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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for this comment Steihen. Do you have data to suppprt your thesis? We have data on rebound, which we’re publishing soon, but you might have other data given the surety of your comment. I’d be grateful if you could share.

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 2d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 2d

When generals become bankers: is Britain’s revolving door from defence to finance in the military-industrial complex now complete?

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When generals become bankers: is Britain’s revolving door from defence to finance in the military-industrial complex now complete? - AOAV

AOAV questions whether General Sir Patrick Sanders’s move from leading the British Army to heading Santander’s defence lending marks the final collapse of boundaries between public service and private...

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 2d

Britain’s slow debridement at our right to protest against conflict and atrocity should concern us all

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Britain's slow debridement at our right to protest against conflict and atrocity should concern us all - AOAV

Britain’s new powers to restrict “repeat” protests mark the latest step in a quiet, decades-long erosion of the right to dissent against war and atrocity—an incremental bureaucratic tightening that, u...

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 3d

My next protest sign

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 6d

RAF Gaza flights still shrouded in secrecy: MOD admits they happen but withholds numbers

New for @aoav.bsky.social

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RAF Gaza flights still shrouded in secrecy: MOD admits they happen but withholds numbers - AOAV

The Ministry of Defence admits RAF surveillance flights over Gaza since December 2023 but refuses to disclose their scale, while AOAV’s investigation suggests hundreds of sorties closely coincided wit...

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 6d

Terrible news from Manchester on Yom Kippur. Thoughts are with the families of those killed, those injured, and the Jewish community facing such horror on its holiest day. Solidarity, sympathy, and strength at this dark moment.

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 7d

I misread this and thought you claimed it “contained your mum, and your Dad’s cat…” So spent ages trying to see where your mum was. I imagined her as a tiny speck on the hill top.

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 7d

Irish scientific breakthrough might allow fingerprints to be seen on fired ammunition

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Irish scientific breakthrough might allow fingerprints to be seen on fired ammunition - AOAV

Irish scientists have developed a low-energy electrochemical method to recover detailed fingerprints from fired ammunition casings, a breakthrough that could transform gun-crime investigations worldwi...

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 8d

I don't often file stories that genuinely worry me for the safety for those I love. But this is one. What is evolving in Ukraine might impact us all.

Ukraine’s Other War: The Battle Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria - for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Ukraine’s Other War: The Battle Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

The black earth trenches on the battlefield are not only producing casualties. They are breeding superbugs, reports Iain Overton

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 9d

From aid to arms: the UK’s shifting footprint in Africa
Interesting report for @aoav.bsky.social here by Fareeda Khalifa

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From aid to arms: the UK’s shifting footprint in Africa - AOAV

The UK’s retreat from aid and surge in defence spending marks a historic reversal, with funds once tied to humanitarian relief now redirected towards military ends, arguably leaves fragile states, par...

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 13d

We are overtaking the Conservatives and on the cusp of overtaking Labour too.

More and more people are backing the Liberal Democrats to stand up to Reform and stop Trump’s America becoming Farage’s Britain.

Graphic showing polling changes: Lib Dems +3, Labour +1, Conservatives -2, Reform -1. Headline reads 'Lib Dems winning: Lib Dems overtake Conservatives in bombshell poll'.

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 14d

Chair of inquiry into killings in Afghanistan rebukes MoD bid to suppress evidence on Special Forces

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Chair of inquiry into killings in Afghanistan rebukes MoD bid to suppress evidence on Special Forces - AOAV

The chair of the Afghanistan Inquiry has rejected a Ministry of Defence bid to block publication of evidence on alleged Special Forces killings, reaffirming the principle of transparency against blank...

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 14d

Bloody Sunday trial: admissible at last aoav.org.uk/2025/bloody-...

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 14d

📚 Book Talk | England’s Military Heartland
On Wed 24 Sept, 7–8.30pm at Housmans Books, Antonia Dawes joins Khem Rogaly, Rachael Milliner & Fran Edgerley to discuss war, defence spending and collective resistance.
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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 14d

Chair of inquiry into killings in Afghanistan rebukes MoD bid to suppress evidence on Special Forces

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Chair of inquiry into killings in Afghanistan rebukes MoD bid to suppress evidence on Special Forces - AOAV

The chair of the Afghanistan Inquiry has rejected a Ministry of Defence bid to block publication of evidence on alleged Special Forces killings, reaffirming the principle of transparency against blank...

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16d

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 16d

🔴Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage’s Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?

Keir Starmer’s refusal to explicitly condemn Farage's plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social

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Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage's Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?

Keir Starmer's Government's refusal to explicitly condemn the Reform leader's plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues Adam Bienkov

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 17d

More a comment on those staring than being stared at

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Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 17d

The Foreign Affairs Commission Committee has found that cuts to the FCDO “open the door to malign influence at the UN Security Council”.

I wrote about these cuts in March for ⁦‪Byline Times

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