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Dr. Dan Lomas
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Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.

Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.

🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · Nov 16
⁉️ What is UK national security vetting, and how has the current system evolved to meet insider threats?

Really pleased to see this political, social, and cultural history of British vetting finally reach Bloomsbury's website.

🗓 Out June 2025

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Catch intelligence expert Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social on BBC Radio Wales' The Phone In show, discussing the bribery case involving the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill

🎧Listen back here ⤵️
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The Phone In - Oliver Hides takes your calls on the Covid inquiry, Nathan Gill's bribery case, & your Mani tributes. - BBC Sounds
Oliver Hides discusses the Covid inquiry, Nathan Gill's bribery case, & your Mani tributes
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November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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BBC News - Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign - BBC News
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Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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'Russia wants to drive a wedge between Poland and Ukraine, deepen the already extreme political polarisation in Poland, and empower domestic forces hostile to the European Union' writes Sławomir Sierakowski.
Is Russia's Hybrid War on Europe Becoming Conventional?
From arson attacks on civilian targets to the recent bombing of a rail line between Warsaw and Ukraine, Russian provocations inside Poland are intensifying. By stoking anti-Ukrainian and anti-EU sentiment, the Kremlin hopes to empower the "useful idiots...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Russian nationals among 4 people arrested in France over espionage investigation www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Russian nationals among 4 people arrested in France over espionage investigation
The breakup of the alleged intelligence-gathering operation came as French President Emmanuel Macron warned about Russian destabilization efforts targeting France, a key backer of Ukraine in the nearl...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It

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F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
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November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Psst! Not just diplomacy 😉

The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc...
The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy
The government needs to signal its demand for elite foreign language skills before more universities leave provision to inferior alternatives, says Ian Proud
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November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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France detains four amid inquiry into suspected Russian spy network | Espionage News | Al Jazeera aje.io/yuqure
France detains four amid inquiry into suspected Russian spy network
The arrest of suspected Russian agents in Paris comes amid a wider surge of alleged Russian espionage in Europe.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Paul Ritchie obituary: MI6 officer on front line of post-Soviet threats

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Paul Ritchie obituary: MI6 officer on front line of post-Soviet threats
Senior agent at the forefront of transforming an agency focused on espionage into a global organisation capable of tackling modern-day threats, dies aged 63
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November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Eli Zeira, Israeli intelligence chief vilified for failing to foresee 1973 Yom Kippur War – obituary www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Eli Zeira, Israeli intelligence chief vilified for failing to foresee the 1973 Yom Kippur War
He accused Mossad of being misled by their top spy, and later leaked his identity: Nasser’s son-in-law Ashraf Marwan
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November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Today we're talking counterintelligence 👀
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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🗣️What the U.S. loses when our allies stop sharing intelligence

🎧Listen back to @nottspolitics.bsky.social's UK intelligence expert Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social on the On Point show on @npr.org ⬇️

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What the U.S. loses when our allies stop sharing intelligence
Intelligence sharing between the U.S. and its allies has long been a powerful national security tool. But recently, some allies have stopped sharing key intelligence with the United States. What does ...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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"... six weeks later, the three men would make strikingly similar statements to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, criticising Ukraine for silencing journalists and questioning whether the country should be allowed to join the EU as a result".

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‘Jail is inevitable’ for former Reform politician awaiting bribery sentence | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Ukraine's allies consider how to fill intelligence gaps if US backs out politi.co/4ps2Vkf
Ukraine's allies consider how to fill intelligence gaps if US backs out
Trump’s threat to withhold military intelligence exposes lagging satellite abilities among allies.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe

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More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Learning from Canberra: A Smarter Vision for UK Intelligence and National Security

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Learning from Canberra: A Smarter Vision for UK Intelligence and National Security
Without adopting Canberra's policies wholesale, the UK's intelligence-policymaker network would benefit from making some of the changes Australia has implemented, particularly the designation of a pri...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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BBC News - How Jodrell Bank kept an eye on Cold War Soviet missile launches - BBC News
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How Jodrell Bank kept an eye on Cold War Soviet missile launches
How did a giant radio telescope in Cheshire help the West monitor the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles?
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November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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📻 Thanks to On Point on 🇺🇸 National Public Radio for having me on to talk the US special intelligence relationship.

We talked the suspension of intelligence in the Caribbean and wider impact.

If you want to listen to a Manc with manflu, the full link is here ⏬️

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What the U.S. loses when our allies stop sharing intelligence
Intelligence sharing between the U.S. and its allies has long been a powerful national security tool. But recently, some allies have stopped sharing key intelligence with the United States. What does ...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes - BBC News

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Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes
Nathan Gill is being sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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BBC News - Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
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Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Action to disrupt and deter threats to UK as MI5 issues spy alert

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Action to disrupt and deter threats to UK as MI5 issues spy alert
Security Minister Dan Jarvis announced new action to disrupt and deter threats to the UK, as MI5 issues espionage alert to Parliament.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Trump defends Saudi crown price, who US intelligence found ordered killing of Washington Post columnist politi.co/3LNFp2w
Trump defends Saudi crown price, who US intelligence found ordered killing of Washington Post columnist
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Jamal Khashoggi's killing “painful” for his country, after pledging nearly $1 trillion in investments in the U.S.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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BBC News - UK will not tolerate Chinese spying, minister says after MI5 alert
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UK will not tolerate Chinese spying, minister says after MI5 alert
Politicians have been warned they are being targeted by suspected Chinese spies posing as "headhunters".
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November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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BBC News - MI5 warns MPs and peers over risk of Chinese espionage
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MI5 warns MPs and peers over risk of Chinese espionage
Security services have issued a new "espionage alert" to members of the House of Commons and Lords.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Explosion on Polish railway track was caused by sabotage, PM says - www.reuters.com/world/explos...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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BBC News - China's investment spree in UK gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC told - BBC News
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China's investment spree in UK gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC told
Tens of billions of pounds has been spent by the Chinese in the UK since 2000, Panorama has learned.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM