Superb reporting from The Guardian 👏

From those who don't know Haykluyt, it's basically a private intelligence agency. Their clients are multinationals, billionaires and wealthy individuals seeking to sabotage enemies or gather extremely sensitive information.

They call themselves "strategic advisory" but make no mistake, these people are spooks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakluyt_%26_Company#Activities

Hayklut's chairman, Lord Paul Deighton, is probably one the most connected man in Britain.

He is the chairman of Goldman Sachs in London

He is a close friend of David Cameron.

He sits in the House of Lords.

He is the current chair of The Economist.

Deighton was also the guy in charge of PPE contracts during Covid:

Lord Deighton has helped the government award billions of dollars in contracts –– including hundreds of millions to several companies where he has financial interests or personal connections.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/17/world/europe/britain-covid-contracts.html

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The fact private water companies are hiring spooks to oppose nationalization is alarming.