Everybody Knows: Corruption in America by Sarah Chayes

Lobster Issue 81 (Summer 2021) FREE

[PDF file]: […] as an analyst for Goldman Sachs, as did the new Chairman of the BBC, Richard Sharp – for 23 years no less – where he was Sunak’s boss. Sharp was also an adviser to Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London and, before his new post, was an adviser to Chancellor Sunak. He […]

The Mandelson legacy

Lobster Issue 91 (2025) FREE

[PDF file]: […] who might have impeded that progress. By then Mandelson had developed several influential networks of support. One was at the BBC. John (now Lord) Birt, his former boss at London Weekend Television (LWT), had become Margaret Thatcher’s choice as Director-General of the BBC. He brought with him many of Mandelson’s former colleagues, including Samir […]

Code of Conduct: Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It by Chris Bryant

Lobster Issue 87 (2023) FREE

[PDF file]: […] must be the Good Samaritan: ‘here was the case of a member of a despised ethnic minority engaged in direct action, while Pilate was the established undemocratic boss’. Blair smiled that smile and ‘begged me to understand that the powerful were also deserving of our political sympathy’.2 Being taken in by Tony Blair back […]

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[…] must be the Good Samaritan: ‘here was the case of a member of a despised ethnic minority engaged in direct action, while Pilate was the established undemocratic boss’. Blair smiled that smile and ‘begged me to understand that the powerful were also deserving of our political sympathy’.2 Being taken in by Tony Blair back […]

Whose Prospect?

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[PDF file]: […] Prospect? Solomon Hughes Prospect magazine have confirmed a series of connections to the British secret state, including dinner meetings, seminars and taking on the son of MI6 boss John Scarlett as an intern. The links with the security services are a potential embarrassment for the magazine, which has been compared to Encounter, a centre […]

View from the bridge

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[…] in major sums from the party’s big donors. Labour Together has received more than £850,000 since the election – including more than £320,000 each from hedge fund boss Martin Taylor and Lord David Sainsbury, plus £200,000 from Gary Lubner, the boss of Belron, a firm specialising in vehicle glass repair.68 IRD Rory Cormac is […]

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[…] more than £850,000 since the election – 49 Under the subhead Labour and the Israel Lobby at 50 18 including more than £320,000 each from hedge fund boss Martin Taylor and Lord David Sainsbury, plus £200,000 from Gary Lubner, the boss of Belron, a firm specialising in vehicle glass repair.51 IRD Rory Cormac is […]

Sex scandals and sexual blackmail in America’s deep politics

Lobster Issue 73 (Summer 2017) FREE

[PDF file]: […] of his sexual conquests, Campbell had been introduced by singer Frank Sinatra. She was a friend of Sinatra’s Mafia associate John Roselli and mistress to Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana. In other words, President Kennedy was unwittingly sharing a consort with one of America’s top underworld leaders and a key target of his 40 […]

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[…] in major sums from the party’s big donors. Labour Together has received more than £850,000 since the election – including more than £320,000 each from hedge fund boss Martin Taylor and Lord David Sainsbury, plus £200,000 from Gary Lubner, the boss of Belron, a firm specialising in vehicle glass repair.40 Dallas again Meanwhile, back […]

The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac

Lobster Issue 72 (Winter 2016) FREE

[PDF file]: […] was himself the victim of various smears, plots and coup proposals in which MI5 officers were intimately involved. Wilson was convinced that the South African secret service, BOSS, was also involved. He was right: they were allowed to operate in Britain without any interference at this time because, as one of their (unnamed) agents […]

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