Oracle, Ellison and Tony Blair in the Middle East

You can tell a lot about people through the company they keep. The University of Cambridge administration systems are run by an Oracle subsidiary. 

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James Corbett just did a video about Ellison and his son: see Episode 494 – Meet The Ellisons: Zionists, Technocrats, Moguls: 

42:00 Blair practically works for Ellison. See Blair and the Billionaire in Lighthouse Reports. 

46:11 Oracle does data management for UK Department of Defence. See Openly Pro-Israel Tech Group Now Has Control over UK’s Most Sensitive National Security Data:

This is the story of how a multibillionaire who has dedicated his life to advancing the cause of the Israeli national security state is now in control of Great Britain’s most sensitive public and military data.

In 2020, software giant Oracle won a gigantic contract with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide it with cloud infrastructure, digital assistance, data visualization software, mobile hub and development tools. The military is far from the only British institution entrusting its most sensitive data to the Texas-based firm, however. The Home Office, Office of National Statistics and National Health Service, among others, also rely on Oracle databases to function.

For years before signing the MoD agreement, Oracle founder Larry Ellison had been ingratiating himself with the British establishment, employing all manner of well-connected individuals at his foundation. Among these included media executive and father-in-law of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Matthew Symonds, who earned over $600,000 per year as the executive director of the Larry Ellison Foundation. Richard Meredith, a longtime director of the U.K.’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, was also snapped up at a similar salary to become deputy executive director.

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Kyla Scanlon on what a Civil War looks like these days. 

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