Colin Challen Vision Paperbacks, London, 1998, £7.99 It says something about this society of ours – and about the academics who make a living teaching what they call ‘politics’ – that this is the first book about the funding of the political party which has been in power for most of this century; and it … Read more
[…] bridges with the Republican Party. As the Democrats became radicalised by war in Vietnam, by environmentalism and feminism, by new sexual freedom and a permissive attitude towards drugs, the Republicans gained support from social conservatives and the evangelicals began what they saw as a crusade against godless hedonism and flagrant disregard for the divine […]
[…] intelligence community – as well as Source #69, who is a retired official of the United States Customs Department and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (now the Drug Enforcement Administration), and Source #70, who is a former Southeast Asian Border Police officer, and Source #71, who is a retired CIA official […]
Frost/Nixon Or, a load of old dick When Frost/Nixon first appeared at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London back in 2006 I wondered why on earth anyone would want to stage, to recreate, what was, essentially, a non-event. Why indeed? One can imagine mere actors relishing the opportunity to ‘interpret’ Frost and Nixon but who … Read more
[…] about ‘George’ is that he is interested in the Naga people of the Himalayas. Both writers should have informed us of this key player’s long record of drugs offences, and his reputation as a ‘grass’ after making deals with both Police and Customs. Nevertheless, ‘George’ tells an interesting tale. While some members of this […]
[…] Neither Roy Hattersley, nor Anthony Howard, who reviewed this in the Daily Telegraph, noticed (or thought worth mentioning) a major feature of Falkender’s behaviour: she was doing drugs, speed (purple hearts, named by Donoughue), sleepers and tranquillisers. Donoughue shows that Wilson’s doctor, Joseph Stone, certainly gave her some of them. These days we know […]
The three Arrigos In the last Lobster (‘Spookaroonie’, p. 26) I noted the comments on <intelforum.org> of Maria Arrigo, a ‘social psychologist with experience in [intelligence] operations’ asking for evidence of ‘covert weapons experiments in post-war South America’ and wondered what was afoot. It was just an interesting little snippet which I came across at … Read more
[…] prostitution: William McGrath, Van Straubenzee, Clifford Smyth Wilson’s affair with Marcia Williams (Secretary) in Moscow Finance: Maudling, Thorpe, Wilson, Short etc. Fianna Fail: Charles Haughey – IRA/ drugs link. Bill Fuller ‘Old (illegible) Hotel’ Norman Frank Butler/Sammy Smyth UDA Jackie Watson: Billy Hull LAW funds Paisley: transfer of funds to USA, Australia and S.Africa […]
[…] in America. It covers everything from the apparently trivial – campaigns to get kids still in primary school to snitch on their parents if they are using drugs – through to Cointelpro and all its successor projects. Redden discusses, among many other things: a law enforcement system dependent upon criminals licensed to operate by […]
[…] campaigners however, the book has less to offer. In many of the topics, such as those covering the Calvi murder, the plots against Harold Wilson, the CIA drugs connection etc, anyone who has been following the topics will feel that some of the more obvious and important texts have not been referred to. The […]
