This summer we revealed that convicted loyalists from Belfast travelled to Glasgow for a far right protest. Further digging has unearthed a rapidly expanding anti-immigration network between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Authorities tightened the rules around this Scottish business scheme after years of exploitation for financial crime. Moscow entities – and a man accused of facilitating child sex abuse – are still selling it to clients seeking “financial privacy”.
The Scottish Government’s green watchdog sent seven letters over three years alleging multiple breaches at a fish farm – and then issued a final warning letter.
Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros has once again been in the news, after figures on the American right linked him to the prosecution of Donald Trump.
But its not the first time the former banker has been linked to conspiracy theories around the world.
Ali and Paul spoke to disinformation expert Ernie Piper about the man himself, how to critique him properly, and how blaming George Soros for everything links to anti-semitic tropes which have existed for hundreds of years.
Elsewhere in the podcast, we looked at misinformation around the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, and explained what was going on with the emergency alerts which will pop up on millions of people’s phones on Sunday.
Posters appeared on social media purporting to be from the local authority, but they are fake.
A disproportionate number of children and young people growing up in care are dying prematurely, prompting calls for preventative action.
Lives are being lost because people are failing to get mental health support when they most urgently need it, a Ferret investigation has found.
Politicians and advocates call for action due to “serious concerns” that children are still being placed in “dangerous environments” when their families are homeless.
