Lobster Issue 55 (Summer 2008) £££
[…] Office colleague Lord Foulkes in speaking on behalf of the British intelligence services and calling for the early ending of the inquest into the death of Princess Diana. Whereas McShane’s rise in Labour politics was through trade union organisations (British, Polish and international, see Lobsters passim), Foulkes built his career during the Cold War […]
Lobster Issue 55 (Summer 2008) £££
[…] to be left alone: freedom not to be blown up, freedom to drink all hours, own second homes and travel overseas and freedom to emote (whether about Diana or Tibet or icebergs melting, it doesn’t matter). Give the people growth, security and feel their pain, and all would be well. But all was not […]
Lobster Issue 55 (Summer 2008) £££
[…] along: there is no document and there may well be no safe either. A recent example might be Paul Burrell, sent off by the coroner in the Diana inquest to retrieve his ‘secrets’, eventually exposed as not being secrets at all. Rule B: Unexplained contradictions and other mysteries do not necessarily mean anything strange […]
Lobster Issue 53 (Summer 2007) £££
One of many reasons why the lobbying industry attracts opprobrium is because Britain’s political system offers only limited public sector facility to those who wish to influence it but lack the funding and/or patronage to do so. ‘The lobbyists’ did not cause the injustice. It is up to government to come up with the solutions. […]
Lobster Issue 53 (Summer 2007) £££
The Brittle Society Alarmists, like Naomi Wolf, have been exaggerating the degree to which the US, and by implication the UK, have been slipping towards a police state. The evidence for true tyranny in either country is weak. However, since it came to power in 1997, it might be reasonably argued(1) that New Labour has […]
Lobster Issue 52 (Winter 2006/7) £££
[…] was arrested and interned on 23 May 1940, along with many of his followers (at least those without powerful friends). His monstrous second wife, the appalling Hitler-lover, Diana Mosley, was arrested soon after. The controversy surrounding their release is usefully chronicled together with the subsequent revival of fascist activity. Once again, Dorril is particularly […]
Lobster Issue 51 (Summer 2006) £££
[…] issue contains a striking example of how the world has changed. Which newspaper has been running stories about alleged involvement of MI6 in the assassination of Princess Diana? That famous lefty rag, The Daily Express. Looking at Terry Hanstock’s account of the recent developments in the Di murder mystery below, I am almost persuaded […]
Lobster Issue 49 (Summer 2005) £££
[…] of The Sunday Telegraph, a useful and quotable section for anyone interested in disinformation and the media. And there is a section on the death of Princess Diana in which the authors express the opinion that MI6 was involved in it. Proof they don’t have but we should pay attention to the surmises of […]
Lobster Issue 49 (Summer 2005) £££
[…] status through their religious choices. This can endorse the religion they favour. (It would have been a considerable coup and much more besides if Princess Diana had abandoned the Anglican Church for the Roman one, as, shortly before her death, it was rumoured.) The targeting of mothers in Britain’s 2005 General Election […]