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The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES), a widely‑cited UK think tank, has come under fire after a Kyiv‑based NGO revealed that senior staff retain close ties to Russia’s gas sector. Senior fellow Tatiana Mitrova joined the board of sanctioned producer Novatek in 2022, and researchers have repeatedly echoed Kremlin talking points on European gas policy. OIES’s funding list includes major oil majors and, until recently, Gazprom‑related money. The revelations have sparked calls in Parliament for tighter regulation of think‑tank foreign influence.
GB News, launched in 2021, operates as a de facto mouthpiece for the UK Reform Party, with funding from billionaire owners who have lost over £100 million (≈$127 million) on the venture. The channel pays Nigel Farage £585,000 (≈$743 000), a sum critics...
Housing Secretary Steve Reed announced a moratorium on cryptocurrency political donations and a £100,000 (≈ $127,000) annual cap for Britons living abroad. The move follows the Rycroft review, which warned of foreign‑linked dark money and called for stricter donor checks. Britain...
The Iran‑Israel‑U.S. conflict has created a sharp "war premium" that is boosting fossil‑fuel equities. Jeremy Hosking’s hedge fund, which manages roughly $3 billion, saw its oil, gas and coal holdings rise by more than $25 million since the war began. Hosking has...
A recent investigation reveals that UK government departments spent over £1 million on legal fees to contest Freedom of Information (FOI) requests in 2024‑25. The Cabinet Office topped the list with £318,000, while the Department of Health and Social Care and...
Elon Musk’s escalating presence on X, now averaging 60 daily posts, has coincided with a pronounced shift toward far‑right politics, a trend explored in the new book *Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed*. Authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff argue...
