“Russian interests have comprehensively penetrated the Conservative Party,” claims the author and Guardian foreign correspondent Luke Harding, one of many guests invited to speak on a “kleptocracy tour” of London – a charabanc organised by anti-corruption campaigners Roman Borisovich and Arthur Doohan. Other esteemed guests included investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr, Labour MP Margaret Hodge and author Oliver Bullough. They took it in turns to play the role of tour guide at the front of the bus, as the press corps listened to the escapades of numerous oligarchs.
“Poyekhali,” said Borisovich, switching to his native tongue to invoke the spirit of Yuri Gargarin. “Our trundling rocket will take us through the streets of London. We’re rolling.”
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