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    Craig #Murray in his piece “Beware the Cult of #Cadwalladr” in 2022! (https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2022/01/beware-the-cult-of-cadwalladr/)

    Excellent post (though Murray was incorrect about Cadwalladr winning the Pulitzer), thanks for sharing. This part remains relevant even today:

    Cadwalladr became a hero to British liberals because she provided a comfortable explanation of Brexit. Cadwalladr told them the people of England and Wales had rejected the EU solely because they had been duped, by internet manipulation of their thoughts and by those pesky Russians.

    This was a much easier explanation to swallow than the truth, which is that the massive disparity between rich and poor in our neo-liberal economic societies had left most people alienated and feeling powerless, and prey to the anti-immigrant propaganda the media had been relentlessly pumping out for decades.

    I am an outsider, and my perspective from afar could be wrong, but to me, the U.K. government seems to be acting like an occupying force "pacifying" the natives. For centuries, Britain did this to their overseas colonies; now that there are no colonies left, they seem to be turning on their own people.

    Why are they doing this? I think because they are unable to accept the end of Western hegemony. With loot and surplus from the global south turning into a trickle, U.K. and other European countries are in a very bad situation. They have hardly any native deposits of fossil fuels or raw materials left to extract (Britain exhausted its rich coal deposits around 1920, and promptly lost its status as the hegemon; Germany exhausted its own coal deposits in the 1950s). They do not grow food in quantities sufficient to feed their own populations. They themselves have sabotaged cheap energy supplies from Russia, and egged on Ukraine to sabotage oil and gas supplies from the central Asian countries. The Iran war has cut off supplies from the Gulf region. Germany, the economic engine of Europe, has lost roughly 40% of its industry relative to 2008 levels (and half of those losses happened after the Nord Stream pipelines were destroyed). They all have ageing populations, with very low fertility rates. What's the solution then? Looks to me that the U.K. and the European leadership have decided to desperately gamble their last bits of energy and resources to invade and conquer Russia, the most resource-rich country on the planet. The hope seems to be to balkanize Russia and divide the spoils among themselves. I don't think they will succeed, there are just too many factors against it, but they have made their choice.

    To this end, they seem to be turning their respective countries into bunker states, with their populations turned into civil guards operating under martial law. Only that could explain the persecution of their own people the governments of U.K., Germany etc. are engaging in.

    She’s recently set up “The Nerve” with a bunch of her ex-Observer mates. They’re currently hammering away very hard at Farage!

    I’m conflicted! I approve of her exposures on Palantir, assorted Tech Bros + Farage … but her alleged role in amplifying security state narratives is worrying to say the least!

    By persistently generating and amplifying stories about sabotage by Russia, journalists like Cadwalladr are priming the British populace to accept the bunker state and the losses of freedom and liberty that go with it. (Note how enthusiastic the liberal media is about age-gating the internet, and about banning media outlets that propagate "wrong-think".) This strategy also primes the populace to accept a war with Russia.

    Cadwalladr's tales about Russia creating and nourishing UKIP appeal to the liberals. They fulfill the role assigned to the liberal wing of the Vichy media. Her counterparts in the Murdoch and Springer media cater to the conservatives by peddling stories of savage immigrants. Together, they herd everyone into the bunker, and cheer the persecution of anyone who dissents.

    That's how it appears, from where I stand.


    #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #Germany #Europe #EuropeanUnion #EU #Russia #Iran #Hormuz #FossilFuels #energy #RawMaterials #FoodSovereignty #colonialism #imperialism #CaroleCadwalladr #Cadwalladr #TheGuardian #Guardian #Observer #Murray #Cadwalladr
  2. @dialecticalmusings @rzeta0 @iriyan

    As it happens, I’m quite sure you’re correct in this! She was previously unmasked as being intimately involved in the so-called “Integrity Initiative” by a number of journos including Cook in The #Grayzone & Craig #Murray in his piece “Beware the Cult of #Cadwalladr” in 2022! (craigmurray.org.uk/archives/20)

    “We know of course that Cadwalladr was an active participant in the Integrity Initiative, the covert #MOD and #FCO funded programme to place articles by journalists in the media setting out the security services narrative. The Institute for Statecraft, which runs the #IntegrityInitiative, is indeed a ‘contractor to the security services’”

    She’s recently set up “The Nerve” with a bunch of her ex-Observer mates. They’re currently hammering away very hard at Farage!

