Twenty of Keir Starmer’s MPs have been secretly recorded during online meetings with a Chinese firm. They believed the firm wanted to invest in the UK but in reality, this turned out to be a sting operation by campaign group, Led by Donkeys (LBD).

Labour MPs court fictitious Chinese investor

The business meetings with the Labour MPs were set up by the Chamber Group, which was courting ‘EC Strategies’. This is a Hong Kong-based firm which never existed. The fictitious company was invented by LBD and Democracy for Sale (DfS). It turned out the Chinese investor’s ‘London representative’ was in fact an undercover reporter who covertly recorded the meetings. The MPs had no idea they were part of a sting.

Masters of political activism 

LBD is known for its satirical political campaigns that have embarrassed high-ranking politicians and business figures. The group calls embarrassments its “weapon of choice”. Its celebrity, far-right targets, have included Elon Musk, and Keir Starmer — chosen for his Pavlovian support for Israel and its genocide in Gaza.

Four of the group’s activists were arrested in September. They were accused of ‘malicious communications’ for projecting an image of Donald Trump and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein onto the wall of Windsor Castle, during Trump’s state visit to the UK. The police decided it would not take any further action after the truth of the matter emerged.

LBD and DfS have shared the recordings with ITV. Meanwhile, the Chamber Group has reportedly called on the MPs to be “vigilant”.

Featured by image by Led by Donkeys

By Skwawkbox

This post was originally published on Canary.