Just Boris by Sonia Purnell

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[PDF file]: […] a ferocious temper in private and never forgives a slight. This makes Sonia Purnell’s Just Boris all the more timely. She provides a really quite incredible his tory of privilege, dishonesty, misjudgement and disaster. To be fair, he did spend his gap year in Africa, teaching orphaned children in the slums of Lagos. Only […]

The view from the bridge

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[PDF file]: […] As derivatives go, these are pretty plain vanilla. They give investors exposure to an underlying asset without having to own it (and therefore appear on the regula tory filings that disclose the biggest holders of publicly-listed shares). The other main benefit is that swaps allow you to leverage up the bet. And here lies […]

Ten Years Hard Labour by Chris Williamson

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[PDF file]: […] and has been little mentioned in the mainstream press that lauded Johnson while hounding the former Derby North MP. It follows several books on the recent his tory of the Labour party, including one by Lee Garratt, a Williamson supporter. I repeat now for transparency’s sake the declaration of personal acquaintance with Williamson I […]

Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes by Phil Miller

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[PDF file]: […] Reynolds. ‘One set of Reynolds’ copious notes survived the purge and can be found among RAF files tucked away in obscure parts of the National Archive reposi tory’. (p. 72) While the full report cannot be recovered, we do know from Reynolds that Morton recommended that Britain provide assistance in the training of Sri […]

Mark Lewis and ‘the ultimate hacker’

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[PDF file]: […] scandal when Mark Lewis was acting for Gordon Taylor. ‘They came and listened to me and the reporter announced they would pay me £250,000 for my s tory. Of course nothing ever materialised. I wonder why!’ Most wanted The private detective was Christopher Guest More, 68, a millionaire jailed at Chester Crown Court for […]

The view from the bridge

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The Trump administration’s attempts to influence Julian Assange

Lobster Issue 79 (Summer 2020) FREE

[PDF file]: […] drink with nigel. He had an interesting time with wiki leaks. . .’ Timed at 22:07:25: RE to AB ‘Looking forward to when they publish evidence of Tory hacking/infiltrating other parties . . . Only a matter of time. #deepstate’ March 11 Twitter group messages Timed at 08:07:37 AB to MH & RT ‘I’m […]

Brexit beginnings

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[PDF file]: […] England’s 1996 Annual Report, which stated that it was committed to playing its part in European Monetary Union.4 On 19 October 1997 The Guardian noted: The last Tory Chancellor, Kenneth Clarke, now makes no secret of the fact that he deeply regrets the day when, under pressure from rightwing Cabinet colleagues, he agreed to […]

South of the Border (updated 4 Aug 2022)

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[PDF file]: […] Tweeting: ‘Thank you to all those who supported me and believed in #ACleanStart. This is only the beginning!’ Additionally, the revelation that Tobias Ellwood has had the Tory Whip removed – because he was abroad on Parliamentary business when the vote of now confidence took place – comes as interesting news. I am sure […]

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