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Ian Fraser

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Author and journalist. Latest edition of my book ‘Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain’, about the pivotal role of what's now called NatWest in the global banking crash, was reissued in 2024. Recovering financial editor.

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · Aug 10

This revised and updated paperback edition of my book Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain was published in 2024 and is available from:

Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Shredded-Ins...
Hive: www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ian-...
Bookshop UK: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/shre...

‘Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain’ by Ian Fraser. New paperback edition published in 2024.

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 33m

Did deputy White House chief-of-staff Stephen Miller let the cat out fo the bag with his “plenary authority” claim?

Tony Pentimalli @tonywriteshere.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud: “The president has plenary authority.” Then froze as CNN cut the feed and later erased the clip.

That wasn’t a glitch. It was a confession - the blueprint for absolute power, hidden in plain sight.

Read more: www.facebook.com/share/v/17FZ...

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 48m

London has fallen!

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19h

Today I arrived on the red eye to London Heathrow, took the Tube to my hotel, dropped my bags, hopped on a Lime Bike to cross town, recorded a podcast with New Scientist, then walked an hour (through Hyde Park) back to my hotel. This city is wonderful and I am so tired.

See you tomorrow, London! 😴

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1h

As candidate for New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani has proposed a comprehensive decarbonisation and resilience agenda, including a Green Schools plan.

Here he argues neither democratic rival Andrew Cuomo nor Trump is capable of radical action along such lines as they’re “beholden to billionaires”.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mamdani: "Trump ran on 3 promises - punishment of his political enemies, easing cost of living crisis, & mass deportation. It's that second promise that brought so many to his campaign. And yet he's unable & unwilling to deliver bc he's beholden to the very billionaires that are profiting off of it"

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

Patriots don't peddle for Putin.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

www.mirror.co.uk

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1h

“And so we end here, with Robert Jenrick: a degenerate little bore, as inept as he is amoral, who will say anything, no matter how vile and disreputable, in order to secure attention.” Well said @iandunt.bsky.social

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2h

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick iandunt.substack.com/p/the-empty-...

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick

We deserve a better class of villain. Or at least a more memorable one.

iandunt.substack.com

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1h

The collapses of First Brands and Tricolor could be the canary in the mine of financial markets

“The fear is the private debt market has been too hot and [has been] giving out money at high rates to companies that just can’t pay it back,” says @ucirvine.bsky.social accounting professor Ben Lourie.

First Brands: why a maker of spark plugs and wiper blades has Wall Street worried

Investors fear that the collapse of the car parts company – and the size of its debt – could portend wider problems

www.theguardian.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 19h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 3h

Jordan Peterson’s daughter Mikhaila has issued a tearful update on her father’s health. Posting on X, Mikhaila Peterson, 33, said Peterson, 63, has spent nearly a month is ICU “suffering from pneumonia and sepsis” and urged people to “pray” for the Canadian self-help guru.

Jordan Peterson's daughter issues tearful health update

Mikhaila Peterson said her father spent nearly a month in ICU suffering from pneumonia, calling it, "Heartbreaking and brutal."

www.newsweek.com

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 5h

All my comics have happy endings!

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 5h

Kudos to the subs. “Degrading practice” article is now the second most read on the Guardian site.

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 6h

Intensive lobbying by Donald Trump fails to pay off, as the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 is awarded to Maria Corina Machado for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado gets the peace award

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: | World News

www.hindustantimes.com

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 6h

In case anyone’s unaware of the background to this case, here’s the 2 June article from the Guardian on 50-year-old Kurdish-Armenian Hamut Coskun being found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence.

Man fined after burning Qur’an outside Turkish consulate in London

Hamit Coskun, found guilty of religiously aggravated public order offence, was ‘motivated at least in part by a hatred of Muslims’, judge says

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 17h

Craig Mearns’ apology over racist remarks made at Edinburgh Castle isn’t washing with Historic Environment Scotland staff.

The operations director at the quango, Mearns previously ran the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine base at Faslane.

Racism row heritage boss faces furious employees in 'painful' staff meeting

A TOP director of a heritage body embroiled in a racism row faced furious employees who called on him to be sacked at a “painful” staff meeting,…

www.thenational.scot

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 18h

Climbing...

Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain reaches number three in the Amazon bestsellers chart [in the International Business and Finance category]

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 18h

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction when he doesn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize 🇳🇴

“Peace prizes are earned through sustained commitment, not social media tantrums or intimidation. Supporting the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas doesn't erase years of enabling violence and division.”

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 21h

Earlier this month, Reform UK members were spreading “concern” that Kilgraston, a former boarding school in Perthshire, was to be turned into accommodation for asylum seekers. Now, they’re lying about giving the developer "pause for thought". Quality journalism by @alasdairclark.bsky.social.

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK figures linked to fake Kilgraston School asylum hotel rumours

A councillor for Nigel Farage's Reform UK shared a petition claiming the former private school would be turned into housing for asylum seekers.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, in many instances, it is. And no it isn’t.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Yes same Jamie Dimon!

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

How the oil and gas industry bamboozled, then captured, successive UK governments with a speculative solution to carbon emissions.

InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 2d

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

influencemap.org

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

In his call for generals to use US cities, especially ones run by “radical-left Democrats” as “training grounds” an increasingly unhinged Trump confirmed his own dreams of authoritarianism. The military leaders’ quiet professionalism offers hope amidst the maelstrom. @kschake.bsky.social

Trump’s Speech to Generals Was Incitement to Violence Against Americans

Military leaders’ quiet professionalism offers hope amid a maelstrom.

foreignpolicy.com

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to believe what's going on, or the lack of concerted pushback.

Stewart Lee was good in @thenerve.news, the new online publication founded by ex Observer journos and editors @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social @imogencarter.bsky.social

Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social · 4d

Doublethink by Stewart Lee @thenerve.news
Mandelson lost his job for being pals with Epstein. Epstein pal Trump, got a state banquet from a King whose brother lost his job for being pals with Epstein https://www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-lee-new-column-doublethink-does-doubletime-starmer-kimmel-trump

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d

Spot the difference!

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois governor JB Pritzker is essentially saying that Trump is using the military to overthrow democracy in the US.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Fill your bookshelves?!? My book Shredded: Inside RBS the Bank that Broke Britain (2024 updated edition) has shot up the Kindle charts since Amazon slashed the Kindle price to £2.89 in a limited time deal..

www.amazon.co.uk/Shredded-Ins...

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 2d

Why is the Royal Society — a world-leading academy dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity — running so scared of Elon Musk, who it foolishly made a fellow in 2018?

[the comments underneath @anjahuja.bsky.social's article are extraordinary. Are they astroturfed?]

The Royal Society should be protecting science, not Musk

The esteemed club risks becoming a bystander as reason and rationality come under attack

www.ft.com

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