Posted by Jake on Saturday, August 11, 2012 with 2 comments | Labels: Article, banks, BIJ, Guest, politicians, the government
By The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Following four months of research the BIJ's financial lobby team gained a rare insight into lobbying's inner workings. But what does lobbying look like? The video shows the wheeling and dealing as it happens. Is it fair? Is it democratic? You decide.
Following four months of research the BIJ's financial lobby team gained a rare insight into lobbying's inner workings. But what does lobbying look like? The video shows the wheeling and dealing as it happens. Is it fair? Is it democratic? You decide.
With a £93m lobbying war chest and cosy relationships with regulators and members of parliament this is a powerful force.
See the data, read the methodology, and pore over the evidence the Bureau has amassed of the size and scale of the financial services lobbying machine...
And a nice cushy non-exec role when you leave office? So that useful Government insider knowledge can be 'leveraged'. After all the 40ths final salary pension will only cover the private club fees and a few first class flights to the holiday home(s).
ReplyDeleteCorruption just isn't news. MSM go to those banquets.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSJey0VylMI