Nick Davies

If you're interested in power and abuse of power and Rupert Murdoch, you might be interested in this documentary www.itv.com/watch/the-re...

Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"

"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"

"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"

At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths

This very revealing story is not getting nearly enough attention - At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

This is highly revealing about the power play behind what is happening in Gaza, especially on the increasingly alarming influence of Larry Ellison. tinyurl.com/46t5m6en

The Nerve Fearless, independent journalism covering culture, politics and tech

A very strong launch by the new independent news outfit www.thenerve.news - more energy and revelation in one issue than the dead-souled Fleet Street Sundays have managed in months.

“.. Tesla's new car sales in April fell by 80.7% in Sweden, national data showed on Friday, a day after Denmark recorded a 67.2% drop .. and France reported a 59.4% fall, its fourth straight month of sales contraction.”

$TSLA @reuters.com
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Russia is a land of mystery, the wonders of Ermitage, the enigma of beautiful women, tantalising Westerners with its boundless puzzle of Russian soul.

But perhaps more importantly, Russia is this.

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Israeli forces used 80-year-old Palestinian as human shield before killing him Israeli forces strapped explosives around the neck of an elderly Palestinian who used a walking stick and forced him to inspect areas used by Hamas before killing him and his wife

Israeli forces strapped explosives around the neck of an elderly Palestinian man in Gaza and forced him to act as a human shield before killing him and his wife, an investigation by the Israeli news website HaMakom has revealed www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-is...

How I exposed MI5’s lie about its violent abusive agent The Security Service gambled BBC correspondent Daniel De Simone had no evidence. A note, an email and a recording proved it wrong.

Somebody should give this BBC reporter a prize. He's taken on the lies of MI5 - and won. Any judge or politician who is supposed to supervise MI5 must now be asking if they too have been lied to. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An important idea for dealing with Trump, from north of the border Friends,

An important idea for dealing with Trump, from north of the border
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UK law firm that acted for Putin’s warlord Prigozhin 'broke no rules' Exclusive: Taking cash from a sanctioned Russian mercenary chief to enable him to sue a British journalist is not an abuse of our legal system, solicitors' regulator finds

You can't accuse the Solicitors' Regulatory Authority of not whole-heartedly embracing the government's pro-growth agenda.

If lawyers can't take money from murderous scum to sue journalists for writing true things, how will we ever have growth again?

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The Murdoch spy papers What if phone hacking was worse—much worse—than previously thought? Reporter Nick Davies uncovered the original scandal. Now, with remarkable document...

Most of the evidence which Murdoch has suppressed is here - allegations that execs conspired in crime to get stories; to spy on politicians; and to pervert the course of justice. All allegations remain untested in court; all are denied by Murdoch company. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

This is spot on. I was in court for the settlement negotiations. It was explicit in comments from both sets of lawyers that the the suppression of evidence due to be heard in the trial was an absolutely essential requirement for the Murdoch side.

I mean, that's outstanding.

Jeff Bezos' media companies kiss Trump's ring…again Amazon Studios will release a documentary about Melania Trump, and the Washington Post just killed an editorial cartoon satirizing its owner's fealty to the incoming president.

New for @motherjones.com: Jeff Bezos’ Media Companies Kiss Trump’s Ring…Again

Amazon Studios will release a documentary about Melania Trump that she’s exec producing, and WaPo killed an editorial cartoon satirizing Bezos’s fealty to Trump.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Revealed: 1.5m children in England studying in unfit school buildings Underinvestment has led to crumbling infrastructure in schools, hospitals and courts, Guardian study shows

PL: This is the big education story, not parents having to pay VAT on a luxury education. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

The Observer strike is about the future of liberal journalism. We should be worried The sale of the Observer has prompted the biggest staff strike in more than 50 years and created a fracture that will be hard to heal

The Observer strike is about the future of liberal journalism - in the same week when the Murdoch succession drama plays out in court. My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Another two days on the picket line tomorrow & Friday with fellow Guardian & Observer journalists to protest shocking decision to give away the Observer to loss-making startup Tortoise. Please join us from 9am – 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Cake, songs, anger & surprise guests

Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter Letter: Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust

This letter in today’s Guardian, signed by some of the UK’s finest journalists, warns that The Observer, bought by Tortoise Media, could be stripped of much of its excellent foreign reporting.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

"The seeds of its own impending implosion."

Journalist @carolecadwalla.bsky.social of The Observer describes the "crisis" caused by the sale of the publication to Tortoise Media, calling it a blow to her defence of mainstream media.

As the Observer’s editor, I was not consulted on its sale to Tortoise Media | Letter Letters: Former Observer editor Paul Webster responds to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust

As the Observer’s editor, I was not consulted on its sale to Tortoise Media | Letter www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered | Letter Letters: Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust

Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered | Letter www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

Mexican President’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA Scam Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s threat of tariffs revealed truths that the president-elect doesn’t want Americans to know.

The very idea that Mexico must be bullied with tariffs into cracking down on migrants is designed to imply that it’s doing nothing right now—it’s taking advantage of us, Trump might say—and only his fearsome threats can force it into submission.

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The Guardian's management appears to have declared war on its journalists.

The truth of the Guildford bombings An updated book exposes the institutional and individual failings that resulted in four people being wrongly imprisoned

It is 50 years since the IRA planted bombs in two Guildford pubs.

It is 50 years since the police began an investigation that ended up imprisoning four innocent people.

And now we finally have the full truth about this terrible injustice, writes @bynickdavies.bsky.social.
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IMPORTANT
I'm in full support of the Guardian/Observer journos striking today for the future of The Observer, threatened by The Scott Trust’s plan to sell to Tortoise Media. No logic behind the decision, while The Observer risks becoming a stripped-down website

Follow @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.

Trump 2.0: Here Comes the Night Well, reality must be faced now. But many courageous Americans are ready to fight.

We are headed into uncharted territory as a people and a nation. Trump and his allies have promised to initiate their radical right-wing agenda the minute after he takes his hand off the Bible on Inauguration Day.

From @ninaburleigh.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/article/1883...