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Matthew Redhead

@matthewrr.bsky.social
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National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff, landscapes and sanity. Views own.

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The Economist @economist.com · 3h
Some EU member states want an Irish alumina refiner included in a new round of sanctions. Its defenders argue that doing so would cripple Europe’s aluminium sector—but they are wrong
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Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine
The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 3h
Wednesday
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Den of Scholes @denofscholes.bsky.social · 2h
BBC News - One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is sounding more and more like Chris Morris wrote a Four Lions follow up.
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One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself
He made the call almost an hour before a farmer also called police after seeing men in balaclavas.
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Paul Garrard @paulgarrard.bsky.social · 2h
Iranian agents are highly unlikely to arrive by dinghy. If you're backed by a country there are plenty of 'legitimate' ways to enter a country.
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Thomas Cheney @thomascheney.bsky.social · 2h
all up for Rejoining the EU but we need to change our views on immigration as a country - the 'legitimate concerns' bullshit got mainstreamed by opposition to Eastern European Freedom of Movement, and allowed Farage and co to present themselves as different from the BNP/NF becuase Poles are 'white'
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Sal 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sal46.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Super piece on two sides of nostalgist northern indie heritage, one represented by decent lib bloke Marr & channelled by Burnham (see also Danny Boyle, Stephen Graham, Guy Garvey’s soothing tones on Radio 6), and a darker side represented by Morrissey, still imbued with post-war trauma & violence.
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think that is what might be called “signalling”.
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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 28/09/2026
RAF Fairford latest: Organiser spotted.
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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The far right are Vichyists and Quislings. An occasional thread
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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Inevitably, lots of speculation over the possible instigators of the operation disrupted near RAF Fairford. Pointless at present because of the wide choice available. (Iran? Russia? Russia pretending to be Iran? Home-grown far-left "activists"?) We will know more in due course, but for now -
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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’ll be on BBC News at 1400 to talk about this. Apparently I am a “safe pair of hands” who “won’t speculate on air”. Makes me wonder who else they have already asked and what they said…
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I was delighted to see Andrew Lownie talk about how he researched and wrote “Entitled” on Friday evening last week at a meeting of The Sohemian Society. He is a fascinating and brave man, and was expertly interviewed by Ross Macfarlane. An inspiring event about the importance and power of research.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026
Now let’s resume talking about Epstein.
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
I have frozen the plums that were in the icebox and which I bought to make plum crumble Forgive me I didn't get round to making it
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah yes the circle of life
• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm
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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In breaking news this morning: coverage of the RAF Fairford incident is punctuated by a BBC journalist who finds life outside London so bizarre and alien that he has to explain to people what waking up in the countryside is like in the live feed.
"Birdsong, mist and the smell of manure." I don't know where Edward Rowe is from but I suspect it's not Gloucestershire.
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💯👌🏼
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Chinese are actively destroying the US global position while the US president bows and scrapes." phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/its-not-th...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 25/09/2026
Man appears in London court accused of providing Russian intelligence with drone factory details reut.rs/4iIe6Fj
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Man appears in London court accused of providing Russian intelligence with drone factory details
A British man will go on trial next year accused of providing information about factories which manufacture ​drones and offering to sabotage them on behalf ‌of Russian intelligence, a London court was told on Friday.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"ok Andy, now Keir's won you a big majority but he's out the game, so do you want to risk it all for a hung parliament and a tumble dryer"
Andy Burnham (l) photoshopped into a screenshot from the tv series Bullseye with Jim Bowen (r)
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
WE DO THIS NOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY
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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Photo of a vintage book cover featuring a bearded man chopping planks of wood in half. Title and copy read

Defeating Wood

Teach Wood
The Lesson It Has Long Deserved

Gary Arkanasse
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Roger Luckhurst @theprofrog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ok which of you bastards put acid in my tea?
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sorry Andy. Lifting the ban on drinking in the stands would soon be regretted. And let’s be fair, you’ve got more important things to be speaking out on. Balaclava wearing thugs for a start.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wish those calling for the UK to rejoin the EU could wake up to the fact it ain't like renewing a subscription to Radio Times. Years of closer alignment is the only option, just like prior to joining the Common Market in 1973.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Sinister network of Russian agents busted in Cold War-style plot to infiltrate the US Secret Service using American tech CEO
The alleged deception could have given Russian agents a foothold inside a company providing technology to government customers.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every minute spent arguing about where exactly the boundaries of concepts like Britishness and Englishness is time not spent defending the principle that everyone should feel free to define their own identity as they choose - no-one else - and so doing the haters’ work for them
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yesterday, El Mundo published a warning article: The CIA warns of a possible Russian drone attack on Spain, France or Italy. Russia may be preparing to shift from sabotage and intelligence operations involving drones in Europe to limited strikes on the territory of NATO countries⤵️
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don't want this to happen, but at some point soon, Russian "sabotage" is going to be better framed as Russian "terrorism". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Poland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threat
The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We all love sweeping generalisations.
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thursday
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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thursday night: Hammersmith, London, for the live show rounding off Sky's "The Wargame" series playing out how Russia could coerce the UK. Friday morning: Hereford Cathedral, for the Hereford Military History Festival with @elisabethbraw.bsky.social & co. www.herefordmilitaryhistoryfestival.com
KG books on the Hereford Festival page
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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.

Doug Stanhope
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unaffordable housing is caused by young people drinking too many lattes and spending money on Netflix Poverty is caused by benefit claimants buying booze and ciggies. The world is a simple place for the Tories.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 24/09/2026
AP: Pakistan carried out airstrikes on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan a day earlier, a sharp escalation in recent fighting between the neighbors that threatens mediation efforts. There was no immediate response from Kabul to the latest strikes
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Attack drones launched from vessels of Russia's shadow fleet at targets in Western Europe, you say? One reason that scenario didn't make it into the plot of Sky's "The Wargame", broadcasting this week, is because the team playing Russia already had too many options. inews.co.uk/news/world/w...
Screenshot describing Wargame discussions of shadow fleet attack drones.
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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I won't be shocked if we find out they are two sides of the same coin.
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Having one of those days when I’d like to retreat from reality.
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What is it with people who snort catarrh?
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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here’s what real journalism looks like Nothing to touch @financialtimes.com in the UK media www.ft.com/content/3848...
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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI
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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A small part of me worries that the government has been told it could not count on the loyalty of the police or armed forces if they were told to deal forcefully with the far right.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nancy Mitford updated.
Sign with arrow in one direction saying Non EU and the other EU.
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Den of Scholes @denofscholes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Easily solved. Make the RNLI a statutory emergency service and any offence to interfere with them during the act of their duties will be a criminal offence. Anyone arrested and found guilty will be liable for a minimum £5000 fine and/or 2.5 years in jail.
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh look!
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Such a shame because the original podcast with Ben Wallace as PM is convincing and very well done. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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The Wargame
News Podcast · Series · Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?    A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real...
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