Yes, The Party entourage to begin with is not a complete sentence itself; it is an answer to the preceding question. The full sentence would be: The Party entourage, to begin with, will benefit from these speculative and lucrative activities. This means that the Party entourage will be the first to benefit, or the primary beneficiary of the activities.
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