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Candice Holdsworth

Peter Cardwell | 30-Sep-26

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  • “I am very curious about the reticence of Andy Burnham to say too much, and I think Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State as well, has also said that. I don't want to say too much. They've hinted very strongly. Trump as well, yeah.”

Candice Holdsworth analyses Iran's escalating hybrid warfare against the UK, from past cyber attacks to recent missile threats, and highlights the strategic importance of Fairford airbase. She expresses puzzlement at the deliberate reticence of senior UK and US officials—Andy Burnham, Marco Rubio, and Trump—suggesting undisclosed geopolitical negotiations may be occurring.

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greatest scale of attack that Iran has attempted against the United Kingdom, but one thing I would point out is that when Iran had their first internet blackouts about two summers ago, when those first wave of attacks hit them, a statistically significant percentage of Scottish independence accounts on Twitter went dark. So Iran had been doing subversive activities against us and obviously now they attempted something larger scale, but we should really be aware of what an adversary they are.

Candice? Yeah, so right, what Viggo's saying, the grey warfare, the stuff that goes on online, the sort of leaning into discord and trying to ramp it up in other countries, you know, countries you see as your enemies. They have threatened Fairford before, I think it was in July, they said that they would do something against Fairford because I think that's where the US operates a lot of their activities in the Strait of Hormuz.

It's also a very, very long runway as well up there. Bombers can actually come down on refuel and then go off to Iran or wherever it is they're going. It's hugely important, yeah. I am very curious about the reticence of Andy Burnham to say too much, and I think Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State as well, has also said that. I don't want to say too much. They've hinted very strongly. Trump as well, yeah.

So I'm wondering why, I'm just purely speculating, is there some geopolitical play in the background we're not being told about? There's clearly something, there's clearly something. It's so weird. Yes, and what we do know is America is...

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