A curiosity that's intrigued me for some time is why the Diplomatic Editor of The Times was contracted to write a vanity biography of Thaçi for Biteback Publishing a couple of years ago https://twitter.com/lilyslynch/status/1275812266324250625 …
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Last time I enquired it had sold 37 copies. I doubt it was expected to do much better, so why does it exist?pic.twitter.com/lGZE3vrfNU
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(Also, you know, I wonder what would happen if this involved a leftist correspondent at a liberal paper.)
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Replying to @ejhchess
Biteback sell so many weird books there’s no market for it looks like a moneylaundering exercise rather than just a very badly run press.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @ejhchess
100% it's how MI5/6 keep these guys on the payroll but without an accounting of it
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For what it's worth I at least half assume that Diplomatic Editor of The Times means "spook". But I'm wondering who was doing a favour here to whom, and why. Biteback is ultimately controlled by Ashcroft, according to its accounts.
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Another to add to my list.
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