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I wonder whether these journalists have a screen in large print handy, with this sort of stock phrase prominently displayed, for use when writer's block strikes.
Seriously though, the Observer article is a disappointingly trivial dance around what by now should be a centre stage enterprise; namely, what are the real motives & aims of the so called Hard Brexiteers, or Ultras as they are also known, & more importantly the people behind them. I'm not saying the article is wrong in point of fact, just that it's hardly investigative journalism. Several of those names have been in the news recently in the US as a result of the Trump smear story involving a British ex-intelligence officer. No mention of that. Most of it could've been cobbled together from the internet & since when is it news that foreign powers seek influence.
At least the FT article mentioned that along with warning about reading too much into it. Nothing on Banks though, apart from mentioning he once got pissed up at the Russian embassy...
Have you ever heard of the Legatum Institute? One of its proxy organisations is the European Research Group, to which up to 80 Tory MPs belong, apparently. These braying dumbfucks are mindlessly going along with a project they show no signs at all of understanding. Where is the 4th estate to explain to the public what's going on. Nowhere. What is Jeremy Corbyn's opposition doing. Fuck all, though one or two people on that side of the aisle appear to have some clue. Stephen Kinnock for one.
Meanwhile, Legatum has its man in the Cabinet in the form of Steve Baker, & the Prime Minister is lost.
Heaven help us all. It really needn't have been this way.
Anyway here's a link to a real piece of investigative journalism. When the big boys come out to play they don't need low level Russian operatives to swing the game their way.
http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=86556
That link might not be working. If not google legatum & it's on the 1st page under the title 'disaster capitalism'.
Modified by PatD at Tue, Nov 07, 2017, 13:11:14
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