The Tap Blog - The Home for Media Sceptics

The Tap is an independent blog powered and fed by the readers. Please send in the news and stories that you think are of interest to an awakened audience. Read more...

Ring! Ring! Mind Your Bling! (updated August 1st 2026)

Curteis jewellery replatingThe Tap Blog started twenty years ago. I had retired and gone to live in Manila. Being eight hours ahead gave me time to analyse the various newsfeeds and write something pertinent before the western world awoke. It was conventionally political writing, until 2009 when a reader sent in a comment suggesting I studied some videos and writings of Dr Stan Monteith of Radio Liberty in Monterrey Bay. This was 2009. Read more...


My Panopticon Found The Secret Tunnels in Manchester – No 10 North inside GCHQ Manchester

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl55HWYH3As swilliamism explores Manchester’s urban landscape, investigating rumored historical government facilities, Cold War-era bunkers, and subterranean networks hidden beneath the city center. This journey includes aerial perspectives and a close examination of local infrastructure to uncover sites allegedly tied to national contingency programs and intelligence operations.

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