MI5 wants to shed its cocktail-guzzling posho image – so it's opened an Instagram account

MI5 wants to shed its cocktail-guzzling posho image – so it's opened an Instagram account

British domestic spy agency MI5 wants to dispel the idea it is staffed by martini-quaffing layabouts who spend implausible amounts of time lounging around top-end bars and hotels. It has therefore opened an Instagram account.


News of the agency's foray into the Facebook-owned platform, which shows you heavily filtered photographs from the perspective of somebody whose world consists of estate agents' marketing photoshoots and perfume ads, came this morning as part of a recruitment drive.

MI5 chief Ken McCallum said in a statement about @mi5official: "You can insert your own joke about whether we will be following you."


The account can be viewed here, though to view posts on it you'll need to be a registered user. The first post by MI5 on Instagram was a photo of the entrance to ..

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