[…] a ‘shorthand’ instrument of political PR, speeches are its ‘longhand’ equivalent. The Prime Minister has given three ‘world vision statements’ since 11 September 2001. These were at Labour Party Conference that year and this, as well as at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in September 2002. At the last of these, he announced a […]
[…] are by the editor Parish Notices This is the final hard copy of Lobster.… but not the final issue of Lobster. I am merely giving up the labour of producing and distributing 1000 copies of a 50 page magazine. The next issue will appear – in precisely which form I haven’t decided: a blog? […]
[…] WTO-driven free trade regime in a world without enforceable international law and with large accumulations of capital emerging from the supply of consumer wants (including guns, sex, labour, drugs, untaxed goods and unregulated financial services), the lifting of capital controls by the Reagan-Thatcher generation also meant the globalisation of criminality in all its forms. […]
[…] far as 1967 before I realized that there was no mention of Lord Cromer, the Governor of the Bank of England between 1964 and 66, and the Labour government’s number one enemy in that period. Hang on a minute, I thought, and consulted the index. No entry for Cromer. Back to the text I […]
[…] Essentials, 2002; £3.99 Pocket Essentials are the publishers who have had the taste and good sense to publish my Conspiracy Theories and The Rise of New Labour; and will publish a volume from Lobster contributor John Burnes on MI5 this year. So, yes, this is a shameless plug. However Nixon’s book is really […]
[…] ) It’s a nice try, in a way, this pretence by Times columnist Kamm to be a left-winger. (For Kamm ‘left-winger’ means being a member of the Labour Party). It gives him a pitch – ‘left’ support for the Iraq War/’war on terror’ – that the media are supposed to find interesting. You can […]
[…] to the CIA (p. 275). This is by far the most detailed account of Bilderberg’s origins and even includes a picture of the first meeting, with then Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell on the very back row. Wilford thanks 8 bodies for financial assistance and 16 US libraries. The available archival bushes seem to have […]
[…] turns out to be a little old lady from suburban Bexleyheath who sells the Morning Star, drinks tea from a Che Guevara mug and makes jam for Labour Party bazaars. Ironically, the octogenarian Tankie in question, Mrs Letty Norwood, is just about the only person to emerge from the whole sorry tale with any […]
[…] the next President of the US and a future British political leader just the kind of people the Bilderbergers would want to have a look at. Labour leader John Smith was then on Bilderberg’s steering committee and brought Brown in. For Smith to play this role there had to be more to him […]
[…] for the Bush way of doing things. Harken Energy was formed in 1973 by two oilmen who would benefit from a successful covert effort to destabilise Australia’s Labour government (which had attempted to shut out foreign oil exploration). A decade later, Harken was sold to a new investment group headed by New York attorney […]
