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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tom Burgis and Henry Dyer

The ‘street fighter’ and a £70k donation: how Christen Ager-Hanssen got close to the Tories

Christen Ager-Hanssen sits relaxed in an armchair, gesturing as he talks to someone out of shot
Christen Ager-Hanssen: ‘If people screw with me I will screw them 10 times harder.’ Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Christen Ager-Hanssen was in Mallorca conducting an espionage operation when the email from Conservative party headquarters arrived.

“Thank you for indicating you would like to attend our private dinner with Suella Braverman,” a party official wrote to the Norwegian businessman last September. “It promises to be a great evening.”

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