Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 8mPerhaps when Kyiv is done working with the World Bank to combat corruption and create accountability, it could teach the US official how to do it? www.ft.com/content/5435... 0112
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 2hGeopolitically speaking, the UK really really picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. bsky.app/profile/phil... 093
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 16hRe the Sally Rooney news, I was looking up data on arrests under terrorism legislation the other day, and hadn't quite realised how utterly bonkers the effect of the Palestine Action prohibition had been. That big purple spike is basically all PA-related arrests. 281040469
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 19hToday's lesson for Europe: if your national security relies on US oligarchs' tech, they'll cut you off when you most need it. 12462196
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 20hThis was a really fun chat. bsky.app/profile/ftm.... 072
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 13/10/2026For all her faults, we owe a debt of gratitude to Kimberly Guilfoyle for discovering that there is in fact a level of corruption unacceptable to Trump's White House, which was previously an open question. 5244
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Really interesting from Elliptic's Tom Robinson on how the strikes on Yandex data centres have affected cryptocurrency A7A5. Ukrainian drones achieved something all the sanctions have failed to do, and actually reduced its liquidity. lnkd.in/p/e-d6b_mF 0227
Reposted by Oliver BulloughEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026My concern with this is we'll end up recreating the failed supply-side approach to disinformation while ignoring the far more significant demand side. First is recognising the relationship between institutions, publics, and counterpublics have changed significantly. 423661
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I'm sure the Kremlin was delighted we voted to leave the EU, but I also think it's passing the buck to blame it on Russian interference. Russia's role in Brexit was tiny compared to that of unscrupulous hedgies, ambitious politicians and decades of lies from right wing newspapers. 67589114
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Which ex-politician has fallen furthest in their embrace of Big Tech? Nick Clegg or Tom Watson? Or is there another candidate for the prize? 5346
Reposted by Oliver BulloughDe Balie @debalie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How does dirty money shape our world? This Thursday at De Balie, @oliverbullough.bsky.social and Thomas Bollen (@ftm.nl) expose the global system of money laundering. An evening about shell companies, tax havens, crypto, empty high-end apartments and more. Tickets & info: debalie.nl/programma/th...debalie.nlThe Dark Economy: How Dirty Money Shapes the WorldTogether with investigative journalists Oliver Bullough and Thomas Bollen we dive into the shadow world money laundering. A world of shell companies, tax havens, crypto and empty high-end apartments. 089
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"I never thought they would risk the existence of MY humanity," sobs woman who invested in Posing Existential Risks to Humanity Inc. 0184
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'd love to hear a British official having to explain dogging to a US securocrat. bsky.app/profile/yeom... 2321
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wish more people would realise that not everyone who wishes to put big money into British politics is Russian. In fact, hardly any of them are. bsky.app/profile/josi... 2112
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are you interested in hearing me talk about money laundering? Are you someone who'll be at home at 6pm on October 20th? This is your lucky day! Sign up for the excellent BEARR Trust's annual talk here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bearr-...eventbrite.co.ukThe BEARR Trust online talk with Oliver BulloughJournalist and author Oliver Bullough joins BEARR online on 20 October to discuss illicit wealth, kleptocracy and organised crime. 0104
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you're in Devon, this weekend I will be doing not one but two events to talk about money laundering! You can come to one or, better, both if you're nearby... 262
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks but my dog (aged 11) has just discovered how nice it is to lie on the sofa. 3231
Reposted by Oliver BulloughInternational Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026💸 How does dirty money move across borders, and why is it so difficult to stop? Join Oliver Bullough for #TheOffshoreTalks as he explores the hidden financial systems that allow illicit wealth to circulate, followed by a discussion with Sara Brimbeuf. 🔗 tally.so/r/0QKD26 12512
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Trump urges Zelensky to stop playing the cards he doesn't have. www.ft.com/content/adb8...ft.comDonald Trump presses Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop hitting Russian refineriesUS president tells Ukrainian leader in phone call it is all about ‘diesel, diesel, diesel’, according to officials 1146
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The trainline and I are in a similar mood this morning, it appears. 0140
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Your occasional reminder that self-regulation has the same relationship to regulation that self-importance has to importance. bsky.app/profile/atru... 0252
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 11/09/2026But will it go south of the river? bsky.app/profile/mrja... 161
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The future of the media involves highly-paid people talking, not very entertainingly, about lowly-paid people's work on podcasts, with the profits going to Gary Lineker. 2235
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I listened to The World At One, and the Israeli representative was almost ridiculously incoherent, combative and wrong (*Mark Carney* is extreme left??). I've been puzzling over this as a comms technique. Is it "flooding the zone" cleverness, and therefore good? Or is it just rubbish? 4181
