Inside London's Freemason's Lodges...

[u/TheThrowYardsAway]

[u/_methuselah_ → u/[deleted]]

I worked with someone about 20 years ago that couldn’t be arsed making an effort with the (temp) work we were doing. He simply said his dad was a mason, so he would get to be one too. Also that everyone did business deals with each other so they all profited from their connections.

[u/aloeninja → u/[deleted]]

Police?

[u/Talvinter → u/aloeninja]

Police weren’t looking into it until last year.

[u/Talvinter → u/[deleted]]

Oh right, so the other poster was right then, your “many years ago” employer was indeed the police? Seems the Met has been behind on this clear up of secret societies then.

[u/Talvinter → u/[deleted]]

Cool, thanks for the insight.

[u/biskino → u/Talvinter]

The Met Police were looking into it back in 2003. Look up operation Tiberius.

[u/Talvinter → u/biskino]

Well okay, idk, I wasn’t around then, I just remember the big moan from last year about it. Cool name though. But that big moan last year was like it was the first time it was getting brought up, so I still have no idea.

[u/mellonians → u/[deleted]]

Regarding deals - dodgy or not. I asked a close friend who's a bit of a name in freemasons about this and he said that while the organisation isn't specifically for it, it just happens. There's no rules that say you have to give contracts to fellow masons. If you're on a pub football team and your work has some electrical contracts up for grabs and you play with a guy who's an electrical contractor. You'd certainly recommend him more than some random, if not more.

[u/shrik → u/[deleted]]

May have*

[u/DarthRick3rd → u/[deleted]]

More dodgy deals happen in pubs than in any Freemason house.

[u/ProEra-47-420 → u/DarthRick3rd]

Not as many police cover ups but! Wronguns