Triple Edge Resources

Pakistani paper reports UK government warning to errant banks on money laundering compliance — useful as non-Western perspective on British banking accountability.

BBC report on Barclays CEO pay controversy — illustrates the disconnect between banking sector remuneration and public accountability.

Analysis of the absence of criminal accountability for the 2008 financial crisis — documents the impunity of the banking sector as a structural feature of the Western financial system.

Reports on executive pay at UK banks in the years immediately preceding the 2008 crash — documents the bonus culture at the heart of the financial crisis.

NYT report on newly released Bank of England minutes from the 2008 crisis — documents the scale of panic inside the institution and the decisions made in real time.

Documents how Chicago School economists exploited crises — including the Soviet collapse — to impose radical free market restructuring on vulnerable populations.

Classic study of financial crisis cycles from the Dutch tulip bubble to the twentieth century — the theoretical foundation for understanding 2008 as part of a recurring pattern.

Stiglitz’s follow-up — proposes reforms to international trade, debt and financial architecture to make globalisation work for developing countries.

Stiglitz’s insider critique of IMF shock therapy and the Washington Consensus — documents how Western economic policy devastated the post-Soviet transition countries.

Luttwak’s analysis of how unregulated capitalism destroys the social fabric — written at the height of the Washington Consensus, directly relevant to the Venice note argument.

Documents the network of British and American aristocrats and financiers who actively supported the Nazi movement — covers Mitfords, Mosleys, Cliveden Set, and American appeasement networks.

Study of how European monarchies adapted and survived into the modern era — covers the political strategies, scandals and reinventions that kept royal families relevant.

Previously unheard BBC archive tape reveals Duke of Windsor wanted Britain to appease Hitler — labelled “IMPORTANT: Not to be broadcast.” Documents the cover-up of royal Nazi sympathies.

Most important recent academic text for the Butler Britain argument — defines the “nine services” (professional indulgences) UK lawyers, accountants and banks provide to Russian and Eurasian kleptocrats, including LSE listings and reputation laundering.

UK military quietly building links with Belarusian armed forces including urban warfare training — despite public criticism of Lukashenko. Documents the gap between UK human rights rhetoric and military cooperation with authoritarian states.

Blair’s invitation to Putin for a state visit — the first by a Russian leader since 1864 — establishes the high-water mark of Blair-Putin political alignment, concurrent with Chechnya.

Guardian analysis of Russian-linked donations to the Conservative Party — documents the scale and provenance of oligarch funding flowing into British political parties.

After Salisbury, UK approved £200m+ in dual-use exports to Russia — documents the gap between public condemnation of Russian aggression and continued commercial engagement.

Government blocks all information about Prince Andrew’s decade as trade envoy — royal biographer argues the culture of unnecessary secrecy needs to end.

Documents on Prince Andrew’s decade as taxpayer-funded trade envoy are blocked from public scrutiny — FOI obstruction documented by Declassified UK.

Queen Elizabeth met Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed — who holds his adult daughters hostage — at least ten occasions since the Arab Spring. Documents the Royal household’s pattern of engagement with repressive regimes.

Queen Elizabeth accepts gifts from autocratic regimes — third such acceptance documented. Royal household’s relationships with repressive governments as a form of soft diplomatic endorsement.

Met police officers trained Azerbaijan’s KGB-veteran-run national security ministry amid a crackdown on free speech — in the context of a major oil deal. Documents the UK’s security cooperation with authoritarian regimes for commercial benefit.

BP built a £271bn Russian oil empire during Putin’s rule with the active support of the British establishment and Tony Blair — Putin told BP in 2019: “We regard you as a reliable strategic partner.”