[…] that’ on occasions. Newsnight didn’t say ‘Protheroe isn’t a spook’; or, ‘We’ll check it out’; nor even ‘It sounds unlikely to us, but we’ll bear that in mind’, all of which would have been rational responses. Instead they dismissed what we had said because we were perceived to be offering them something from that […]
Since the storming of the Iranian Embassy in London on 5 May 1980, the Special Air Service (SAS) has become a cultural phenomenon as much as a military one; has become, in the words of its former Director, Peter de la Billiere, ‘a living embodiment of the individualism of the British’. Their heroic exploits have … Read more
[…] closures. No reference is made to bringing company or country down. In the intervening twenty years Edwardes’ memory has gilded the lily. Spook think The Security Service mind is a wonderful thing. To it a potential risk is the same as an actual risk. Thus we discover that Lord Bethell, a Conservative Whip in […]
[…] the publication of Trevor Rees-Jones’ book; James Hewitt’s impromptu recreation of the fatal car journey; Mohamed Al Fayed accusing the Duke of Edinburgh of being the master mind behind a plot to murder Diana and Dodi; and the possibility of inquests on Diana and Dodi taking place. A correction A significant correction to the […]
[…] capability or it had some advance inkling of what was about to happen. Two sleepless British government ministers next morning clearly did not. You make your own mind up. Washington’s objective What was more important was the message. The subtext of coverage from the US was that Europeans should be more aggressive about their […]
[…] on the story and journalist Paul Brown drove to Glastonbury to listen to David Icke. After a three-week wait, an article, ‘Ex-nutter rails at New World Order mind benders’ (9 May), finally appeared; but only after author Paul Brown had had a ‘tremendous row’ over the continual delays. Despite the research done by the […]
[…] by circling sharks. The Politicisation of Polly Peck ‘Certain values in life are higher than commerce, profits or personal benefits. The issue of northern Cyprus in my mind should be valued that high’ – Ail Nadir. (4) From 1987 onwards, Polly Peck became increasingly a political entity, as well as a commercial one: in […]
I met Paul Routledge, the biographer of Gordon Brown, a couple of years ago. ‘Does Brown understand economics?’ I asked him. ‘Well, he reads lots of big books,’ said Routledge. ‘This is not the same thing.’ Of course I asked the wrong question. What I should have asked was: does Gordon Brown understand British economic … Read more
[…] media had been turned off Garrison by the increasingly wilder theories, but it did help plant the idea of CIA involvement in the assassination in the public mind. That could be a mixed blessing – perhaps another part of the cover-up for other intelligence agencies (such as Military Intelligence) which may have played an […]
[…] here on 6 November – and the Democrats will do what they did last time: nothing. Which means the Republicans can steal the next one. Change of mind? Colin Challen MP reports that the index of Bill Clinton’s autobiography lists ‘Bilderberg conference’ at p. 376, where it does not appear; nor on adjoining pages; […]