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 09/09/2026La maison, c'est moi! bsky.app/profile/kati... 250
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The fact something as fundamental and superb as the RNLI is a charity is one of the most magical and strange things about Britain. You can support them here. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 11616286
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I was stoked to go on my favourite financial-nerdery podcast to be nerdy about financial crime. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...bloomberg.comWatch Why Money Launderers Love $100 Bills - BloombergHardly anyone nowadays seems to carry much cash, never mind carrying around a bunch of $100 bills. So why does the amount of physical cash in circulation — especially big denominations like the $100 b... 0181
Reposted by Oliver BulloughNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders. 391764683
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Reform is giving strong vibes of Viz's Baxter Basics this morning. 1120
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Holy crap. Just watch the whole thing now. bsky.app/profile/step... 14212
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I am not a fan of our AML system but, if someone knows you well enough to know you have a big transaction coming in, and is suspicious enough about it to suspect money laundering, then the bank is probably* right to suspend the account pending enquiries. *100 percent certainly 1278
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Treat drugs as a public health, rather than criminal, challenge. 1. raise tax revenue from selling them. 2. remove the primary basis of the criminal economy. 3. free up a big chunk of prison space. Politically tricky, but -- done right -- could really improve things. bsky.app/profile/jess... 34811
Reposted by Oliver BulloughAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." 1311726
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Here's the trade unions, somehow believing they can outspend billionaires. It's not just moronic, it's actively dangerous. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBurnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donorsPM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour 212932
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Important thread about how UK's lawyers and defamation rules restricted journalism in the Arday case. We don't call it censorship, but that's what it is. bsky.app/profile/dann... 1195
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 07/08/2026After careful consideration, I've concluded that the magnifying glass is the most useless tool on a Swiss Army Knife. 6190
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Interesting algorithmic choice by the iplayer... 1130
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Not really relevant to Soho residents' objections to people standing up in pubs but I stayed in an airbnb in Soho in February, and the flat downstairs had this on the door. 4152
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This unabashedly "liberal" candidate promised, while campaigning in the Democratic Party primary, to prevent the under-fives from buying fire-arms, but can he pivot to the center in time for the general election? 0120
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Not relevant to Badenoch's weapons-grade inappropriateness for high office, but I'm always confused by politicians' habit of using people as a backdrop for a speech: shouldn't they be talking to the people, rather than standing with their back to them? bsky.app/profile/step... 5131
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Referring to Jon Harvey as Count Binface while insisting on pointing out that Tommy Robinson's real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is woke hypocrisy, in this essay I will... 2330
Reposted by Oliver BulloughRobert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 09/07/2026Read every word of the latest from the great @annaisaac.bsky.social carefully and closely. Journalism at the highest level. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comMillions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutinyExclusive: The details behind the financial transactions that bankers have flagged up to the National Crime Agency 3184101
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Important move from the Telegraph. After all, nothing stops the kids laughing like a teacher telling them it's "not funny". bsky.app/profile/tomi... 2335
Reposted by Oliver BulloughPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Nigel Farage has put corruption on the ballot in Clacton Now we need to make sure that the by-election is fought on a single issue: cleaning up the rot in British politics New by me on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/farage-cor...democracyforsale.substack.comFarage has done us all a favourNow we need a modern day Martin Bell 19284100
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I know everyone's being very "well actually" about the major parties deciding not to run in Clacton, but I think it's hilarious that Farage's publicity stunt has resulted in him going head to head with Count Binface. We haven't had a Boaty McBoatface moment to unite us as a nation for too long. 212722
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It would be entertaining if the thing that finally brings down Nigel Farage is some bankers filing a Suspicious Activity Report, considering how utterly routine a thing to happen that is for any large transaction involving a Politically Exposed Person. 28918
Reposted by Oliver BulloughJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Farage was given a deadline of 1pm on Tuesday to respond to the Guardian about this article. He gave a video address at 2pm announcing he would force a byelection in Clacton. 314129
Reposted by Oliver Bulloughkyleayers.bsky.social @kyleayers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London. 160144732889