Our new analysis reveals that the extent of the revolving door between Whitehall intelligence, military and foreign office officials, on the one hand, and oil giants BP and Shell, on the other, is especially striking.
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Senior oil (and mining) company executives sit on the boards of several government departments, including the Ministry of Defence and Foreign Office, shaping the country's policies.
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Various defence secretaries and chiefs of the defence staff go on to work in the fossil fuels sector. bit.ly/3oKGl6I
Then look at the foreign secretaries and ministers who go on to profit from oil companies, some of which are not a millions miles removed from their previous public employment. bit.ly/3oKGl6I
Then there's the ambassadors. Again, the jobs they take up after leaving office can be very closely related to their previous public positions. bit.ly/3oKGl6I
All this revolving door is rubber-stamped by the British establishment via a Whitehall committee, ACOBA, which is chaired by a former minister and a current government special envoy. bit.ly/3oKGl6I
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