What does Costain boss Andrew Wyllie have in common with Peter Mandelson, Jeremy Paxman, and James Naughtie? They are all members of the British American Project (BAP), the transatlantic group of business people, politicians and journalists who attend an annual conference - strictly closed to outside hacks -which aims to foster the "special relationship". Described as "casual freemasonry" by journalist John Pilger, it strikes me that if Wyllie is actually part of some sort of global neo-conservative conspiracy (he joined BAP in 2003), then he's certainly not capitalising on it - Costain announced a £300m fall in its order book at the start of the month.
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