#THREAD about Boris Johnson, dead bodies, Brexit, & Andrew Neil& #39;s TV Channel & power.

The news is full of claims that last year, Boris Johnson said “No more fucking lockdowns: let the bodies pile high in their thousands”, which our sociopathic Govt dismissed as "comedy gossip".
Boris Johnson, 2017: "I look at Libya... There& #39;s a group of UK business people... want to invest in Sirte on the coast... They have got a brilliant vision to turn Sirte into the next Dubai. The only thing they have got to do is clear the dead bodies away!" https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/915295999140204544">https://twitter.com/BBCPoliti...
The speech was given to the #Legatum Institute (originally registered in Cayman Islands) a well-funded free-market think-tank specializing in disaster #capitalism, which in 2016, jointly sponsored a report called & #39;The Road to Brexit& #39;. The foreword was penned by Iain Duncan Smith.
The speech was given to the #Legatum Institute (originally registered in Cayman Islands) a well-funded free-market think-tank specializing in disaster #capitalism, which in 2016, jointly sponsored a report called & #39;The Road to Brexit& #39;. The foreword was penned by Iain Duncan Smith.
The speech was given to the #Legatum Institute (originally registered in Cayman Islands) a well-funded free-market think-tank specializing in disaster #capitalism, which in 2016, jointly sponsored a report called & #39;The Road to Brexit& #39;. The foreword was penned by Iain Duncan Smith.
The speech was given to the #Legatum Institute (originally registered in Cayman Islands) a well-funded free-market think-tank specializing in disaster #capitalism, which in 2016, jointly sponsored a report called & #39;The Road to Brexit& #39;. The foreword was penned by Iain Duncan Smith.
The speech was given to the #Legatum Institute (originally registered in Cayman Islands) a well-funded free-market think-tank specializing in disaster #capitalism, which in 2016, jointly sponsored a report called & #39;The Road to Brexit& #39;. The foreword was penned by Iain Duncan Smith.
The Legatum Institute was founded in 2007 by the Legatum Foundation (a "philanthropic" arm of the Dubai-based investment firm the Legatum Group), & was given charitable status in 2015. Philippa (Baroness) Stroud was appointed CEO of the Institute in 2016, & it is based in London.
The Legatum Foundation was registered as a company limited by guarantee in 2010. According to the 2015 accounts, the bulk of its income used to come from the Legatum Foundation Limited, a company registered in Bermuda. It& #39;s complicated! See @bakerstherald

https://bakerstreetherald.com/ ">https://bakerstreetherald.com/">...
In 2017, the Legatum Institute stupidly proposed using unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the Irish border issue post-Brexit.

Other potential measures including creating a special economic zone (aka & #39;free ports& #39;)- see @bakerstherald for details.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41232991">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-n...
In 2017, the Legatum Institute stupidly proposed using unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the Irish border issue post-Brexit.Other potential measures including creating a special economic zone (aka & #39;free ports& #39;)- see @bakerstherald for details. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-n...
In 2017, the Legatum Institute stupidly proposed using unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the Irish border issue post-Brexit.Other potential measures including creating a special economic zone (aka & #39;free ports& #39;)- see @bakerstherald for details. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-n...
Shanker Singham left the Institute in March 2018, to take his team to another questionable free-market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, & Tufton St favourite Matthew Elliott (co-founded the TaxPayers& #39; Alliance/director of Vote Leave) left in May 2018.
Legatum Limited (aka Legatum), is headquartered in Dubai, & uses its own funds to invest globally.

It was set up in 2006 by the multi-billionaire Christopher Chandler.

Philippa Claire Stroud, Baroness Stroud, is the current chief executive officer of the Legatum Institute.
Philippa Stroud was a Special Adviser to Iain Duncan Smith (while Secretary of State for Work & Pensions) from 2010-15, & is also a co-founder & former executive director of yet another questionable free-market think tank, the ironically named & #39;Centre for Social Justice& #39;.
One more figure: Lord (James) O& #39;Shaughnessy, senior fellow at the Legatum Institute, & formerly Deputy Director of ANOTHER free market think tank, & #39;Policy Exchange& #39;.

He was Cameron& #39;s Director of Policy (2010/11) & was Conservative Party Director of Policy & Research (2007-10).
One more figure: Lord (James) O& #39;Shaughnessy, senior fellow at the Legatum Institute, & formerly Deputy Director of ANOTHER free market think tank, & #39;Policy Exchange& #39;. He was Cameron& #39;s Director of Policy (2010/11) & was Conservative Party Director of Policy & Research (2007-10).
One more figure: Lord (James) O& #39;Shaughnessy, senior fellow at the Legatum Institute, & formerly Deputy Director of ANOTHER free market think tank, & #39;Policy Exchange& #39;. He was Cameron& #39;s Director of Policy (2010/11) & was Conservative Party Director of Policy & Research (2007-10).
Legatum& #39;s founder, Chandler, made his fortune through Sovereign Global Investment, investing in emerging markets, & Legatum invested heavily in developing countries: their speciality was moving into markets at times of crisis & #39;where assets are mispriced& #39;: https://www.ft.com/content/fac8b53e-d840-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482">https://www.ft.com/content/f...
Legatum: the think-tank at intellectual heart of ‘hard’ Brexit

Opposition MPs demand scrutiny of charity’s influence at Westminister

https://www.ft.com/content/fac8b53e-d840-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482
Legatum look for opportunities arising from deregulation & further privatisation – especially in the #NHS (it already has considerable healthcare interests).

