Just last week, we revealed that Keir Starmer's business and investment adviser previously lobbied Tory ministers, and introduced private equity bosses to Kwasi Kwarteng at a secret meeting - his old firm is now under investigation as a result

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

... and got a Liz Truss-backing veteran finance lobbyist to write their 'business engagement' strategy, then hired him as an adviser in the Department for Business & Trade

opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/iain-anderson-labour-starmer-h-advisors-cicero-lobbyist-business-conservative/

The government hasn't just let corporate interests influence their policy in an abstract, indirect way - they literally hold regular calls with lobbyists...

www.opendemocracy.net/en/governmen...

We can understand what has happened to the Labour Party as a literal corporate takeover

Big business & the City in particular invested money and people into the project in its early phases - now they expect a return, in the form of deregulation and derisking

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

I think we massively underrate these aspects of the importance of building left media — it’s not just about message/comms, but cadre-building

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