Britain's domestic intelligence agency has barred white applicants from its summer internship program.
Britain’s Security Service (MI5) has barred white applicants from its internship program, sparking concerns about anti-white racism. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Britain’s domestic intelligence agency has barred white applicants from its summer internship program. DETAIL: The agency’s summer internship program only allows applications from “black, Asian, mixed heritage or ethnic minority backgrounds” who are also from “socially or economically disadvantaged backgrounds.” The internship applies to applicants in their final or penultimate year at university during the 2026/27 academic year. The intelligence agency has defended the program, stating it aims to address underrepresentation and “increase diversity.” “We’re…Open
An exclusive Grayzone investigation exposes how Britain’s top spying agency secretly influences the country’s state broadcaster
Leaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5. By Kit Klarenberg This June, British oligarch Damon Buffini stepped down as deputy chair of the BBC’s board, and chair of the broadcaster’s commercial board. His four year tenure was warmly praised by the BBC board’s chair for the “record profits” generated by the broadcaster’s commercial wings. While mainstream reports on Buffini’s time at the BBC reference his background at the upper echelons of private equity giant Permira, the multi-millionaire’s relationship with a much…Open
Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone show both a current and former MI5 director secretly lobbied for the British government’s move to label the IRGC a terrorist entity as well as the UK’s adoption of the draconian National Security Act. The correspondence reviewed here offers extraordinary insight into how the MI5 influences Downing Street and manipulates public perceptions of dubious or non-existent threats. On July 13 , the government of former Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially listed the IRGC as a terrorist organization, citing supposed kidnapping and assassination plots by the Iranian military branch. Now, merely publishing Iranian-supplied casualty figures could be categorized as “terrorism,” potentially landing…Open
The British government has officially designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a national security threat, introducing new powers to prosecute individuals supporting the group and other foreign-linked operatives.
The British government has officially designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a national security threat, introducing new powers to prosecute individuals supporting the group and other foreign-linked operatives. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced that Iran ‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC ) has been designated a national security threat, with new laws making support for the group a criminal offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison. The measures also target two other groups, the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right (IMCR) and the volunteer corps of Russia ‘s GRU, to address espionage, sabotage, and foreign interference. DETAIL: Outgoing Prime…Open
Leaked emails expose how British military-intel officials deliberately provoked riots among occupied Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant communities, which they then exploited to justify repression. In private diatribes, veterans of occupied Ireland who later became MI6 officers still obsess over “keeping Northern Ireland British” and mock the death of Bobby Sands. Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone offer an extraordinary insight into the covert activities of prominent British military and intelligence veterans posted to occupied Ireland during the 1980s. Still possessed of enduring contempt for Catholics and visceral hatred for prominent Irish Republican freedom fighters, these men believe to this day that their patriotic duty…Open
State of the Union: The report comes after President Trump met Xi Jinping in China last month. The post U.S., Five Eyes Issue Joint Notice on China Spying appeared first on The American Conservative .
The U.S. and its “Five Eyes” intelligence partners issued a joint statement Wednesday warning that Chinese military intelligence is using LinkedIn and other professional social media sites to recruit people with access to classified information and obtain it from them. The notice was drafted by the FBI, Britain’s MI5 and the domestic intelligence agencies of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. It is the group’s first joint public warning on the issue. The heads of Five Eyes had previously issued a joint statement on the issue of intellectual property theft in October 2023. In the latest warning, the agencies wrote , “These actors use an aggressive online recruitment strategy whereby intelligence officers or their affiliates…Open
Robert Kenyon, the candidate for Nigel Farage's Reform UK party in a crucial British special election, previously argued that the Manchester Arena suicide bombing would not have happened if Hillary Clinton hadn't destabilized Libya. He's right.
Robert Kenyon, the candidate for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in a crucial British special election , previously argued that the Manchester Arena suicide bombing would not have happened if Hillary Clinton hadn’t destabilized Libya. He’s right. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Robert Kenyon, running for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in a crucial parliamentary by-election (special election), previously attributed the Manchester Arena suicide bombing to the destabilization of Libya during Hillary Clinton’s time as U.S. Secretary of State in the 2010s. An official inquiry found that suicide bomber Salman Abedi, who murdered 22 people and injured over a thousand, including many children, was indeed radicalized in Libya. DETAIL: When…Open
A scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone show how NATO has sought to infiltrate film and TV for decades, with UK intel operatives taking the lead.
This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. On May 3, The Guardian revealed that NATO has held a series of secret meetings with film directors, screenwriters and TV producers in cities from Paris to Los Angeles. The disclosure suggests NATO is seeking to employ the entertainment industry in its propaganda operations as a European war looms. To date, NATO’s “conversations” with scriptwriters have reportedly “inspired, at least in part” three separate unstated projects, which are already in development. At a forthcoming London summit, NATO operatives are set to meet with screenwriters tied to the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). In email…Open
The National Security Agency is using Anthropic's most powerful model yet, Mythos Preview , despite top officials at the Department of Defense — which oversees the NSA — insisting the company is a "supply chain risk," two sources tell Axios. Why it matters: The government's cybersecurity needs appear to be outweighing the Pentagon's feud with Anthropic - The department moved in February to cut off Anthropic and force its vendors to follow suit. That case is ongoing. - The military is now broadening its use of Anthropic's tools while simultaneously arguing in court that using those tools threatens U.S. national security. Breaking it down: Two sources said the NSA was using Mythos, while one said the model was also being used more…
Daniel Hannan, a member of the House of Lords for Britain's Conservative (Tory) Party, has penned a bizarre defense of mass Muslim prayer in public spaces, such as London's iconic Trafalgar Square, describing it as "inclusive." The post Top ‘Conservative’ Says Muslims Should Be Able to Pray at Historic Landmarks. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Lord Daniel Hannan of Britain’s Conservative Party defended mass Muslim prayer in London’s iconic Trafalgar Square, calling it “inclusive.” WHO WAS INVOLVED: Lord Hannan, the Conservative (Tory) Party, and Muslims in Britain. KEY QUOTE: “Some people maintain that Islam is uniquely incompatible with Western values… There are nearly 4 million Muslims in the United Kingdom. If you insist on seeing them all as dangerous, then, in the absence of mass conversions, you are led by your own logic to demand ethnic cleansing .” – Lord Hannan IMPACT: Hannan’s party presided over unprecedented mass migration during its time in office from 2010 to 2024, much of it from the Islamic world. His defense of…Open