
The Chinese Communist Party’s stranglehold on the British political establishment has “passed the point of no return” according to a new book, the publication of which is under threat from Chinese Communist Party allies in the West.
The authors of Hidden Hand: state in an excerpt published this weekend: “In our judgement, so entrenched are the CCP’s influence networks among British elites that Britain has passed the point of no return, and any attempt to extricate itself from Beijing’s orbit would probably fail.”
The book is still, for the moment, available for preorder on Amazon and other booksellers, though The National Pulse understands its September publication date is under threat as Chinese Communist allies attempt to thwart the revelations of their series of networks across the Western world.
The entrenchment in the West is perhaps best exemplified by a group founded in the 1950s by the Communist Party of Britain: The 48 Group Club.
The club, also known as ‘The Icebreakers’, is the CCP’s primary instrument of influence and intelligence gathering in the U.K. and members and friends of the 48 Group Club reportedly include top UK political, media, and cultural figures such as:
- Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair
- Former Deputy Prime Minister, Michael Heseltine
- Former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott
- The Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor
- Former Foreign Minister, Jack Straw
- Former First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond
- Former Labour Party Powerbroker, Peter Mandelson
Additional members include five former British ambassadors to Beijing, a retired general, the chairman of the British Museum, the chief executive of the Royal Opera House, the chair of British Airways, a director of Huawei, and other prominent people closely linked to the Bank of England, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan.
The club was founded in 1954 after 48 British businessmen went to Beijing seeking to establish trade relations despite China being subject to an embargo on strategic goods by the U.S. and U.K.