Exposé can work while you read or answer direct questions. Use the browser extension when you want context to appear inside articles, or use the chatbot when you want to ask direct questions and follow a thread across people, organisations, ownership, funding, and public records.
Option 01
Underlines names inside articles and pages, then shows quick context on hover and a fuller dossier on click. Best when you want context without leaving the page.
Option 02
Search for a person or company and open the 3D Exposé tool from the `Data Weaver 3D` codebase. Best when you want to investigate a topic directly instead of waiting to spot it in an article.
You are already reading an article and want context to appear around the names on the page.
You already know what you want to ask and want an answer in plain English with the thread pulled together for you.
You spot a name in an article, then want to go deeper and ask follow-up questions across the wider network.
Start with real UK influence cases that show how hidden networks usually work in practice: social brokers, elite schools, revolving doors, institutional protection, and media-political dependency.
Case 01
Sex, espionage, and the social broker at the center
What looked like a private sex scandal turned into a crisis about Parliament, Cold War security, and the private social circuits of the British ruling class.
Hidden pattern
A social broker linked politicians, aristocrats, intelligence-connected figures, and young women inside the same private circle, collapsing the boundary between elite leisure and public power.
Why it matters
The scandal broke trust in the idea that upper-class social worlds were naturally disciplined, secure, and fit to govern themselves without scrutiny.
Use these as research entry points, then follow the wider network from the graph and the source cards below it.
Case 02
Elite education as a security weakness
The Cambridge Five exposed how British intelligence recruitment trusted class background, schooling, and personal familiarity far more than rigorous accountability.
Hidden pattern
Elite education and upper-class social proof worked as a shield: the right accent, college, and contacts made suspicion feel socially difficult.
Why it matters
The scandal showed that informal trust systems can become a security failure when institutions confuse pedigree with loyalty.
Use these as research entry points, then follow the wider network from the graph and the source cards below it.
Case 03
Media power, intelligence rumours, and pension theft
Robert Maxwell combined media power, political access, financial opacity, and intimidation in a way that delayed serious scrutiny until after his empire collapsed.
Hidden pattern
A powerful media owner sat at the overlap of journalism, finance, politics, and intelligence gossip, making institutions wary of confronting him directly.
Why it matters
The case showed how concentration of information power and elite access can suppress accountability even when warning signs have circulated for years.
Use these as research entry points, then follow the wider network from the graph and the source cards below it.
Case 04
Institutional failure and celebrity immunity
Jimmy Savile became a devastating example of how celebrity, charity work, and institutional prestige can create a reputation shield strong enough to block serious scrutiny for years.
Hidden pattern
Multiple institutions deferred to status, protected their own reputations, and failed to connect warning signals that looked too dangerous or embarrassing to act on alone.
Why it matters
The case showed that institutional protection can emerge without a formal conspiracy when fame, access, and self-protection all push in the same direction.
Use these as research entry points, then follow the wider network from the graph and the source cards below it.
Case 05
Media influence, political dependency, and fear
The phone-hacking scandal made visible a triangular relationship between major newspapers, politicians, and police in which each side depended on the others in ways that weakened accountability.
Hidden pattern
Media organisations wanted access and influence, politicians wanted endorsements and softer coverage, and police wanted both legitimacy and protection from hostile headlines.
Why it matters
The scandal showed how mutual dependency can be as corrosive as direct corruption when every side has something to lose from real scrutiny.
Use these as research entry points, then follow the wider network from the graph and the source cards below it.
Case 06
Britain’s quiet financial power structure
The City of London network is less a single scandal than a structural case study in how finance, regulation, law, and government can align through repeated overlap, shared assumptions, and revolving doors.
Hidden pattern
Power accumulates through repeated movement between banks, regulators, advisers, law firms, and the Treasury rather than through one visible plot.
Why it matters
This kind of network matters because it can shape policy, crisis response, and regulatory ambition without needing overt illegality or a single central mastermind.
Use these as research entry points, then follow the wider network from the graph and the source cards below it.
Case 07
VIP lane access, denials, and the money trail
The Michelle Mone and PPE Medpro case became a textbook example of how political access, emergency procurement, and hidden financial benefit can sit behind repeated public denials.
Hidden pattern
A politically connected intermediary helped route a company into the VIP lane, while ownership, trust structures, and public messaging kept the financial link less visible than the access itself.
Why it matters
Citizens were asked to trust emergency spending decisions made at speed, but this case raised the question of whether private relationships were steering public money without the scrutiny ordinary suppliers faced.
Use these as research entry points, then follow the wider network from the graph and the source cards below it.
extension/ folder from the repochrome://extensionsextension/ folderThe current beta uses a seeded public-data set for UK politicians, parties, think tanks, companies, ownership structures, and media brands.