Kipper herring4/2/2023 ![]() Previously Portland set up a web blog, promoted via an accompanying Twitter account, to attack critics of the Qatar World Cup. Founded by Blair protegee Tim Bell, Portland claims experience across ‘the political world and global institutions spanning Downing Street and Whitehall to the UN’ while worryingly having access to a ‘roster of editors.’ Equally worryingly their website claims, ’We help leaders in business, philanthropy and international affairs to make a measurable impact on the world.’ Call the police! Although, as per the spirit of her Wiki page, Anita is not actually an MP, she is a Conservative councillor in Redbridge.įor the last two years, she has also been a partner in Portland Communications, a shadowy advocacy group that promises ‘communications and public affairs advice to brands and high-profile individuals’. Under the subheading of ‘Racism’, Miss Boeteng confided to ADARKi magazine that, and Puffins of a sensitive disposition may want to look away now, she recalls ‘being mistaken for other black female MPs’. Elsewhere, on the internet movie database IMDb, she is listed as a humble, bottom-of-the-heap ‘researcher’. After three years in the job (2013 – 2016) she moved even further up the Westminster media-political rectum via a bewildering blizzard of special advisor posts, some of which she admits to on her LinkedIn profile and some of which she doesn’t.ĭid I say ‘political producer’? That’s what she’s put on her Wiki page. On her return from Ghana, Ms Boateng became a researcher at Policy Research Unit and then, as the BBC continues its never-ending quest to climb up its own bottom, was ‘political producer’ for our very own Question Time. Tellingly, throughout the magazine article Anita refers to herself as Ghanaian rather than British. It also emerges that he and his wife are permanent residents in the West African country, presumably having taken advantage of a free education for their children here prior to returning there. On investigation, via AKADi magazine’s ‘Ghanaians in British Politics’ supplement, it emerges that far from being a driver, Mr Boeteng is a Ghana-based business owner. Not her real name (Anita Boakye-Boateng), after graduating in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, Ms Boateng interned in her native Ghana within President John Agyekum Kufuor’s administration. Her Wikipedia page informs us that her father was a driver and her mother a cleaner. One of the Surrey Boatengs, Anita was born in Hackney but moved to Redbidge aged ten, presumably to attend the local grammar school. Question Time 23rd February 2023 The Panel:Īnita Boateng (Political commentator) Venue: Cardiff
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