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Undercover Policing Inquiry reveals BAE Systems offered money to Special Branch to spy on anti arms trade campaigners

Post author:The Canary
Post published:13 July 2026
Post last modified:14 July 2026

Evidence in the Undercover Policing Inquiry recently revealed that BAE Systems, the UK’s largest arms company, offered the Metropolitan police money to spy on anti arms trade campaigners. This followed the 1996 Seeds of Hope Ploughshares action which caused £1.4m worth of damage to Hawk aircraft. Four women were acquitted of criminal damage charges on the basis they were preventing a greater crime by taking action to stop BAE Systems exporting the aircraft to Indonesia for use in war crimes against people in East Timor. The information emerged during the questioning of former detective chief inspector Dell on 1 July 2026.…

Blackpool council Reform leader exposed as BAE Systems officer, uniparty warmonger

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:2 July 2026
Post last modified:2 July 2026

The Canary can reveal that Reform UK’s leader in Blackpool Council is an ‘officer’ employed at BAE Systems. BAE is a weapons manufacturer heavily implicated in the Gaza genocide and other war crimes. Reform’s Blackpool Council group leader is James John (‘Jim’) O’Neill, 69. He was elected as Blackpool’s first Reform councillor in 2024, taking the Marston ward from Labour. He states his employment on his sparsely detailed Register of Interests on Blackpool Council’s website as: “Officer, BAE Systems.” O’Neill was outside BAE’s Samlesbury manufacturing plant informing policing operations and notifying anti-genocide blockaders of “trespass” in the early hours of 29 June.…

Iran destroys US radar systems in Bahrain

Post author:HG
Post published:14 June 2026
Post last modified:15 June 2026

New satellite images reveal that Iran’s strike successfully hit a US AR-327 Early-warning Radar system at Jabal ad Dukhan in Bahrain. Confirmed hit at Jabal al-Dukhan Long Range Radar site, Bahrain. *found a photo of the hill on a hiking website, matches the cropped image of smoke on the mountain. https://t.co/Q8SbembFPu pic.twitter.com/AlmT2Tdxhc — MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) June 11, 2026 The imagery shows that Iran completely destroyed the radar site in its attack on June 11. Iran published satellite images of the confirmed drone/missile strike against the US AR-327 Early-warning Radar system in Bahrain. The radar is capable of tracking ~470 km away https://t.co/QTUA3xmVDP pic.twitter.com/L2mbkekthF…

Real Estate Investors Don’t Need More Tools They Need Better Systems

Post author:Nathan Spears
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

The Investors Who Win in 2026 Are Not Using More Software, Tthey are using better systems. For years, real estate investors believed growth came from adding more software. One platform handled direct mail. Another managed lead tracking. Another controlled follow-up. Another organised acquisition. Another handled communication. Every new software platform promised to save time and improve efficiency. However, for many investor businesses, the opposite happened. Processes slowed down, communication became fragmented, and acquisitions teams whose primary responsibility was talking to motivated sellers spent most of their time managing software instead of closing deals. What looked like growth externally eventually turned into…