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richard brooks

@rbrooks45

@PrivateEyeNews hack & author of Bean Counters (Atlantic, 2018) and The Great Tax Robbery (Oneworld, 2013). Co-founder @taxwatch.

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calendar_today13-12-2010 15:49:27

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Editors from the Mail, Guardian, Times and Telegraph united in an attempt to bolster an anti-SLAPP bill going through Parliament - also backed by George Greenwood Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack Bill Browder richard brooks and others - many with direct experience of SLAPPs pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/edit…

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“So, Rishi, we borrowed £113m to build this quay, then sold it to those businessmen for £13.56. And if they ever make enough profit running it, they pay us money to repay the loan. Bet your hedge funds never did a deal that good”.

“So, Rishi, we borrowed £113m to build this quay, then sold it to those businessmen for £13.56. And if they ever make enough profit running it, they pay us money to repay the loan. Bet your hedge funds never did a deal that good”.
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Full low-down on the attempted shake-down of local port company by Houchen’s development corporation and business partners in current Private Eye Magazine

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✨NEW LOGO ✨

Thank you to Kitty for our new logo❤️‍🩹

LCSC wants to speak to Fujitsu Global Fujitsu UK . No legal battles, sit down with us, listen to us and what this scandal has done to our families.

Please respond to us.

✨NEW LOGO ✨ Thank you to @KittyDarlington for our new logo❤️‍🩹 LCSC wants to speak to @Fujitsu_Global @fujitsu_uk . No legal battles, sit down with us, listen to us and what this scandal has done to our families. Please respond to us.
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Three months after he accepted “moral responsibility”, not much sign of action from Fujitsu boss on an opportunity to provide at least some redress, working with this important campaign -

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Thank you richard brooks from Private Eye Magazine for your piece about Lost Chances For Subpostmaster Children. I have made contact again with Paul Patterson from Fujitsu Global but still no reply… We still want to meet and discuss a way they can support our group.

Thank you @rbrooks45 from @PrivateEyeNews for your piece about Lost Chances For Subpostmaster Children. I have made contact again with Paul Patterson from @Fujitsu_Global but still no reply… We still want to meet and discuss a way they can support our group.
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How Private Eye Magazine first exposed major Tory donor, and now knight, Mohamed Mansour’s company’s tax avoidance and trading in Russia - in January last year

How @PrivateEyeNews first exposed major Tory donor, and now knight, Mohamed Mansour’s company’s tax avoidance and trading in Russia - in January last year
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How the deal that gave two property developers effective control of the Teesside regeneration scheme is also turning them into potentially very well-paid power suppliers to the captive site. Full story in the new Eye.

How the deal that gave two property developers effective control of the Teesside regeneration scheme is also turning them into potentially very well-paid power suppliers to the captive site. Full story in the new Eye.
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Although some say £100k 'doesn’t go as far as you might think'... it should cover the cost a mag as IT'S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! The new edition is in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.

Although some say £100k 'doesn’t go as far as you might think'... it should cover the cost a mag as IT'S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! The new edition is in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.
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Another decade+ old ⁦Private Eye Magazine⁩ story reaches its denouement: acquittals on charges of bribery on Saudi contracts pose serious questions for Ministry of Defence, after defendants showed MoD complicity. Details and history in current issue.

Another decade+ old ⁦@PrivateEyeNews⁩ story reaches its denouement: acquittals on charges of bribery on Saudi contracts pose serious questions for Ministry of Defence, after defendants showed MoD complicity. Details and history in current issue.
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ONE WEEK left until submissions close for the 2024 Paul Foot Award for Investigative & Campaigning Journalism! A grand prize of £8,000 awaits the winner and you don't need to be a big-name journalist to win. Deadline: 1pm, Tuesday 26th March

Full info: private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-award

ONE WEEK left until submissions close for the 2024 Paul Foot Award for Investigative & Campaigning Journalism! A grand prize of £8,000 awaits the winner and you don't need to be a big-name journalist to win. Deadline: 1pm, Tuesday 26th March Full info: private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-award
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Latest ⁦Private Eye Magazine⁩ looks at the Post Office auditors who looked the other way, and their conflicts of interest in also earning big bucks from Fujitsu.

Latest ⁦@PrivateEyeNews⁩ looks at the Post Office auditors who looked the other way, and their conflicts of interest in also earning big bucks from Fujitsu.
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The children of some of the victims of the Post Office scandal are seeking compensation. The initiative is led by Katie Downey, whose family had to move to France.

Author and writer at Private Eye richard brooks says what she's doing is 'really commendable'.

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