Alexander Butler

@alexander_wpb

News Reporter @independent | Words for @prospect_uk @newbloommag @Diplomat_APAC + more | Got a story? Email [email protected]

London, via the North

Joined January 2021

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Alexander Butler@alexander_wpb · Aug 14

Today's @Independent splash: Shame of British judge keeping free speech hero Jimmy Lai in jail Read more here: independent.co.uk/asia/china/bri…

alexander_wpb's tweet image. Today's @Independent splash: Shame of British judge keeping free speech hero Jimmy Lai in jail

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independent.co.uk/asia/china/bri…

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Holly Bancroft@Holly_JoyB · Jul 15

Inside the secret scramble to save lives after MoD data breach @Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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Alexander Butler@alexander_wpb · Jul 8

🗞️Scoop: The family of a British couple detained in Iran feared they were in one of the country’s most notorious prisons when it was bombed by Israel – and are still yet to hear from them weeks later despite assurances from Tehran that they are alive. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

alexander_wpb's tweet card. Lindsay and Craig Foreman’s family feared they were being held in Iran’s Evin prison when it was bombed by Israel

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The Independent@Independent · May 21

Police investigate Enoch Powell portrait hung in village shop as ‘hate incident’ independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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Alexander Butler@alexander_wpb · Mar 17

From Bluesky radicals to slick PR professionals, @Independent reports on the British groups trying to take down Elon Musk. Pictures by me: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

alexander_wpb's tweet card. From Bluesky radicals to slick PR professionals, Alexander Butler reports on the Britons trying to take down Elon Musk

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Alexander Butler@alexander_wpb · Mar 13

Important reporting on Zambia and USAID cuts by @HagopianAlicja independent.co.uk/news/world/afr…

alexander_wpb's tweet card. Exclusive: Extensive droughts in Zambia have forced women into sexual exploitation – and USAID cuts have stopped programmes which sought to protect them, writes Alicja Hagopian

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Alexander Butler@alexander_wpb · Mar 11

Great reporting from @samkileynews in Ukraine JD Vance’s cousin is fighting for Ukraine – this is what he thinks of Trump, Putin and the VP independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

alexander_wpb's tweet card. Nate Vance, who spent summers as a child with JD Vance, is a US veteran who volunteers to fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline with Russia. He tells World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley in...

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#FreeJimmyLai@SupportJimmyLai · Mar 10

"My father has been treated inhumanely. But he is defiant and strong. It is ridiculous that in his display of bravery, the prime minister @Keir_Starmer @10DowningStreet will not meet with me." —Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy Lai @alexander_wpb in @independent…

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Alexander Butler@alexander_wpb · Mar 9

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… Exclusive: Former BNP activist trains children to ‘fight back’ against British state with explosive arrowheads

alexander_wpb's tweet card. Exclusive: Former BNP activist Matt Single also taught children to fire gas-powered air pistol pellets at a screen labelled ‘BBC’

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Alexander Butler@alexander_wpb · Feb 24

The United States has joined North Korea, Russia and Belarus in refusing to blame Vladimir Putin for starting the Ukraine war. independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

alexander_wpb's tweet card. Heseltine leads condemnation of Trump warning that his actions will ‘act as an incentive’ to those who endanger world peace

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