[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @alexwickham Alex Wickham Alex Wickham posts on X about china, beijing, help the, spy the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::405769757/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX +800% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +110% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::405769757/posts_active)  - X Week XX +4.60% - X Month XX -XX% - X Months XXX -XX% - X Year XXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::405769757/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX +0.26% - X Month XXXXXXX +0.32% - X Months XXXXXXX +0.57% - X Year XXXXXXX -XXXX% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::405769757/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::405769757/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) #4128 [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) #1026 **Social topic influence** [china](/topic/china) #285, [beijing](/topic/beijing) #8, [help the](/topic/help-the) 1.17%, [spy](/topic/spy) 1.17%, [london](/topic/london) 1.17%, [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #158, [governments](/topic/governments) 0.58%, [confirms](/topic/confirms) 0.58%, [build a](/topic/build-a) 0.58%, [national security](/topic/national-security) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@bloomberguk](/creator/undefined) [@philaldrick](/creator/undefined) [@ellenamilligan](/creator/undefined) [@whufc1001](/creator/undefined) [@michburt_burt](/creator/undefined) [@evancull](/creator/undefined) [@albertonardelli](/creator/undefined) [@rebeccacait04](/creator/undefined) [@bea_johanssen](/creator/undefined) [@mrfreeze7821](/creator/undefined) [@markwhogarth](/creator/undefined) [@joemayes](/creator/undefined) [@economics](/creator/undefined) [@danhanson41](/creator/undefined) [@politlcsuk](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@john_foremancbe](/creator/undefined) [@empfindlich1](/creator/undefined) [@suephillips66](/creator/undefined) [@edmundavalon](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::405769757/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Security minister Dan Jarvis angrily makes clear the governments position is that Kemi Badenoch is lying when she accuses them of deliberately collapsing the China spy case Jarvis insists the govt did everything it could to help the CPS but that the CPS ultimately decided it couldnt prosecute He confirms it was DNSA Matt Collins who was responsible for handling the govts response He says Collins sent several witness statements to the CPS constrained by the old legal framework and then Tory governments position It remains unclear whether the govt or CPS could have done more to avoid the" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1977786763625038175) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-13T17:21Z 114.4K followers, 53.3K engagements "This should let us see how hard the Collins statements tried to help the CPS build a case that spying for China represented a threat to national security and whether the CPS decision not to prosecute on the basis of these statements was sound. But to clear this up properly we also need to know: Did Collins seek govt legal advice on what he could say What did it say Did he seek advice of cabinet secretary Chris Wormold Do expert lawyers think he could have done any more within the constraints of the old Official Secrets Act Did PM/NSA/others know the case was collapsing Is there anything more" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978425217333469687) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-15T11:38Z 114.4K followers, 18.2K engagements "Top story from @EllenAMilligan: Olly Robbins discussing UK embassy refurb in Beijing on his China visit - key leverage used by China in their London embassy application" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978483878886084828) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-15T15:31Z 114.4K followers, 13.8K engagements "The UK was heavily involved behind the scenes ahead of the US-Ukraine talks in Saudi British sources say. Jonathan Powell worked with Mike Waltz and French and German counterparts on a plan for a truce to begin a peace process. At the weekend Powell met Zelenskiy and Yermak in Kyiv. They produced a written proposal for a staged process to bridge the gap with the US. Its based on: - a ceasefire - confidence building measures including for an exchange of POWs - the release of detained civilians - the return of children - then negotiations to bring about a just and lasting peace. A detailed text" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1899567881920077832) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-03-11T21:07Z 114.5K followers, 201.1K engagements "Bloomberg Exclusive: Russias second largest bank VTB has seen its lending income collapse feeding concerns about its stability and underscoring the economic pressures on Putin ahead of his summit with Trump" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1954870895563927755) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-08-11T11:41Z 114.5K followers, 5470 engagements "Possibly the most important line in @TomMcTague Andy Burnham interview: Weve got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets he says. As such he is open to working with the Liberal Democrats and even in future Jeremy Corbyn" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1970868574916100446) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-09-24T15:10Z 114.5K followers, 608K engagements "New: Senior ministers want Keir Starmer to reassess his China policy in the wake of the spy case