The Long Grift, a Grift of Mass Deception. Grifters come in various guises. The archetypal grifter is the smooth-talking con artist accumulating riches through scams and deception. But the political grifter also flourishes – cunning operators leveraging positions of public trust for entry into elite circles of influence and affluence. Rather than pickpocket the vulnerable, … Continue reading Keir Starmer: ‘My Dad Was a Toolmaker’ and Other Little Grifts