Mary Leedham-Green

Retired NHS database manager, gardener, bridge player and avid reader of crime fiction.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Despite the so-called ceasefire in Gaza, civilians continue to pay a heavy price every day.

People are being killed in their homes, in their communities, and while carrying out ordinary acts of daily life - as Israel increases its control of Gaza.

Living conditions remain intolerable & horrific diseases are spreading - with humanitarian operations heavily impeded.

The prolonged suffering must end.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

The test of any Prime Minister is: do you leave your country in a better place than you found it?

I’m proud that the answer is yes.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

La Tapisserie de Bayeux a pris le chemin de Londres. Ce trésor millénaire qui raconte notre histoire commune traverse la Manche. Merci aux équipes qui ont rendu possible ce geste historique de confiance, de culture et d’amitié.

Vive l’Entente cordiale !

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens: I demand you stand down in Clacton. I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.

Nigel Farage says he wants The People versus the Establishment. So be it.

Leave him to me.

[Mary Leedham-Green @MELeedhamGreen]

@SamanthaJobUK World cup manager resigns

[Samantha Job @SamanthaJobUK]

Thought chemical weapons were a thing of the past? Sadly not. Ask the people of Salisbury. Or the family of Alexei Navalny. But we are not going to let it happen without cost.

[Michael Reiners @MCRReiners]

‘Manchesterism’, a decidedly undefined term, can be best explained by this clip.

Most things can be best explained by a clip from Yes Minister.

[Mary Leedham-Green @MELeedhamGreen]

@NHSMillion @kimleadbeater Many a time have I been thankful!

[Mary Leedham-Green @MELeedhamGreen]

@ArchbishopSarah I too have been to Bethlehem in kinder times. Thank you for your videos…they brought back many memories.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Alexander Browder, a 17-year-old London teenager, has become Russia's youngest ever sanctions target. He has built a database exposing the crypto networks helping Russia and other rogue states dodge Western sanctions.

In March, @Alexbrowder_ published a report for the Henry Jackson Society think tank, describing money-laundering mechanisms involving cryptocurrencies and estimating the scale of such operations by Russia, Iran, and North Korea at around $350 billion.

▪️ Cryptocurrency as a sanctions-evasion tool

A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to a stable asset. This may be a currency, such as the ruble. This avoids the sharp price fluctuations typical of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, making the token convenient for payments and transfers.

According to Alexander Browder, this stability made the A7A5 stablecoin a useful instrument for sanctions evasion. The ruble-pegged token allowed payments to be conducted outside the banking system, which has been blocked for Russia by Western sanctions.

Alexander described A7A5 as one of the West's biggest challenges in the fight against money laundering. According to the British Foreign Office, more than $90 billion passed through the stablecoin network linked to the token in the past year alone.

That figure is comparable to roughly half of Russia's annual military spending. In late May, London imposed sanctions on 18 platforms in several countries, accusing them of creating shadow financial systems to circumvent restrictions.

▪️ Russia's response

On June 2, the Russian foreign ministry added Browder and four other British citizens to its sanctions list. They were accused of "slander and spreading false information." The teenager was banned from entering Russia.

Browder himself took the move calmly. According to him, the sanctions have become a badge of honor and proof that his investigation has "touched a nerve."

By the way, Alexander is the son of financier and human rights advocate William Browder @Billbrowder, CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital. His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in a Russian prison in 2009 after exposing a major tax fraud scheme. Browder Sr. is an outspoken critic of Putin and the initiator of the Magnitsky Act.

According to Alexander, it was his father's story that inspired him to pursue investigations. He believes that today's schemes for financing war through cryptocurrencies require a new, younger generation of analysts.

📹: DW

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

It was a great joy to meet with Layan Nasir in Birzeit yesterday after her release from Israeli prison.

Layan is a Palestinian Christian who worships at St Peter’s Anglican Church in Birzeit.

I’m grateful to Layan’s family for their hospitality in their home. I will pray for them, and for God’s blessing and healing for Layan after the terrible ordeal of her incarceration.

I pray for the release of all people who have been unjustly imprisoned, here in Palestine and Israel and around the world.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Excellent investigative journalism by BBC Panorama, showing Russian involvement not just in arson attacks on Starmer’s house but also in anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim attacks. https://t.co/kGQ3uLDV1Z

[Brittiska Ambassaden Stockholm @UKinSweden]

"Storbritannien och Sverige bygger kärnkraftens framtid tillsammans."

Ambassadör @SamanthaJobUK om nyheten att Rolls-Royce SMR blir leverantören i Sveriges satsning på ny kärnkraft med modulära reaktorer.

Ett stort steg frampåt i vår energipartnerskap 🔋💡

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Multiple Pentagon floors on lockdown due to 'hazardous materials' https://t.co/UmmLHXZulx

[Yvette Cooper @YvetteCooperMP]

The Kremlin will not evade our sanctions by hiding behind crypto networks and shadow financial systems.

The UK is tracking down and shutting off financial lifelines that sustain Putin’s war machine.

New sanctions will prevent safe havens for those enabling Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

This is Qana in South Lebanon today.

An ancient village with over 3,000 years of history — where Jesus performed the miracle of turning water into wine.

Israel is wiping it off the map.

Not a peep from the “civilized world.”

Not a word from the “international community.”

[Mary Leedham-Green @MELeedhamGreen]

Joint statement on the Multinational Military Mission for the Strait of Hormuz: 12 May 2026 https://t.co/HCH3t00U44

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel killed every single person in this photo in Lebanon.

Every. Single. One.

All journalists.

Targeted and assassinated intentionally.

For reporting the truth from the frontlines.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

The body of the Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was found by rescuers after several hours of digging in the rubble after an Israeli strike. She is the fourth journalist to have been killed by Israeli forces in seven weeks. This is why the word ‘journacide’ is now being used.

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

So turns out the “London is collapsing” narrative isn’t grassroots at all.

It’s being pumped out by bots, content farms, and foreign-aligned networks then laundered through politicians and media.

Manufacture the fear. Repeat it enough. Turn it into policy.