Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Who is Iain Anderson &amp; how did he become a non-executive director in the Department of Business &amp; Trade?</p><p>Well, having spent many years as a lobbyist for the financial services sector &amp; paid up member of the Tory party, in the wake of the Liz Truss debacle, he seems to have had a Damascene conversion &amp; joined Labour (just in time for them to get into Govt.; lucky eh?).</p><p>If you wonder who's whispering in Rachel's ear here's one candidate.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FinacncialServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinacncialServices</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/iain-anderson-labour-starmer-h-advisors-cicero-lobbyist-business-conservative/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone</span><span class="invisible">y-investigations/iain-anderson-labour-starmer-h-advisors-cicero-lobbyist-business-conservative/</span></a></p>