debacle. At least two cabinet members want the PM to reject the new mega-embassy people familiar with their thinking tell Bloomberg. Several cabinet members think the PM has taken too generous an approach to Beijing and want him to clearly prioritise national security over economic benefits. The govt flat out denies that any minister Jonathan Powell or the Treasury had any involvement or influence on the case. They put the blame entirely on the case law changing and insist the govts hands were" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1977626353848488434) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-13T06:43Z 114.5K followers, 26.2K engagements "China latest Keir Starmer is completely denying the allegation that the govt deliberately collapsed the spying case to save relations with Beijing. His spokesman says that is entirely false. No10 also say it is simply untrue that NSA Jonathan Powell in a private September meeting with FCDO perm sec Olly Robbins effectively nixed the govt evidence on the case. No10s argument is that this is all the fault of the Tories (for not fixing the Official Secrets Act threshold on enemy sooner) and that ultimately its for the CPS to produce enough evidence to secure a conviction. But still many" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1977706131746078812) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-13T12:01Z 114.5K followers, 95.3K engagements "NEW: The UK EU and Canada are nearing an agreement to tap 200+ billion of frozen Russian assets to provide loans for Ukraine It would be a major breakthrough. Any such move has previously been blocked by some EU nations Itd help Ukraine buy weapons including from the US" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978211785338396899) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-14T21:30Z 114.5K followers, 56.7K engagements "NEW: The UK has announced its largest sanctions package yet on Russian energy targeting Rosneft and Lukoil As well as fouroil terminals in China Britain is sanctioning XX tankers in the shadow fleet transporting Russian oil and Naraya Energy- which imported $X billion of Russian crude in 2024 These sanctions expose the illicit networks selling Russia oil making it harder for traders to operate and putting pressure on insurers ports and financial services companies not to work with these entities UK sanctions on the shadow fleet have already had a significant role in making it harder for the" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978451251814625423) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-15T13:21Z 114.5K followers, 11.2K engagements "EXCLUSIVE: Chinese state actors systemically and successfully compromised classified UK government computer systems for more than a decade according to former senior security officials and current government officials familiar with the matter. China has routinely accessed low and medium level classified information on UK government servers over at least the last XX years including information marked official-sensitive and secret and some material on the governments secure IT networks the people said. That included confidential documents related to the formulation of government policy private" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978559734513857013) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-15T20:32Z 114.5K followers, 107.8K engagements "Huge questions for the CPS and DPP Stephen Parkinson tonight as it emerges DNSA Matthew Collinss statements to prosecutors repeatedly referred to China as a threat including as an active espionage threat" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978562207332831693) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-15T20:42Z 114.5K followers, 70.1K engagements "Key question now will be what expert legal opinion thinks re these statements. They do repeatedly refer to China as a threat and list the ways it harms Britain. But the CPS still decided not to prosecute. Stephen Parkinson will have to explain why" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978566556540936594) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-15T21:00Z 114.5K followers, 50.2K engagements "BREAKING: MI5 chief Ken McCallum reveals his spies have disrupted a new Chinese threat in Britain *within the last week* and says hes frustrated the China espionage case collapsed. Weve intervened operationally again just in the last week McCallum told reporters today. Do Chinese state actors present a UK national security threat The answer is of course yes they do every day. He declined to give any specifics about the nature of the new Chinese activity. Of course I am frustrated when opportunities to prosecute national security-threatening activity are not followed through McCallum said in" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978793112043393098) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-16T12:00Z 114.5K followers, 164K engagements "***EXCLUSIVE*** Nigel Farage tells Bloomberg that if he led Britain he: would support shooting down Russian fighter jets entering NATO airspace use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine may even put British troops on the ground there as part of a UN peacekeeping force he also vowed that no more Reform politicians had corrupt relationships with Moscow. These are by far Farages strongest comments yet on Russia and mark a major pivot after he came under cross-party criticism that he is soft on Putin. He made the comments in an interview for the @MishalHusain Show a new video podcast from" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1978930147828129876) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-16T21:04Z 