This is a personal statement, not written on behalf of the WGSPM. Since early 2019 I have been working on and off on a briefing note about the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA), Tsamota and other businesses controlled by William Harry Wiley that had received funding from the FCO and from other governments. Read more about Personal statement on the CIJA sting: Paul McKeigue[…]

The WGSPM is a group of over 20 academics and researchers who share an interest in a common research area. The WGSPM is entirely independent of any state or organisation nor does it ‘work with’ any state or organisation. Individuals associated with the working group pursue their own research and writing activities for which they Read more about Statement by Dr Piers Robinson Regarding the BBC (Chloe Hadjimatheou), Times (Dominic Kennedy), Daily Beast/Newslinesmag (Michael Weiss and Jett Goldsmith) attacks following the CIJA (Commission for International Justice and Accountability) sting operation targeting Professor Paul McKeigue, 24 March 2021[…]

By Tim Hayward     Author’s note: This article was originally due to appear in Misinformation Review, the Harvard-based journal that published the piece it responds to. The editorial board accepted the article for publication, but because of the challenging nature of my critique, they decided it should be published under the rubric of a Read more about Diagnosing Disinformation: a reply to Wilson and Starbird[…]

In preparation for a BBC radio series, BBC journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou contacted me on 12 October requesting a response to the following allegations: ************* I would like to let you know some of the things which we are currently considering including in the series that concern the Working Group and its ideas in case you Read more about Email from BBC regarding their Intrigue series titled ‘Mayday’ and Working Group Response from Piers Robinson[…]

Paul McKeigue Summary Introduction Email correspondence On 24/07/2020 17:58, Chloe Hadjimatheou wrote From: Paul McKeigue, Sent 24 July 2020 18:41 On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 20:03, Chloe Hadjimatheou wrote: From Paul McKeigue Sent Fri, 24 Jul, 21:50 On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 19:28, Chloe Hadjimatheou wrote: From: Paul McKeigue Sent 30 July 2020 Read more about Email correspondence with Chloe Hadjimatheou, Senior Reporter BBC Current Affairs, 24 July to 17 August 2020[…]

Paul McKeigue 16 September 2020 1 Summary 2 Introduction 3 Mirzayanov’s story from 1991 to 1995 3.1 Relevance of binary formulations 4 The official Russian position 4.1 Lazarchuk’s story: the unofficial Russian explanation? 5 Uglev’s story: corroboration or rebuttal? 6 Fake corroboration: the 2003 Amazon book review 7 US studies of the phosphylated amidine compounds identified as Novichoks 8 Mirzayanov’s role as a Tatar separatist Read more about The Novichoks story: chemical weapons programme or canary trap?[…]

Dr Piers Robinson, ‘War Propaganda Today – the outsourcing of propaganda and consequences for open debate and democratic accountability’, presented at Mediensystem und Öffentliche Sphäre in Der Krise workshop, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich. June 2023. Dr Piers Robinson, ‘International Organisations and Realpolitik: the case of the OPCW and alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria’, Research Seminar Series, Read more about Public Talks and Other Presentations[…]

25 June 2019 Since its inception, a handful of individuals and organisations have sought to discredit the Working Group including Sir Alan Duncan (Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and Fernando Arias (Director General of the OPCW). We would like to take this opportunity to make clear the following:- 1) the Working Read more about Working Group Response to Smears[…]