MI5 and the threat from the left in the 1970s

Lobster Issue 53 (Summer 2007) £££

[…] This would be followed by incidents of sabotage “complicated by a revival of the IRA.” ‘ According to Burns, the paper presented a scenario ‘in which a Labour government, acceding to trade union and other militant demands, radicalised its policies against the private sector and the UK’s NATO commitments.’ Burns commented that, The paper] […]

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Inside ‘Inside Intelligence’

Lobster Issue 15 (1988) £££

[…] of which could all too easily cause a major diplomatic incident. In later years, it has always amazed me that these various operations were authorised by a Labour government in London and I attributed this to the power of the Foreign Secretary at that time, Ernest Bevin. Part of my briefing covered the fact […]

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I Couldn’t Paint Golden Angels

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Lobster Issue 32 (December 1996) £££

[…] the area where the state, the intelligence services and political activity overlap. There are little bits of new information or perspectives, for example, on Will Owen, the Labour MP who was ripping-off the Czechs and got done (but acquitted) for espionage; the attempting framing of Peter Hain; agent provocateurs in the labour movement; the […]

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The Round Table Again

Lobster Issue 28 (December 1994) £££

[…] he became a Fellow of All Souls in 1920’ – All Souls being one of the centres, according to Quigley, of the Milner Group. In summary then: Labour MP and TGWU leader, Ernest Bevin, becomes a Commonwealth enthusiast and is rewarded with a tour of the dominions, climaxing with a long boat trip and […]

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SIS: Dearlove, Spedding and PR

Lobster Issue 42 (Winter 2001/2) £££

[…] had enormous prestige. Worse, when the struggle for influence was at its most intense because Foreign Office power was being eroded in the short term by a Labour government mesmerised by corporate muscle demanding, among other things, commercial targets for diplomats, Spedding backed what he perceived to be SIS’s best interests – multinational patrons, […]

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Joseph K and the spooky launderette

Lobster Issue 36 (Winter 1998/9) £££

[…] between Legg and herself, Pat and I married. We were subsequently divorced in 1985. I had recently been involved in student politics as a member of the Labour Club, and was elected to the sabbatical post of Vice-President, a post from which I resigned and went back to my course. While living in Sheffield […]

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David Mills revisited

Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6) £££

[…] whether Mills is guilty or not of any criminal offence(s). Apart from his testimony in British and Italian courts, his sole public statements have a familiar New Labour ring: I have done nothing wrong. This is something of a New Labour mantra. David Blunkett used precisely the same formula in his various recent post-resignation […]

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Ian MacGregor: AMAX and armaments (Part 2)

Lobster Issue 6 (1984) £££

[…] mining conglomerate, involved in the extraction and refining of molybdenum, coal (3rd largest producer in the US with a bad reputation for its open-cast mining operations and labour relations), tungsten (2nd largest producer in the US), and copper. It is a major nickel producer in the US and mines/refines lead, silver, cadmium and zinc […]

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Downing Street Diary: With Harold Wilson in No. 10

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Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6) £££

[…] Wilson (and Falkender and Donoughue) were very pro-Israeli and there are many reports here of Israeli diplomats visiting No. 10. When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party in 1994, his private office was funded by Jewish businessmen, led by Lord Levy. () Is it really of no political interest that the Israeli […]

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Clippings Digest to May 31st. 1984

Lobster Issue 5 (1984) £££

[…] Cruise convoy. Tribune 30th March (letter) Long account of phone-tapping in UK, running through the legal situation re the Malone case and giving examples of unauthorised tapping. Labour Research April 1984 Bristol Labour Party Agent phonetapped by Special Branch. Tribune 27th April Post Office Engineers Union (POEU) stirrings on phone-tapping snuffed out when British […]

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