Luca Trenta
@lucatrenta.bsky.social
Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host of the Out of the Shadows Project Podcast. Follow The Brush Contact Substack for more.
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host of the Out of the Shadows Project Podcast. Follow The Brush Contact Substack for more.
Thank god the oats are British. I would want some immigrants oats coming here to steal other people’s…oats?
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thank god the oats are British. I would want some immigrants oats coming here to steal other people’s…oats?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
And in a magic trick, with a fake scandal (jfc if course he was and his racist), we stopped talking about Russia’s money and influence. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
And in a magic trick, with a fake scandal (jfc if course he was and his racist), we stopped talking about Russia’s money and influence. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have reached the parody stage. We are asking Nigel Farage to investigate his own party's links to Russia.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Below, a random picture of Nigel Farage.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Below, a random picture of Nigel Farage.
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We have reached the parody stage. We are asking Nigel Farage to investigate his own party's links to Russia.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Below, a random picture of Nigel Farage.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Below, a random picture of Nigel Farage.
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
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Trump's ultimatum to Ukraine to accept Kirill Dmitriev's capitulation plan makes it obvious that Trump works for Putin, whether erxtorgted or remunerated.
Former US allies must draw all the necessary conclusions asap: /1
Former US allies must draw all the necessary conclusions asap: /1
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump's ultimatum to Ukraine to accept Kirill Dmitriev's capitulation plan makes it obvious that Trump works for Putin, whether erxtorgted or remunerated.
Former US allies must draw all the necessary conclusions asap: /1
Former US allies must draw all the necessary conclusions asap: /1
Israel Assassinated a Top Hezbollah Commander Near Beirut www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Israel Assassinated a Top Hezbollah Commander Near Beirut
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Israel Assassinated a Top Hezbollah Commander Near Beirut www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Top-notch story and timeline from @thenerve.news on Nathan Gill and his Russian bribes. www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Top-notch story and timeline from @thenerve.news on Nathan Gill and his Russian bribes. www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
I wouldn’t mind if we stopped calling this a peace plan, let alone pretending that any of the buffoons in Trump negotiating team had any say or leverage in it.
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I wouldn’t mind if we stopped calling this a peace plan, let alone pretending that any of the buffoons in Trump negotiating team had any say or leverage in it.
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FYI, Moscow wrote the plan.
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
FYI, Moscow wrote the plan.
This is what the current @teamlabouruk.bsky.social has done. It’s obscene.
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is what the current @teamlabouruk.bsky.social has done. It’s obscene.
Quite the version of how it started/how it’s going.
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Quite the version of how it started/how it’s going.
@theguardian.com how can you write such a headline?! What do you mean a ‘racist past’? He has a racist present. Key members of his party have been found to be witting or unwitting Russian stooges and this is the headline you go for? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@theguardian.com how can you write such a headline?! What do you mean a ‘racist past’? He has a racist present. Key members of his party have been found to be witting or unwitting Russian stooges and this is the headline you go for? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This Netflix documentary on Seymour Hersh looks interesting.
As an aside, Hersh was the second-worst interviewee I encountered during my research. To any question his response was that it was "all bullshit." Good to see that someone is able to get him to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CxE...
As an aside, Hersh was the second-worst interviewee I encountered during my research. To any question his response was that it was "all bullshit." Good to see that someone is able to get him to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CxE...
Cover-Up | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This Netflix documentary on Seymour Hersh looks interesting.
As an aside, Hersh was the second-worst interviewee I encountered during my research. To any question his response was that it was "all bullshit." Good to see that someone is able to get him to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CxE...
As an aside, Hersh was the second-worst interviewee I encountered during my research. To any question his response was that it was "all bullshit." Good to see that someone is able to get him to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CxE...
Dear @reformuk.bsky.social, I will complete your terrible survey, when you tell us how much money Nigel Farage got from Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Dear @reformuk.bsky.social, I will complete your terrible survey, when you tell us how much money Nigel Farage got from Russia.
Is it normal that we received a leaflet from Reform UK with address and details all spelled-out?
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Is it normal that we received a leaflet from Reform UK with address and details all spelled-out?
Talk about lessons for our times.
‘Ullrich emphasizes that the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
‘Ullrich emphasizes that the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Talk about lessons for our times.
‘Ullrich emphasizes that the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
‘Ullrich emphasizes that the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Not saying Trump is a Russian asset, but it would be a very easy duck test.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Not saying Trump is a Russian asset, but it would be a very easy duck test.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I was interviewed for @en.rfi.fr Spotlight on France about how counterterrorism powers have evolved since the 2015 attacks and what this means for civil liberties.
We discussed the legacy of the state of emergency, its ongoing impact on democracy, and why law may not be the solution.
rfi.my/CCWO
We discussed the legacy of the state of emergency, its ongoing impact on democracy, and why law may not be the solution.
rfi.my/CCWO
Spotlight on France - Podcast: Civil liberties vs terrorism, Pelicot trial revisited, the Pascaline
A decade after the 2015 Paris terror attacks, France continues to pass security laws, sometimes to the detriment of civil liberties. A feminist journalist's take on the Pelicot mass rape trial. And th...
rfi.my
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I was interviewed for @en.rfi.fr Spotlight on France about how counterterrorism powers have evolved since the 2015 attacks and what this means for civil liberties.
We discussed the legacy of the state of emergency, its ongoing impact on democracy, and why law may not be the solution.
rfi.my/CCWO
We discussed the legacy of the state of emergency, its ongoing impact on democracy, and why law may not be the solution.
rfi.my/CCWO
But wait, I thought Britain’s approach of a late lockdown was the right one and Italians had locked down because they didn’t cherish their freedoms enough. Not because we had bodies piling up.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
But wait, I thought Britain’s approach of a late lockdown was the right one and Italians had locked down because they didn’t cherish their freedoms enough. Not because we had bodies piling up.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
'US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military.' Oh no, I'm shocked. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv
It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
'US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military.' Oh no, I'm shocked. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Thank you, @tim-weiner.bsky.social for a marvelous discussion!
A reminder that the @socintelhist.bsky.social roundtable with @tim-weiner.bsky.social on his latest book The Mission is happening next week. Myself, @dianabolsinger.bsky.social, and @chekistmonitor.bsky.social will discuss the book. Register here: swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thank you, @tim-weiner.bsky.social for a marvelous discussion!
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
If the current government had any backbone, this could have been their response.
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If the current government had any backbone, this could have been their response.