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Erasing accountability during The Troubles

11/05/2023
A picture of MPs sitting in the Houses of Parliement where they are currently debating legislation on The Troubles.

Legislation that seeks to shield the British state from actions it took during The Troubles is currently snaking through Parliament. We took a look at the ideology underpinning it - and what it means for families still seeking justice.


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Mutual militarisation: the budget and NATO spending

13/04/2023
Mutual militarisation. Chancellor holding his red case. Increased defence spending promises in the 2023 Spring Budget.

Following the £11bn commitment to military spending in the Spring Budget, we asked Campaign Against Arms Trade's Sam Perlo-Freeman for his take on the mutual militarisation fuelled by Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.


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Warrior Nation: The War Racket: reflections & predictions

March 2023

March 30, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 10


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Warrior Nation: War & police: linking the cops & the military

March 2023

March 15, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 9


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Warrior Nation: A material world: think-tank funding and defending the status quo

March 2023

March 02, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 8


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Unpicking British Army recruitment adverts

09/03/2023
Screenshot of British Army recruitment advert The Flood.

The latest British Army recruitment advert received widespread critique for innaccurate depictions of the military's role in domestic floods. We took a look at the advert and its place in the recruitment landscape.


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Warrior Nation: Everything looks like a nail: why the military can’t save the planet

February 2023

February 10, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 7 Our host, Joe Glenton, talks to Nick Buxton from the Transnational Institute about the intersection between climate change, the military and security.


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Warrior Nation: Dark economics: understanding the politics of defence budgets

January 2023

January 18, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 6 Joe talks to Matt Fawcett from the Global Campaign on Military Spending UK about the dark economics of Britain's war machine.


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Warrior Nation: Anti-establishment ethos: critiquing the military and foreign policy

January 2023

January 05, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 5 Our host, Joe Glenton, talks to journalist Mark Curtis, founder and editor of Declassified UK, on the issue of reporting critically about British foreign policy and why think-tanks and the mainstream press help perpetuate a myth of Britain's role in the world.


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The MPs and the arms company reps

11/01/2023
Screenshot of the seating arrangement for the 2021 Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme graduation dinner. It shows six tables around which are seats MPs, ministers, military top brass and representatives from some of the worlds largest arms companies.

In our second analysis of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme we uncover how MPs dined with generals and arms company representatives.