114.5K followers, 495.9K engagements "BREAKING: China warns Keir Starmer he faces consequences if he doesnt approve its embassy in London Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian launches a broadside against the UK as Starmers thaw with Beijing threatens to break down. Olly Robbins meetings in Beijing do not appear to have gone well. MOFA spox expresses grave concern and strong dissatisfaction at embassy decision being delayed to December Says UK must immediately fulfill its obligations and honor its commitments otherwise the British side shall bear all consequences Says UK has shown disregard for contractual spirit acting in bad" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1979099400719728994) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-17T08:17Z 114.5K followers, 1.1M engagements "NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read (with great reporting from @EllenAMilligan) Keir Starmers China thaw is at risk of failure after Beijing publicly threatened the UK. People in government recognise it will now be politically difficult to approve the new Chinese embassy and say it is up in the air. They stress no decisions have been taken. Before the last two weeks Starmer had been likely to say yes. The security services told the govt it would pose new risks although they said they could mitigate them if necessary. The foreign office is concerned about a tit-for-tat that means consequences for the" [X Link](https://x.com/alexwickham/status/1979457597636837786) [@alexwickham](/creator/x/alexwickham) 2025-10-18T08:00Z 114.5K followers, 35.2K engagements
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@alexwickham Alex Wickham
Alex Wickham posts on X about china, beijing, help the, spy the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"Security minister Dan Jarvis angrily makes clear the governments position is that Kemi Badenoch is lying when she accuses them of deliberately collapsing the China spy case Jarvis insists the govt did everything it could to help the CPS but that the CPS ultimately decided it couldnt prosecute He confirms it was DNSA Matt Collins who was responsible for handling the govts response He says Collins sent several witness statements to the CPS constrained by the old legal framework and then Tory governments position It remains unclear whether the govt or CPS could have done more to avoid the"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-13T17:21Z 114.4K followers, 53.3K engagements
"This should let us see how hard the Collins statements tried to help the CPS build a case that spying for China represented a threat to national security and whether the CPS decision not to prosecute on the basis of these statements was sound. But to clear this up properly we also need to know: Did Collins seek govt legal advice on what he could say What did it say Did he seek advice of cabinet secretary Chris Wormold Do expert lawyers think he could have done any more within the constraints of the old Official Secrets Act Did PM/NSA/others know the case was collapsing Is there anything more"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-15T11:38Z 114.4K followers, 18.2K engagements
"Top story from @EllenAMilligan: Olly Robbins discussing UK embassy refurb in Beijing on his China visit - key leverage used by China in their London embassy application"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-15T15:31Z 114.4K followers, 13.8K engagements
"The UK was heavily involved behind the scenes ahead of the US-Ukraine talks in Saudi British sources say. Jonathan Powell worked with Mike Waltz and French and German counterparts on a plan for a truce to begin a peace process. At the weekend Powell met Zelenskiy and Yermak in Kyiv. They produced a written proposal for a staged process to bridge the gap with the US. Its based on: - a ceasefire - confidence building measures including for an exchange of POWs - the release of detained civilians - the return of children - then negotiations to bring about a just and lasting peace. A detailed text"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-03-11T21:07Z 114.5K followers, 201.1K engagements
"Bloomberg Exclusive: Russias second largest bank VTB has seen its lending income collapse feeding concerns about its stability and underscoring the economic pressures on Putin ahead of his summit with Trump"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-08-11T11:41Z 114.5K followers, 5470 engagements
"Possibly the most important line in @TomMcTague Andy Burnham interview: Weve got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets he says. As such he is open to working with the Liberal Democrats and even in future Jeremy Corbyn"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-09-24T15:10Z 114.5K followers, 608K engagements
"New: Senior ministers want Keir Starmer to reassess his China policy in the wake of the spy case debacle. At least two cabinet members want the PM to reject the new mega-embassy people familiar with their thinking tell Bloomberg. Several cabinet members think the PM has taken too generous an approach to Beijing and want him to clearly prioritise national security over economic benefits. The govt flat out denies that any minister Jonathan Powell or the Treasury had any involvement or influence on the case. They put the blame entirely on the case law changing and insist the govts hands were"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-13T06:43Z 114.5K followers, 26.2K engagements
