[…] of the realm: the surveillance of soldiers and civilians in Britain during the First World War – David Englander – in British Society for the Study of Labour History, Volume 52, No.1, 1987 The Ideology of the British Right, 1918-39 G.C. Webber – Croom Helm, London 1987 Ideological Hegemony and Political Control: the sociology […]
Francis Beckett London House, 1999, £20 John Beckett has always been an enigma: the fiery left wing Labour MP who became one of Mosley’s fascists, an unrepentant anti-Semite and war-time internee. How to explain this trajectory? Francis Beckett’s new biography is of particular interest because it is an attempt by the man’s son, a […]
[…] to be drawn up and included in statute (6). I will sum up this section by saying that the period of change from the older industrial and labour intensive means of production to the new, high technology and labour atomised means, has been characterised by a series of industry-based mass struggles between labour and […]
[…] against the minority in employment. I welcome that, but if it is good enough for Northern Ireland, why do the British Government do everything possible to prevent Labour councils in Britain that wish to adopt similar policies from ending discrimination against minorities in Britain? We shall not be able to unite the people of […]
[…] to give her early warning about coups in Africa. (Independent 23 July 2000) MI6 now have a license to roam throughout Africa. The spooks must love having Labour in office, terrified to oppose anything they ask for. Hitherto secret Whitehall committee trying to deal with unauthorised exposure of intelligence material was itself exposed in […]
[…] was brought down by the Norwegian fiasco (for which Churchill was primarily responsible!), he only succeeded to the office of Prime Minister at the insistence of the Labour Party, who refused to serve under Chamberlain’s candidate, Lord Halifax. This was an historic choice because Halifax would certainly have made peace. Nevertheless Labour’s crucial role […]
[…] was a Conrad Black paper for which Ledeen wrote, The Daily Telegraph, which lost the libel action in which they claimed the Baghdad ‘documents’ fingered the then Labour MP George Galloway. During the Reagan presidency Ledeen was deeply involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, along with another old neo-con associate, John Negroponte (a key administration […]
[…] attended only the first meeting, permanent liaison between National Propaganda and the STO was instituted. Its role, however was not confined to propaganda, as the Ministry of Labour employed it to recruit, supply and supervise volunteers to undertake “those dangerous duties’ others had declined. To execute these duties National Propaganda was granted direct, official […]
[…] Matthews, Grattan Healey, David Turner, Jane Affleck, Harlan Girard, Anthony Frewin and Tom Easton for cuttings and other material since the last issue. Two years into New Labour and the loudest sound is the sound of surprise being expressed by people who ought to know better. There were the animal welfare and right-to-roam lobbies […]
[…] Majesty’s Government in the period 1974 to 1979 in the magazine Lobster in April. Member’s Constituency: Kingston Upon Hull North (Lab) Answer: the Attorney General: No. Anti- Labour leaflet Much reduced, this is the front cover of an anti-Labour leaflet put out by Information Policy in Northern Ireland. The text, on the other side […]
