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The funniest kind of political self own are the self-inflicted kind and no fewer than 20 Labour MPs fell for this one - the greedy gets! Right, so here’s the thing: when a fake Hong Kong investment firm that doesn’t exist can stroll into Westminster and get meetings with Labour MPs who think they’re about to land a tidy little advisory gig, you stop pretending the problem is subtle. Led By Donkeys and Democracy for Sale didn’t run some clever espionage caper here; they slapped a logo on a made-up company, got the Chamber Group to make the introductions, and watched around twenty MPs treat it like a normal day at the office. And because the sting is this crude, the punchline is obvious: the door wasn’t forced open, it was already ajar, which tells you more about the culture of Parliament than any committee report ever will. So yes, it’s funny, but ...