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The messes he’s had to deal with in recent years, however, are far more serious and could lead to real, substantial, visible changes to his company—notably, of the kind that he himself did not instigate.

Although the 2022 midterms were mostly peaceful, experts say false information about elections has persisted and has the potential to instigate disruption or even violence.

Wagner became convinced that this was key to a global revival that he was helping to instigate.

Or to categorize things another way: Attempts to shame Fox inevitably failed while attempts to instigate mass actions against them were more successful, or at least were more likely to worry Fox.

She added: “I very much hope the prime minister will take our concerns seriously and instigate an appropriate, independent or legal inquiry – not only so we can have transparency and accountability, but so that other British citizens and their families know that their government will act for them, if a foreign state unlawfully kills their loved ones.”