External articles by Nafeez M Ahmed

The Charmed Life & Strange, Sad Death Of the Quilliam Foundation

Nafeez Ahmed analyses the rise, decline and sudden fall of Maajid Nawaz’s government-backed counter-extremism think tank

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Top World Health Organisation COVID-19 Advisor Bankrolled by Great Barrington Declaration Successor Organisation

Nafeez Ahmed asks why the global health body is seeking input from scientists linked to the discredited theory of herd immunity by natural infection

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'Mendacious Approaches' Great Barrington Group Letter Co-Signed by Government Advisors

Nafeez Ahmed reveals the links between an open letter claiming COVID-19 is a mild disease to pandemic misinformation networks and anti-vaccine propaganda

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Scientist Linked to Great Barrington Declaration Embroiled in World Health Organization Conflict of Interest

Nafeez Ahmed reports on allegations of cronyism over the funding of a research paper which tries to dismiss evidence that COVID-19 is an airborne infection

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New Government Counter-Extremism Chief’s Ties to Pro-Donald Trump Hate Groups

Nafeez Ahmed reports on the alarm bells raised by the appointment of Robin Simcox as the Lead Commissioner on Countering Extremism

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Secretive Government Review ‘Skewing Evidence’ To Justify Dropping Masks in Schools

Nafeez Ahmed reports on leaked emails which suggest that the Department for Education is cherry-picking evidence to weaken safety measures

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Disinformation Lobbyists & Brexit Business Bosses Finance conservative COVID Sceptics’ PR

In Part Two of his special investigation, Nafeez Ahmed reveals the funding and pseudoscience of a murky coalition of anti-lockdown groups

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Gavin Williamson Re-Opened Schools with No Safety Measures After Legal Threat from Parents’ Lobby Group UsforThem

Nafeez Ahmed reveals how legal pressure from a law firm also advising the Government on COVID-19 eclipsed scientific warnings about the ‘explosive’ growth of Coronavirus infections with the re-opening of schools

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Boris Johnson Aide Supervised Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Thesis Inspired By ‘White Genocide’ Believer - Part Two

Nafeez Ahmed reveals how a toxic narrative is permeating British government and media to create an increasingly mainstream white nationalist echo chamber

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Government’s Ties To Racist ‘Hate’ Groups - Part One

Nafeez Ahmed reports on how an official counter-extremism advisor is on the pay-roll of funders behind far-right hate groups

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Fossil Fuels Are Wildly More Expensive Than Previously Thought, Study Says

Overinflated fossil fuel investments might be a ‘worthless’ bubble waiting to trigger the next crash, while renewables seem more appealing than ever

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Who is Free Speech For? Network of Alt-Right Activists Target Anti-Racist Campaigner Over Tweet

As a new free speech digital platform launches today, Sian Norris and Nafeez Ahmed investigate how its editor is part of a network attacking anti-racist activists

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Kung-Flu Panda: Dodgy analytics or pandemic propaganda?

Pandemics Data and Analytics, aka Panda, hoped to 'lead the world against lockdown'. It fought the battle with fudgy factoids while punting the views of some dodgy people.

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Before Texas, Feds Warned of ‘Catastrophic’ Blackouts Due to Fossil Fuel Failures—But Did Nothing

A previously ignored 2018 study called "Surviving a Catastrophic Power Outage" predicted much of what happened in Texas last week with shocking prescience

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‘Free speech’ Czar role linked to Toby Young’s Free Speech Union & US Right-Wing Funding Network

Nafeez Ahmed’s investigation reveals that the Government’s new proposal is inspired by attempts to suppress free speech about racism

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GB News Funder Legatum Linked to Koch Climate Denial Network & US ‘Race-Baiting’

Nafeez Ahmed reports on some of the background to the new TV channel aiming to the challenge the ‘woke’ liberal consensus

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GB News Founder in Business With Two Top Priti Patel Appointees

Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion

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Cambridge Analytica Psychologist Advising Global COVID-19 Disinformation Network Linked to Nigel Farage & Conservative Party

Nafeez Ahmed reveals how COVID pseudoscience and anti-lockdown groups have morphed into a sophisticated, well-funded global network

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Government’s Independent Anti-Radicalisation Appointment was ‘Rigged’ Reveals Former Chief Crown Prosecutor

The Home Secretary’s new Prevent strategy czar once directed an alt-right lobbying group that sponsored her trip to Washington DC

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‘Parents’ Campaign Against School Closures Receives PR Support From Boris Johnson Advisor

Nafeez Ahmed investigates the opaque UsForThem group lobbying against Coronavirus restrictions, and its Conservative Party, Brexit and Pro-Trump connections

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Government Official Reveals UK Still Pursuing ‘Ridiculous’ Herd Immunity Strategy

Nafeez Ahmed reports on startling testimony that appears to contradict previous Government denials that it is following a discredited COVID-19 policy

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LBC Radio Host Maajid Nawaz Bankrolled By US Republican Dark Money

Nafeez Ahmed reports on the background of the controversial broadcaster whose think tank has been funded by pro-Donald Trump donors

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300 Scientists Reveal how Boris Johnson has Locked Britain into a Cycle of Draconian Lockdowns

Nafeez Ahmed reports on a new statement published in the Lancet which explains why the Government’s flawed Coronavirus response is likely to lead to repeated waves of the virus and lockdowns – risking lives and livelihoods

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How Steve Bannon’s Propaganda War Led the Trump Administration to Excommunicate Top Muslim ISIS Hunter

Nafeez Ahmed investigates how Dr Haroon Ullah was ousted from a key role in US Government communications by ‘Trump-driven Islamophobia’

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