Former PMs say they use subsidy only for public duties after Boris Johnson revelations

Gordon Brown calls for change to rules as he and other ex-leaders say they do not use allowance for commercial work

The Guardian
Former PMs say they use subsidy only for public duties after Boris Johnson revelations

Gordon Brown calls for change to rules as he and other ex-leaders say they do not use allowance for commercial work

The Guardian

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Alaska summit with Trump gave Putin what he wanted -- 19th Russian top executive dies under suspicious circumstances since full-scale invasion of Ukraine --Russia planned large-scale offensive in Zaporizhzhia direction, but Ukraine thwarted it -- Ukrainian drones strike fuel pumping station supplying diesel to Moscow ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/tuesday-september-9-2025/

#FWake4700 #FWake4700transfers #FWakeMoney
#FWakeConnected #FWakeEpstein #RichMenSexGames
#FWakeRussian #RussianBanks

"JP Morgan Chase involved accounts at two Russian banks"

"Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation might’ve been bigger than we think. A Treasury Department report describes over 4,700 money transfers"

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65513573/epstein-money-transfers-south-park-texas-gerrymandering-consumer-products/

Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking Operation Might’ve Been Bigger Than We Think

A Treasury Department report describes over 4,700 money transfers connected to him. I have a pretty good guess why the president wants this all to go away.

Esquire

Friday, July 18, 2025

Explainer: What Russia could achieve in Ukraine by Trump’s 50-day deadline — Germany to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles very soon — Leaked documents claim Russia’s 41st Army suffered ‘catastrophic’ losses fighting in Ukraine — How Russia modified Iran’s Shahed-136 drones and what it means for Ukraine … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/friday-july-18-2025/

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Thousands protest in Hungary against Russia-style bill targeting media, NGOs — Russia declares Amnesty International an ‘undesirable organization’ — Aestheticized aggression, why Gosha Rubchinskiy’s ‘Victory Day’ photo book is Russian propaganda — Ukrainian drones destroy Russian radar, supply depots on Black Sea gas platforms … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/tuesday-may-20-2025/

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 – Writeworks.UK

Since the invasion of #Ukraine, #Russia and its trade partners have skirted sanctions by using smaller banks and other payment modes or non-US dollar currencies to circumvent the West's ban of some #RussianBanks from the widely-used #SWIFT messaging system.

However last December, the #US approved secondary sanctions targeting financial institutions that were helping Russia - closing that loophole.

Nearly all Chinese banks are refusing to process payments from Russia
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nearly-all-chinese-banks-are-refusing-to-process-payments-from-russia-report-says/ar-AA1oLZjY?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

MSN

Here's my most #conspiracy-laden take of the day: #Twitterdown not because #GretaThunberg pwned a weirdo, but because it's in someone's best interests if the world wasn't tuning in for live updates to the run on #RussianBanks.

#SlavaUkraini!!!