"China latest Keir Starmer is completely denying the allegation that the govt deliberately collapsed the spying case to save relations with Beijing. His spokesman says that is entirely false. No10 also say it is simply untrue that NSA Jonathan Powell in a private September meeting with FCDO perm sec Olly Robbins effectively nixed the govt evidence on the case. No10s argument is that this is all the fault of the Tories (for not fixing the Official Secrets Act threshold on enemy sooner) and that ultimately its for the CPS to produce enough evidence to secure a conviction. But still many"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-13T12:01Z 114.5K followers, 95.3K engagements
"NEW: The UK EU and Canada are nearing an agreement to tap 200+ billion of frozen Russian assets to provide loans for Ukraine It would be a major breakthrough. Any such move has previously been blocked by some EU nations Itd help Ukraine buy weapons including from the US"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-14T21:30Z 114.5K followers, 56.7K engagements
"NEW: The UK has announced its largest sanctions package yet on Russian energy targeting Rosneft and Lukoil As well as fouroil terminals in China Britain is sanctioning XX tankers in the shadow fleet transporting Russian oil and Naraya Energy- which imported $X billion of Russian crude in 2024 These sanctions expose the illicit networks selling Russia oil making it harder for traders to operate and putting pressure on insurers ports and financial services companies not to work with these entities UK sanctions on the shadow fleet have already had a significant role in making it harder for the"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-15T13:21Z 114.5K followers, 11.2K engagements
"EXCLUSIVE: Chinese state actors systemically and successfully compromised classified UK government computer systems for more than a decade according to former senior security officials and current government officials familiar with the matter. China has routinely accessed low and medium level classified information on UK government servers over at least the last XX years including information marked official-sensitive and secret and some material on the governments secure IT networks the people said. That included confidential documents related to the formulation of government policy private"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-15T20:32Z 114.5K followers, 107.8K engagements
"Huge questions for the CPS and DPP Stephen Parkinson tonight as it emerges DNSA Matthew Collinss statements to prosecutors repeatedly referred to China as a threat including as an active espionage threat"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-15T20:42Z 114.5K followers, 70.1K engagements
"Key question now will be what expert legal opinion thinks re these statements. They do repeatedly refer to China as a threat and list the ways it harms Britain. But the CPS still decided not to prosecute. Stephen Parkinson will have to explain why"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-15T21:00Z 114.5K followers, 50.2K engagements
"BREAKING: MI5 chief Ken McCallum reveals his spies have disrupted a new Chinese threat in Britain within the last week and says hes frustrated the China espionage case collapsed. Weve intervened operationally again just in the last week McCallum told reporters today. Do Chinese state actors present a UK national security threat The answer is of course yes they do every day. He declined to give any specifics about the nature of the new Chinese activity. Of course I am frustrated when opportunities to prosecute national security-threatening activity are not followed through McCallum said in"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-16T12:00Z 114.5K followers, 164K engagements
"EXCLUSIVE Nigel Farage tells Bloomberg that if he led Britain he: would support shooting down Russian fighter jets entering NATO airspace use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine may even put British troops on the ground there as part of a UN peacekeeping force he also vowed that no more Reform politicians had corrupt relationships with Moscow. These are by far Farages strongest comments yet on Russia and mark a major pivot after he came under cross-party criticism that he is soft on Putin. He made the comments in an interview for the @MishalHusain Show a new video podcast from"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-16T21:04Z 114.5K followers, 495.9K engagements
"BREAKING: China warns Keir Starmer he faces consequences if he doesnt approve its embassy in London Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian launches a broadside against the UK as Starmers thaw with Beijing threatens to break down. Olly Robbins meetings in Beijing do not appear to have gone well. MOFA spox expresses grave concern and strong dissatisfaction at embassy decision being delayed to December Says UK must immediately fulfill its obligations and honor its commitments otherwise the British side shall bear all consequences Says UK has shown disregard for contractual spirit acting in bad"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-17T08:17Z 114.5K followers, 1.1M engagements
"NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read (with great reporting from @EllenAMilligan) Keir Starmers China thaw is at risk of failure after Beijing publicly threatened the UK. People in government recognise it will now be politically difficult to approve the new Chinese embassy and say it is up in the air. They stress no decisions have been taken. Before the last two weeks Starmer had been likely to say yes. The security services told the govt it would pose new risks although they said they could mitigate them if necessary. The foreign office is concerned about a tit-for-tat that means consequences for the"
X Link @alexwickham 2025-10-18T08:00Z 114.5K followers, 35.2K engagements