[…] colleague of Clermont member David Stirling – was curious, as neither prior to this event nor subsequently, did he demonstrate any interest in being leader of the Conservative Party. His candidacy, which allowed Thatcher to look more ‘centrist’ than she actually was, attracted 16 votes and damaged Heath, who lost to Thatcher by 119 […]
[…] Briefing, edited by a former head of MI5’s F Branch, Charles Elwell. In 1995 it was revealed that in 1963 IRIS had received £40,000 from the ( Conservative) government via its ‘secret vote’, unaccountable funds, and a further £35,000 from a number of large companies, including Ford and Shell. See The Times, Guardian and […]
[…] and 60s’, and Lashmar and Oliver’s chapter on IRD’s domestic operations takes that contention a good deal further forward. The authors tell us that in 1956 the Conservative MP Douglas Dodds-Parker, a former anti-communist ally of Labour Foreign Secretary Bevin, had been appointed to the Foreign Office as Under-Secretary – and apparently in formal […]
Greg Grandin New York: Metropolitan books, 2006, $25.00 Reviewing a biography of Harold Laski in 1953,([1]) the historian A. J. P. Taylor remarked on ‘the dilemma of our times’: that ‘no-one who believes in liberty can ever work sincerely with communists, or trust them, yet no-one who has socialism in his bones can ever … Read more
On April 22, 1993 both BBC1 and BBC2 showed on their main evening news bulletins a rather lengthy piece concerning America’s latest development in weaponry — the non-lethal weapons concept. David Shukman, BBC Defence Correspondent, interviewed (Retired) U.S. Army Colonel John B. Alexander and Janet Morris, two of the main proponents of the concept. (1) … Read more
[…] that they ‘could be flown into a trouble spot rapidly and discreetly, and operate in a remote area without publicity – a capability much valued by the Conservative Government of the day’ (pp. 150-151). There was considerable demand for their services throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s. De la Billiere himself served in […]
[…] from Michael Moore overload? Then you might want to take a look at Celsius 41.11, ‘…the truth behind the lies of Fahrenheit 9/11…’. Produced by a Washington-based conservative group, Citizens United, it probably won’t be coming to a cinema near you but can be viewed at . (The title, incidentally, refers to the temperature […]
[…] p. 321 Yallop pp.320-21; Naylor p. 260; Gurwin p. 17; Cornwell p. 58 Guetta Naylor p. 260, 400 (note 3); Yallop p. 320 Sources Anderson, Malcolm – Conservative Politics in France, Allen and Unwin, London 1974 Comwell, Rupert – God’s Banker, Gollancz, London, 1983 Delarue, Jacques –The Gestapo, Dell, New York, 1964 Faligot, Roger […]
[…] family’s own think-tank (St George’s House at Windsor Castle) ‘said he could see no way out of the current situation except a change of leadership in the Conservative Party.’ Were the Royals, or some of them, showing Heath the door? On March 22 1974 (p.98), we learn that the Department of Trade and Industry […]
[…] Harold Macmillan, it was not surprising that the Nigerian political leader of great personal integrity and honesty — Awolowo — who based his party machine on the Conservative Party and was a devout Christian and believer in British fair play would soon after Independence find himself not in the President’s or Prime Minister’s office […]
