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NO CLOONEY

December 13, 2021

Murdoch stopped George Clooney film based on phone hacking book, claims author. GEORGE CLOONEY was thwarted from making a film about the phone hacking scandal by Rupert Murdoch. The fascinating claim was recently made by former Guardian journalist, Nick Davies, at an event marking the tenth anniversary of the scandal he helped expose, which led to the closure of The News of The World and the Leveson public inquiry.   According to Davies, when Clooney optioned his book Hack Attack: How The Truth Caught Up With Rupert Murdoch he warned the movie star that the media mogul’s malign reach in the US would cause him “trouble”. 

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HOBNOBBING WITH VILLAINY

October 29, 2021

HOBNOBBING WITH VILLAINY The Upsetter interviews Professor Dick Hobbs about his new book ‘The Business’ Professor Dick Hobbs grew up in the east London borough of Newham and his new book The Business is a love letter to a world of skullduggery that changed with the decline of the docks, gentrification and the rise of the drug dealer. The unconventional academic fielded a few questions from The Upsetter about the changing face of so-called organised crime in London and unleashed an assault on ‘ivory tower wankers’, those cashing in on Covid, crooks in leisure wear and the concept of a McMafia. How does a man

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‘DIRTY ASIAN CUNT’

October 13, 2021

What the police and watchdog did when a female officer texted this. The multiple inquiries into a toxic police culture launched in the wake of the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard would do well to also examine the culture of cover up in professional standards departments that are supposedly rooting out misogyny, sexism and racism in the ranks. The Upsetter has learned of a case in Derbyshire police that is shrouded in secrecy. The events that follow took place in the shadow of the Everard case. They reveal how a professional standards department (PSD) turned a blind eye to

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OPERATION INSIPID

October 5, 2021

Police Spied on Father of Cement Mixer ‘Murder’ Victim DETECTIVES targeted a grieving father for exposing the corrupt police investigation into his son’s suspicious death on a remote farm linked to organised crime. A ‘confidential’ police report reveals Essex and Kent police were concerned about Les Balkwell confronting senior officers at their homes and embarrassing them through the media. A senior management team authorised a secret operation codenamed Intrepid to discredit and silence Balkwell by putting him behind bars for perverting the course of justice. The shocking revelations have echoes of the police spying operation targeting the family of murdered

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THE CEMENT MIXER ‘MURDER’

September 28, 2021

THE CEMENT MIXER ‘MURDER’ A Mangled Body, A Crime Family & Institutionally Corrupt Policing in Essex Warning: There are images from the crime scene in this copyrighted article that may be upsetting. Evidence of institutional police corruption will feature in a legal bid to have a notorious cold case linked to organised crime investigated for the first time as a murder. The High Court has granted permission for the family of Lee Balkwell to challenge an “unreasonable and irrational” decision by Essex police to close the book on his suspicious death 19 years ago. The 33-year-old was found in the

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