"Clement Jackson was at home by the South African coast, tending to the meat on his beloved braai, when the call about the body came...." My @gdnlongread, 15 years in the making, on how oligarchs took on UK law enforcement - and won.

The great @Lucy_Osborne and I have been looking at the goings on at the University of Buckingham. Was there really an attempted "coup" against the vice-chancellor by those who objected to his "anti-woke’ views"?

A little background on Reform's newest donor...

China's AI prowess has not come out of the blue. We recently published this investigation into how a top chip designer in a UK village was bought with Chinese money and shared its knowhow with Chinese engineers working on chips for AI that can be used in weapons systems.

Reflect for a moment on what it means that the way an ex-UK prime minister now seeks to influence the current one is by threatening legal letter. This is life in Cuckooland, where those who can afford the fees use the law to police what can be said. I wrote a book about it.

This tale of the struggle to control the technologies that could shape the future comes as we’re getting a glimpse of how far Xi Jinping’s communist regime seems able to reach into democracies. Just ask Prince Andrew. @dansabbagh explains.

This story of the struggle to control technologies that could shape the future comes as we are glimpsing how deeply Xi Jinping’s communist regime seems able to reach into democracies. Just ask Prince Andrew. @dansabbagh explains (2/4)

I’m on strike with my Guardian and Observer colleagues over the sale of the Observer. For more information please follow @gonuj93 and @NUJofficial or visit

But even if the UK authorities now genuinely want to combat dirty money, do agencies have the resources for the fight? Here's my 15-year investigation into one case. It shows both the power of the oligarchs and the rottenness in the UK legal system. (4/4)

Very good point. The scale does seem remarkable. This @EricLiptonNYT piece was very good. “That would essentially give the world’s richest man and a major government contractor the power to regulate the regulators who hold sway over his companies, amounting to a potentially enormous conflict of interest.”

Roll up! Roll up! Still some tickets left for @kilkenomics this week. I'll be talking about dirty money and how the rich own the truth. And discussing Russia with Putin's nemesis: @thedylanmoran.

“This is the iron rule: Trump serves only himself.” If this election were taking place in some far flung kleptocracy, we would call it how it is: a crook seeking to protect himself and his iffy fortune by gaining the immunity from prosecution that comes with public office.

RT @DrillPod: 💵New episode 💷 #Kleptocracy Now – How corrupt states and their enablers undermine democracies to create a world without rules…

Had a fascinating chat with @Scaramucci about my book on what happens when what rich own the truth.

RT @gdnlongread: How oligarchs took on the UK fraud squad – and won Audio long read, written and read by @tomburgis

EXCLUSIVE: The son of Singapore’s founding father tells @guardian he has been granted asylum in the UK amid what he says is a campaign of persecution by the authorities. “People think this is some kind of paradise - it isn’t.” With @amyhawk_