Alexi Mostrous

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Can we just take a second to really take this in? How on earth has it come to this? Where a man can performatively ‘admit’ to sex with a child on an international platform but then couch it as some form of reflection or responsible accountability exercise - whilst deliberately leaning on our terrible, useless, outdated sexual offences act and age of consent? This man was 30 years old, and at the height of his fame - when he made an active choice to have sex with a child. I would use much stronger language here but he’s deliberately leaning on our consent laws, that a 16 year old child can technically consent to sex - meaning that he could technically have ‘consensual sex’ with a school age child. His admission and his disgusting performative ‘progressive’ ‘reflection’ that he is ‘exploitative’ makes my effin skin crawl. If this is not a predator in full swing, I do not know what is. This man is admitting to sex with children and no one is going to do a thing about it. Absolutely atrocious. Our laws need urgently updating to ensure no adult can ever have technically consensual sex with a child. No adult should ever want that; and no child should ever be exposed to it. End.

@Gabriel_Pogrund Brilliant news, Gabriel. And so deserved. Can’t wait to see what you do.

Personal news: I am exceptionally honoured to be appointed editor of Insight, the Sunday Times investigations team. As part of the Sunday Times' commitment to investigative journalism, and storytelling in the written word, audio and video, I am also pleased to welcome two of the most talented and inspiring people I have worked with to a newly-expanded team. They are @ManuMidolo, currently investigations reporter, and @venetiamenzies, visual investigations editor. I will be hiring a deputy editor in due course. Our hope is keep the flame of Insight alive by producing fearless and forensic journalism - while delivering our stories in the most elegant and innovative way possible. The Sunday Times is the best place in the world for any journalist - but also any source. We have the resources, and integrity, to back the people who come to us 100%: if you have a complex, surprising, sensitive - but significant, story to tell, we are open for business. Insight, founded in 1961, pioneered investigative journalism in Britain, championing the voiceless — including, most famously, the victims of thalidomide — and revealing truths which the powerful hoped to suppress. It dismantled the government's narrative about Bloody Sunday, revealed the defection of Kim Philby, and exposed the nuclear plant at Dimona. More recently it has lifted the lid on FIFA corruption and the government's handling of the pandemic. I have been blessed to have had the paper's backing in combining investigative reporting on the summit of society — monarchy, MI5 and MI6, Downing St — with less glamorous stories ranging from the victims of funeral poverty in London to the abandonment of spouses in Pakistan. It has been the best experience any reporter could have hoped for - and I will draw on it as I try, to the best of my abilities, to maintain Insight's special traditions. I would also like to thank Ben Tayor, Krissi Murrison, Lindsay McIntosh, Becky Barrow and perhaps above all Pia Sarma for supporting me over the last decade. news.co.uk/latest-news/th…

@eye_chege Thank you!

@AlexiMostrous great intros on that podcast!

@annepmitchell Brilliant....thanks Anne, good to hear from you. I'll email RS directly. Take care, Alexi

@AlexiMostrous I'm part of The Project founded by R.S. Taylor which you cited in your recent piece in the Observer ('Sibling revelry', and great play on words!), and he has asked me to pass this message on to you: "Alexi, R.S. Taylor here, the analyst you cited. Thanks for recognizing The Project - it means a lot. I've got the full DB behind that work, 1.4M indexed files, bank-level transaction data, the thread goes much deeper than what made the Observer piece. Let me know if you want to compare notes, or would like a direct quote from me. You can reach me at project@isipp.com. R.S. Taylor, Founder, The Project"

@jkbjournalist @grok what does this mean

Remember: We never got the Maxwell emails.

@amolrajan Congrats Amol, and best of luck. You'll be fantastic.

Some professional news, as they don’t say: instagram.com/reel/DTh5uHJCG…

@lisapodcasts Great thanks, just sent you a DM

@AlexiMostrous Done! Thanks Alexi.

@lisapodcasts Hi Lisa, can you follow me so I can DM you a media question? Thanks v much, Alexi

@JuliaRCAT_ru Hi Julia, can you follow me please? I'd like to DM you a media request. Thank you, Alexi

First ep of the @ObserverUK NEW culture pod is out now and for any true crime fans out there it's a must listen. Link below! open.spotify.com/episode/4ha8Ci…

@katieglassST Hi Katie, it's alexi@observer.co.uk.

@AlexiMostrous Hey, what's the best email for you please? Kx

This is pretty cool. Thanks @ApplePodcasts! ☺️

@theveronicaclub Hi Veronica, I'm a reporter from London at the Observer newspaper. Could you follow me briefly so I can DM you? Thanks, Alexi

@boerdeng @CNN This is GREAT news. Congrats

Some personal news, as they say: I feel so delighted and very very privileged to be joining @CNN today

This is quite worrying...

Brexiteers have had nine years to outline and deliver a British economy with less ties to the EU that is better for the country. They failed, preferring internecine feuding instead. Isn’t it just logical now for any neutral observer for someone to see if more ties works instead?

RIP Andrew Norfolk. The bravest and most principled man I’ve ever met. ❤️

You know how when someone writes a column saying *exactly* what you've been thinking? 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @MarinaHyde theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@jcreindl Hi JC, do you mind following so I can DM you a question? I'm working on a story that overlaps with something you wrote about brilliantly a few years ago. Thanks, Alexi