In towns and cities across Britain, people wake up to the same anxieties every morning: the cost of groceries, the wait for a doctor’s appointment, the roof over their heads, and the future their children will inherit. These are the struggles that dominate kitchen-table conversations and pub debates, and they are undeniably real. But beneath these everyday pressures, a more insidious threat is creeping through society, one that many politicians would rather ignore. The threat is Russian influence and disinformation, a slow and deliberate campaign to fray the threads that hold democracy together. It does not always announce itself with…

On August 26, 2024, my life split into before and after. I was at home in Fort Myers, Florida, in the kind of ordinary rhythm you never think to treasure until it is ripped away. I heard a knock at my door, and when I opened it, a police officer was standing there, ready to arrest me. My mind went straight to my twelve-year-old daughter in the next room. I remember thinking, “Can she hear this? Does she know what is happening?” I was wearing flip-flops, a T-shirt, and shorts, having answered the door without a second thought. I had…