    I’m conflicted! I approve of her exposures on Palantir, assorted Tech Bros + Farage … but her alleged role in amplifying security state narratives is worrying to say the least!

  3. @dialecticalmusings @rzeta0 @iriyan

    As it happens, I’m quite sure you’re correct in this! She was previously unmasked as being intimately involved in the so-called “Integrity Initiative” by a number of journos including Cook in The #Grayzone & Craig #Murray in his piece “Beware the Cult of #Cadwalladr” in 2022! (craigmurray.org.uk/archives/20)

    “We know of course that Cadwalladr was an active participant in the Integrity Initiative, the covert #MOD and #FCO funded programme to place articles by journalists in the media setting out the security services narrative. The Institute for Statecraft, which runs the #IntegrityInitiative, is indeed a ‘contractor to the security services’”

    She’s recently set up “The Nerve” with a bunch of her ex-Observer mates. They’re currently hammering away very hard at Farage!

    I’m conflicted! I approve of her exposures on Palantir, assorted Tech Bros + Farage … but her alleged role in amplifying security state narratives is worrying to say the least!

  4. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲-𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀

    Tennisbroers Andy en Jamie Murray beginnen een YouTube-kanaal over tennis. Op het kanaal geven de Britten onder meer een kijkje achter de schermen bij grote tennistoernooien en blikken ze terug op grote momenten uit de tenniswereld, meldt The Hollywood Reporter.

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/56207

    #Murray #YouTube #tennis

  5. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲-𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀

    Tennisbroers Andy en Jamie Murray beginnen een YouTube-kanaal over tennis. Op het kanaal geven de Britten onder meer een kijkje achter de schermen bij grote tennistoernooien en blikken ze terug op grote momenten uit de tenniswereld, meldt The Hollywood Reporter.

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/56207

    #Murray #YouTube #tennis

  6. “Keir Starmer’s bloody legacy”

    by The Canary

    @thecanaryuk
    @uk_politics
    @UKLabour

    “Former UK ambassador and journalist, Craig #Murray, took to X to highlight the main legacy of Starmer’s.

    ‘Keir Starmer should be remembered for his unflinching and pro-active support for Genocide in Gaza and Lebanon. Nothing else matters beside this’”

    thecanary.co/uk/2026/06/22/kei

    #Press #SocialMedia #UK #Labour #Starmer #Resignation #Legacy #Bloodshed #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Complicity #Participation #Autocracy #PalestineAction #AbuseOfPower #Filton25 #Lies #Corruption #Mandelson #Epstein #LabourFriendsOfGenocide #LabourFriendsOfIsrael #Zionism #Lebanon

  7. “Keir Starmer’s bloody legacy”

    by The Canary

    @thecanaryuk
    @uk_politics
    @UKLabour

    “Former UK ambassador and journalist, Craig #Murray, took to X to highlight the main legacy of Starmer’s.

    ‘Keir Starmer should be remembered for his unflinching and pro-active support for Genocide in Gaza and Lebanon. Nothing else matters beside this’”

    thecanary.co/uk/2026/06/22/kei

    #Press #SocialMedia #UK #Labour #Starmer #Resignation #Legacy #Bloodshed #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Complicity #Participation #Autocracy #PalestineAction #AbuseOfPower #Filton25 #Lies #Corruption #Mandelson #Epstein #LabourFriendsOfGenocide #LabourFriendsOfIsrael #Zionism #Lebanon

  8. Hype for the Future 153D: The Purchase Area of Kentucky

    Introduction The Jackson Purchase area of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is associated with the westernmost frontier of the modern area, including the particular Counties of Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Marshall, and Calloway. Each county is associated with a distinct perspective within the Commonwealth and within the far west of Kentucky, with the county seats located in the respective Cites of Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, Paducah, Mayfield, Benton, and […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  9. Behind the counter: DougCo cheesemongers share their passion | News

    Murray’s Cheese Master Vona Metcalfe scores and cracks open an 80-pound wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano in a Castle Rock King Soopers.  Photo by Haley Lena What mi…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Italiancheese #BehindtheCounter #Cheese #cheesemongers #DouglasCounty #Italia #Italian #italiano #italy #murray #sharetheirpassion
    diningandcooking.com/2505309/b