Declassified UK
Posted: 10th March 2025
25 years ago, the UK government allowed Chile’s former dictator to evade extradition to Spain. Declassified files reveal how the decision was made.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund holds shares in UK weapons firms that arm Israel, despite its ethical guidelines.
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Declassified UK editor Phil Miller interviews Richard Norton-Taylor, author of State of Secrecy, outside MI5 in London.
Richard tells how MI5 spies were regularly summoned to 10 Downing Street for clandestine meetings with Labour prime minister Harold Wilson to share material on striking seamen.
Joe Glenton is a former British soldier who was imprisoned for refusing to return to Afghanistan, where he thought it was not in Britain’s interests to fight America’s war.
Watch Phil and Joe discuss the ongoing contention in the UK-US special relationship.
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