An ultraconservative shadow network is forming, designed to influence you - Pearls and Irritations

Greg Sheridan in The Australian (27/10) shines a spotlight on a traditionally shadowy architecture of influence.

Pearls and Irritations

#RussianSpy tried to recruit me in London pub, says #ToryScum chairman

#Hands said he believed it was an #espionage technique "You get somebody to steal something, or get you, a document that is easy to get... the idea is to test somebody's willingness to do something for you. That's essentially what the technique is."

https://news.sky.com/story/russian-spy-tried-to-recruit-me-in-london-pub-says-tory-party-chairman-greg-hands-1280826

Same #hands ? Meets with #Singham, of #Legatum Institute "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" #PutinsToryPuppets

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/revealed-legatum-s-extraordinary-secretive-monthly-meetings-with-brexit/

#BorisJohnson’s Ex-PR Guru, Ed Barker, Lands Role at Fracking Giant

The appointment raises fresh questions about the ‘revolving door’ between energy companies and the Government

@BylineTimes previously reported on Barker’s involvement with the #Legatum Group, a Dubai-based investment firm that bankrolls the right-wing broadcaster GB News.

Sascha Lavin #BylineTimes

#Cuadrilla #CWF #ToryBritain

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/15/boris-johnson-ex-pr-guru-lands-role-at-fracking-giant/

Boris Johnson’s Ex-PR Guru Lands Role at Fracking Giant – Byline Times

The appointment raises fresh questions about the 'revolving door' between energy companies and the Government, reports Sascha Lavin

Byline Times
Der lange Weg nach oben - Wie es Ostdeutsche in die Elite schaffen | MDR.DE

Ostdeutsche sind in Elite-Positionen immer noch unterrepräsentiert. Nur wenige haben die ungeschriebenen Regeln des Westens durchschaut. Vier Protagonisten erzählen von dem steinigen Aufstieg in die "Oberen Zehntausend".