Claiming no religious affiliation, 90% of OCG are Catholic and take an anti-gay marriage, anti-trans rights & pro-life stance.
Formed from the ashes of Turning Point UK, OCG’s advisory board includes Bow Group Chairman Ben Harris-Quinney & Sir John Hayes of the Common Sense Group.
OCG Head of Operations is the Comms manager for Common Sense Group supporter and ex-Conservative Friend of Russia MP Andrew Rosindell.
OCG & Bow Group members run/have run a number of companies from 71-75 Shelton St (Bow Group’s address). Other members are connected to 55 Tufton Street via the Taxpayer’s Alliance.
OCG’s manifesto was written with help from ADF Legal - a homophobic US legal group - and members of the Bow Group.
Harris-Quinney recently appeared on the Hearts of Oak channel. Hearts is run by Peter McIlvenna, ex-director of the Arron Banks - funded Patriotic Alliance group. Tommy Robinson is a Hearts contributor.
OCG and Bow Group members are friends with Paul Joseph Watson and Andy Ngo, both of whom have joined them at parties and the exclusive Reform Club..
Far Right expert Julia Ebner told us they are “trying to push the Overton window further to the Right” and have the connections/influence to potentially end up in positions of power.
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🚨NEW: Report from @JointCtteNSS warns the UK is facing "high risk of catastrophic ransomware attack" from foreign actors, like Russia, China & North Korea.
This comes a week after UK govt finally admitted to Russian interference in British politics. 🧵/1
2/The report states that @ukhomeoffice is not fit or prepared to see off these attacks from foreign actors.
It adds that"majority of ransomware attacks against the UK are from Russian-speaking perpetrators but this is not a straightforward state threat." committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…
3/Last week, the Foreign Office finally admitted to Russian interference in British politics.
It said Russian Intelligence Services targeted high-profile individuals in UK inc MPs & journalists through cyber operations. gov.uk/government/new…
"Ukraine targeted Alexander Lebedev as part of a wave of sanctions against individuals supportive of Russia’s war, placing greater scrutiny on the oligarch’s links to the UK government". @pcaruanagalizia@tortoise#RussiaReport
Boris Johnson gave Lebedev’s son Evgeny, a close friend, a life peerage despite security warnings from MI5. "The Cabinet Office has told parliament that “Lord Lebedev is a man of good standing.” Lord Lebedev has said that he has “no links to the Kremlin".
🔴 The Cabinet Office could take unprecedented action to prevent Boris Johnson’s unredacted diaries and WhatsApp messages from being handed over to the official Covid inquiry
We are so convinced of the need for transparency and accountability in the handling of official business that in March 2022 we went to court to challenge the government's use of disappearing #WhatsApp & text messages.
In July 2022, we requested a copy of the WhatsApp messages sent by No 10 staff shared with Sue Gray for her report on the Partygate when Boris Johnson was PM.
Here is the Cabinet Office's reply
🚨🚨🚨 NHS data breach: NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so. theguardian.com/society/2023/m…
An astounding investigation by @shanti_das@ObserverUK has revealed how a covert tracking tool in the websites of 20 NHS trusts has for years collected browsing information and shared it with Meta, in a major breach of NHS patients'privacy.
What data have been compromised?
granular details of
✔️ pages viewed
✔️buttons clicked
✔️keywords
Revealed
✔️user's IP address, a piece of info that can identify an individual or household
✔️ details of Facebook accounts
Dataminr have been awarded work with the Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office, and Foreign Office between 2017-2022, but details of their work with all departments is considered exempt under FOI, as is whether they’re working with police in the UK.