It openly states that it "finds value where disruptive transitions create unique opportunities". https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/legatum-breached-charity-regulations-with-brexit-work-charity-commission-finds/">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opende...
Legatum breached charity regulations with Brexit work, Charity Commission finds

Controversial think tank influential amongst pro-Brexit ministers did not provide “balanced, neutral evidence and analysis” and was “not consistent” with the charity’s objectives.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/legatum-breached-charity-regulations-with-brexit-work-charity-commission-finds/
At the top of the thread I mentioned Andrew Neil& #39;s new controversial & #39;Fox News-style& #39; & explicitly "anti-woke" TV channel - I don& #39;t mention it by name because it amplifies their brand, but some people call it #GBeebies. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht">

What& #39;s this got to do with #Legatum?

*Everything*.
#GBeebies& #39; £60 MILLION funders include hedge-fund manager Sir Paul Marshall, & of course investment group Legatum, who are said to have put up to £20 million into the new station.

Btw, in 2016, Marshall donated to Michael Gove& #39;s leadership campaign. https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/15/gb-news-funder-legatum-linked-to-koch-climate-denial-network-us-race-baiting/">https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/1...
GB News Funder Legatum Linked to Koch Climate Denial Network & US ‘Race-Baiting’ – Byline Times

Nafeez Ahmed reports on some of the background to the new TV channel aiming to the challenge the ‘woke’ liberal consensus

https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/15/gb-news-funder-legatum-linked-to-koch-climate-denial-network-us-race-baiting/
To be clear: a powerful network of Libertarian billionaires, through offshore investment funds, media ownership, think tanks & funding Political Parties, seek to maximise their wealth & power by dividing voters on issues as diverse as Brexit, climate change, trans rights & COVID.
To be clear: a powerful network of Libertarian billionaires, through offshore investment funds, media ownership, think tanks & funding Political Parties, seek to maximise their wealth & power by dividing voters on issues as diverse as Brexit, climate change, trans rights & COVID.
To be clear: a powerful network of Libertarian billionaires, through offshore investment funds, media ownership, think tanks & funding Political Parties, seek to maximise their wealth & power by dividing voters on issues as diverse as Brexit, climate change, trans rights & COVID.
The facts are largely hidden from good people on Left AND Right, who are played like fiddles: the culture war/anti-woke agenda is MAINLY a vehicle for introducing yet more damaging deregulated free market #capitalism, which is destroying democracies, societies, & the environment.
The facts are largely hidden from good people on Left AND Right, who are played like fiddles: the culture war/anti-woke agenda is MAINLY a vehicle for introducing yet more damaging deregulated free market #capitalism, which is destroying democracies, societies, & the environment.
The facts are largely hidden from good people on Left AND Right, who are played like fiddles: the culture war/anti-woke agenda is MAINLY a vehicle for introducing yet more damaging deregulated free market #capitalism, which is destroying democracies, societies, & the environment.
The facts are largely hidden from good people on Left AND Right, who are played like fiddles: the culture war/anti-woke agenda is MAINLY a vehicle for introducing yet more damaging deregulated free market #capitalism, which is destroying democracies, societies, & the environment.
So when Boris Johnson says “No more fucking lockdowns: let the bodies pile high in their thousands”, or jokes about having to "clear the dead bodies away" to make way for & #39;business opportunities& #39;, please keep in mind Britain& #39;s largely avoidable #COVID & #austerity-related deaths.
So when Boris Johnson says “No more fucking lockdowns: let the bodies pile high in their thousands”, or jokes about having to "clear the dead bodies away" to make way for & #39;business opportunities& #39;, please keep in mind Britain& #39;s largely avoidable #COVID & #austerity-related deaths.
So when Boris Johnson says “No more fucking lockdowns: let the bodies pile high in their thousands”, or jokes about having to "clear the dead bodies away" to make way for & #39;business opportunities& #39;, please keep in mind Britain& #39;s largely avoidable #COVID & #austerity-related deaths.
This has been going on for forty years, & sadly, they& #39;re getting better at it.

Many disruptions we& #39;re seeing across the world are basically the fault lines created by a handful of sociopathic billionaires, driven by a mix of libertarian ideology & greed. https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1359445197113950208">https://twitter.com/docrussja...
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