Priti Patel is in a pickle. Having been caught holding secret meetings with the Israeli government, it looks like Britain's Brexit-backing International Development Secretary has just resigned.
There is some key context here, though, which is missing from much of the coverage: Patel’s vital role in 'thinktankistan': Britain’s dark-money funded nexus of think tanks, corporate PR, and lobbying. And in particular, the lobbying and business group links relevant to her controversial trip to Israel this summer which led to the downfall of a minister sometimes tipped to be a future prime minister.
