifying harms directly caused by covid

For instance it's been a year since they stopped collecting and publishing data on long covid
2/ Many families of children with long covid have faced gaslighting and struggled to access meaningful care
3/ More and more evidence emerges of the long term harms caused by covid, but the UK govs preferred paedatricians continue to peddle claims that with enough infections children will develop lasting immunity
Said this would occur after 1 infection, what is it now? 5? 7? 10?🤷‍♂️
Read 15 tweets
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Apr 11
🧵Cass Review
Not had a chance to read the whole thing yet, but have had time to look through the main points

What positives can be taken from it? The time spent on waiting lists was identified as a major issue, all children's services are massively underfunded at the moment
2/ I would like to think that this will lead to an investment in all children's support services like CAHMS, more pastoral support in schools etc

That would be a positive outcome, regardless of what else is included in the review, unfortunately real terms cuts are the reality
3/ What matters is how government interprets the review and what it chooses to implement, additional funding for children isn't going to be prioritised over tax cuts to appease RW papers
Imagine if the billions from last round of tax cuts had instead been invested in children
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