[PDF file]: Peer group pressure Colin Challen Whilst engaging in the topical parlour game ‘Who in the Labour Party is trying to shaft Jeremy Corbyn?’, my mind naturally turned to the master of dark arts, Lord (Peter) Mandelson. I took a look at his entry in the House of Lords Register of Members’ Interests, where I […]
[PDF file]: […] be true that we have more police per capita than 1952, the UK remains lightly policed compared to many other 7 The only explanation that comes to mind for the extraordinary (and unprecedented) arrangements whereby the US and the UK share a nuclear deterrent appears to be that the UK took a view – […]
[…] just giving away part of the power of the state which NuLab were supposed to be trying to articulate in the interests of the British people (never mind the less well off/disadvantage/deprived/ poor/working class – pick a term). Such privatisation speaks of extremely low self-esteem: for we – the state and politicians – are […]
[PDF file]: […] was aware of financial operations, apparently involving significant money balances, mentioned in the second expert report of East Star Capital. In this context, the Tribunal had in mind the definition and characteristics of money laundering.’ and ‘158. If substantial tests and proof of the activities of Manas Bank in money laundering had been produced […]
[PDF file]: […] ‘Britain could supply the expertise of the City of London banking sector to drive reforms and attract private capital to financing the clean energy transition.’15 Bearing in mind Mark Lowcock’s remarks above, how likely is it that the UK government will be able to deliver a good or even decent job at turning vastly […]
[PDF file]: What just happened Crashed How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World Adam Tooze London: Allen Lane, 2018, h/b, £30.00 Robin Ramsay I once heard a history professor describe another history professor I knew as ‘a very good, old-fashioned narrative historian’. I wasn’t entirely sure what he meant but I got the pejorative message. […]
[PDF file]: […] but a man laying down a trail we were supposed to follow….The man’s task appears to have been to make himself unforgettable.’ Other puzzling questions come to mind. Are we to think that the US government simulation of a domestic bioterror attack in June 2001 that blamed Saddam Hussein for sourcing the toxic bacteria […]
[PDF file]: […] of the Chicago mob, John Rosselli, told a fellow gangster how Korshak acted as the legitimate face of organized crime: One thing you’ve got to keep in mind with Korshak. He’s made millions for Chicago and he’s got plenty of clout in LA and Vegas. Sid’s really burrowed in. He’s real big with the […]
[…] role of conspiracy theories; CIA, JFK; the failure of Labour and the rise of NuLab; and out into some of the more arcane areas, notably UFOs and mind control. All the good stuff, in other words. Available from bookshops and Amazon.co.uk 9 With the CPGB (courtesy of MI5: see the review of Christopher Andrew’s […]
