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Martin Williams

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Martin Williams

@martinrw

Chief Investigator @declassifieduk. Author, 'Parliament Ltd'. Email: martin(at)declassifieduk(dot)org

London, England

martinrhyswilliams.com

Joined July 2017

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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Apr 13
🚨EXPOSED: Israeli group caught on camera offering to help Brits move to illegal West Bank settlements. @declassifiedUK undercover investigation reveals charity touted "awesome" illegal settlements – and claimed it could benefit from UK tax subsidies.
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Feb 27, 2022
Now that everyone is so anti-war, please tell me why the UK has been funding and arming Saudi Arabia's war crimes in Yemen.
Martin Williams
@martinrw
Mar 25, 2024
What the hell is this, BBC News? A piece about ethnic cleansing, dressed up as a "sun, sea & sand" house-moving feature. It literally starts: "Who wouldn't want a house on the beach?" Disgusting.
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Aug 7, 2025
I've been at @declassifiedUK for just over two months now, and it's been.... eventful!! In that time, my investigations have: - Triggered a full blown political scandal in Slovakia, with the UK ambassador being summoned by the PM; - Sparked a parliamentary probe into two Labour
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Aug 4, 2025
🚨 The @CommonsSpeaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has personally intervened to block the release of emails he sent to Israeli politicians. Hoyle flew to Israel on a “solidarity visit” in November 2023 and was photographed with the country's ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely. Responding
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
May 19, 2021
🚨BREAKING: Boris Johnson's new ethics adviser has just lost a vote of no confidence, in his role at Kings' College London. Academics voted for Lord Geidt’s "immediate resignation" - after @openDemocracy revealed his work for arms company.
Martin Williams
@martinrw
Oct 15, 2024
Remember that £4m donation that Labour received before the election - but only declared 2 months after the election? Well, turns out it was from a hedge fund that had invested in arms companies making weapons & fighter jets for Israel.
openDemocracy
@openDemocracy
Oct 15, 2024
🚨 The firm behind a £4m Labour Party donation invested in weapons for Israel. Read more 👇 opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Sep 12, 2022
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of hospital appointments are being cancelled because of Queen’s funeral
Hospital appointments cancelled because of Queen’s funeral
From opendemocracy.net
Martin Williams
@martinrw
Sep 25, 2024
🚨SCOOP: The Labour peer at the centre of the donations row, Lord Alli, failed to declare interests in a tax haven firm. @openDemocracy
Key Labour donor didn’t declare interests in tax haven firm
From opendemocracy.net
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Aug 5, 2025
"I think I'm going to get on board with this." Alexei Sayle tells me he's excited about the new left-wing party with @zarahsultana and @jeremycorbyn
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Sep 8, 2025
I think people like @tomhfh genuinely don't understand what unions and strike action is for. It's not about winning sympathy from the public, or claiming that some workers deserve more than others. For instance, it's perfectly logical to support the tube strikes while also
Tom Harwood
@tomhfh
Sep 8, 2025
Tube drivers are striking for a 32 hour working week, and 75% discounts on all national rail travel. Their base salary is currently £70,182 pa. For a job so demanding some see fit to knit, watch TV, and occasionally press a button to operate doors.
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Jul 16, 2025
🚨🚨 I've worked on this investigation for three years. Now, I can reveal how the UK government is secretly paying foreign YouTubers to publish 'propaganda'. **This is Part 1. More coming soon.**
UK government secretly paid foreign YouTube stars for ‘propaganda’
From declassifieduk.org
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Sep 23, 2025
👀This is one of the most shameful attempts to suppress investigative journalism that I have personally experienced, in my 15 years as a reporter. Parliament refused to give me a press pass, claiming it was due to "capacity". But this was not true. I've now obtained internal
Parliament blocks Declassified, citing our Gaza ‘standpoint’
From declassifieduk.org
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Martin Williams
@martinrw
Mar 15, 2024
An IDF helicopter has shot Gazan civilians trying to get food. There's no mention on the BBC News homepage. But there's space for a story about bees invading a tennis court, an IT outage at McDonald's, Lenny Henry being "emotional", and an interview with the editor of Vogue.
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