Editorially First, most important, our thanks to those Lobster subscribers who responded to our appeal for money. Your response, and a bit of ‘consulting’ with Fleet St. on the content of Lobster 11, has halved our debts. We shall survive. It is tempting to say something about the developing crisis re the Wilson-MI5 story (Lobstergate?). ... Read more

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12 Dec

New stuff. The economic illiteracy of Margaret Thatcher; Havana Syndrome; Kincora; the Israel lobby; the Economic League; more.

Robin Ramsay's "View from the Bridge" is in progress

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12 Dec

"The local police commissioner offered residents in some areas free Ring doorbell video cameras. Ring is owned by Jeff Bezos' Amazon. But should I be worried about becoming a police intelligence-gathering service?"

Colin Challen, in "Running Rings"

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12 Dec

"A battle between different wings of the capitalist class is being fought out in America, and millions of Americans are going to pay the price."

John Newsinger reviews Andrew Kolin's "Trump and Trumpism: The Destructive Politics of American Fascism"

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20 Nov

Column extras. Oswald and the Angleton mole hunt; the British-American Project again; the myth of Britain's economic ranking; the Cold War's arms race inverted; the passing of Tony Bunyan; more.

Robin Ramsay's "View from the Bridge" has been updated.

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