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The Empire never died

by MARK CURTIS | 19 May 2025
TAGGED: BP, Chagos Islands, Cyprus, Falklands, Finance, Gibraltar

The British Empire is still with us, in the UK’s island outposts and military bases, in the plunder of other countries’ resources, and in UK officials’ imperial mindset.

‘The visiting emperors’: How corporations conquered the world

by JEREMY CORBYN | 23 September 2024
TAGGED: BP, Shell

Flagship British firms set to profit amid Israel’s war on Gaza

by JOHN McEVOY | 20 November 2023
TAGGED: BAE Systems, BP, Israel, Palestine

How BP’s interests drive UK support for wars, coups and dictators

by MARK CURTIS | 19 July 2023
TAGGED: Azerbaijan, BP, Brazil, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Oman, Russia, Venezuela

BP’s financing of Colombia’s murderous military

by JOHN McEVOY | 18 July 2023
TAGGED: BP, Colombia, Declassified Files

BP extracted Iraqi oil worth £15bn after British invasion

by MATT KENNARD | 22 March 2023
TAGGED: BP, Iraq

11 years after toppling Gaddafi, UK gets Libya’s oil

by MARK CURTIS | 29 November 2022
TAGGED: BP, Climate, Libya, Shell

UK aid helps Egypt’s dictator privatise ‘protected sectors’ of economy

by MATT KENNARD | 13 October 2022
TAGGED: Aid, BP, Egypt

Britain’s dirty business in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

by JOHN McEVOY | 29 September 2022
TAGGED: BP, Brazil

Exclusive: How Shell and BP financed Britain’s Cold War propaganda machine

by JOHN McEVOY | 31 August 2022
TAGGED: BP, Declassified Files, Environment, Shell

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