Priti Patel
New Westminster Cabinet Far to the Right of Thatcher’s
Boris Johnson ushers in the most right-wing British government since 1832, writes Craig Murray. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk I can only imagine that the media people who are saying Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cabinet is the most right-wing since the…Read more →
The Israel Lobby is Slowly Being Dragged Into the Light
The scandal surrounding Priti Patel, who was forced to resign as Britain’s international aid minister last week after secret meetings with Israeli officials during a “family holiday”, offers a small, opaque window on the UK’s powerful Israel lobby.
Patel’s off-the-books meetings with 12 Israelis, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, were organized by a British lobbyist in violation of government rules requiring careful documentation of official meetings.
That is to prevent conflicts of interest and illicit lobbying by foreign powers.
What the Priti Patel scandal tells us about the dark operations of the UK’s powerful Israel lobby
Dirty tricks and opaque dealings characterise the workings of lobbyists, writes Jonathan Cook The scandal surrounding Priti Patel, who was forced to resign as Britain’s international aid minister last week after secret meetings with Israeli officials during a “family holiday”, offers a small, opaque window on the UK’s powerful Israel lobby. Ms Patel’s off-the-books meetings with 12 Israelis, including prime minister […]
#MorningMonarchy: November 13, 2017
Secret meetings, unprecedented drills and misleading costs + this day in history w/the murder of Karen Silkwood and our song of the day by Frank Carter on your Morning Monarchy for November 13, 2017.
It’s time UK ministers learn: Foreign policy conventions are matters of national security
By Alastair Sloan | MEMO | November 13, 2107 Former International Development Secretary and lobbyist Priti Patel’s scandal has echoes from the past. Rather than learning those lessons – the Conservative party appears to have laid the groundwork for her louche approach to the importance of diplomacy being run by the government, not some freelance […]
What the Priti Patel Scandal tells us about the Dark Operations of UK’s Powerful Israel Lobby
The scandal surrounding Priti Patel, who was forced to resign as Britain’s international aid minister last week after secret meetings with Israeli officials during a “family holiday”, offers a small, opaque window on the UK’s powerful Israel lobby.
Ms Patel’s off-the-books meetings with 12 Israelis, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, were organised by a British lobbyist in violation of government rules requiring careful documentation of official meetings. That is to prevent conflicts of interest and illicit lobbying by foreign powers.
UK Priti Patel Scandal is the Tip of the Israel Lobby Iceberg
The Priti Patel affair is an insight into the power of the Israel lobby to influence the British political system.
But it is only a symptom of the rot. The exaggerated power of corporate and states lobbyists to influence government policy is a concern far bigger than one crooked minister.
UK minister forced to resign over secret Israel meetings as questions continue to swirl
A British government minister was apparently so dedicated to her work that she spent a “family holiday” in Israel conducting 12 undisclosed meetings with Israeli officials, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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