Lobster Issue 55 (Summer 2008) £££
[…] of its implicit messages was that railways should be run as a single unitary authority; but John Major knew better (with his rushed through privatisation) and New Labour, despite pre-election undertakings to re-nationalise the industry, just went belly-up on the proposal. Remember Tony Blair in opposition saying he wanted to see ‘a publicly accountable, […]
Lobster Issue 35 (Summer 1998) £££
[…] is professionally produced, with full-colour illustrations, lots of photographs, and all the industry-standard lay-out techniques. Issue 3 is 40 pages, with essays on aspects of Maastricht, New Labour and Blairism’s impact (or lack of it) on the EU, the MIA proposals, Brian Burkitt of Bradford University on the economics of EMU; as well as […]
Lobster Issue 48 (Winter 2004) £££
Who was who? The newly published Oxford Dictionary of National Biography not only surveys the lives of the great and the good, but also includes accounts of individuals in the murkier fields of human endeavour. Over fifty spies are listed, for example, including historical figures such as ‘Parliament Joan’ (c1600-1655?) and ‘Pickle the Spy’ (c1725-1761). … Read more
Lobster Issue 27 (1994) £££
[…] July, 1993) from Cavendish pointing out that he, that is Cavendish, was among the founders of the Democratic Party of Britain in the 1960s with disillusioned former Labour MP Desmond Donnelly — long before Crozier and others formed the Social Democratic Party in the 1970s. Cavendish notes in his letter that the Democratic Prty […]
Lobster Issue 39 (Summer 2000) £££
[…] top of MI5. Curry’s history is actually a tendentious, self-serving and obfuscatory account which glosses over MI5’s inherent right-wing bias (presumably in order to mollify the post-war Labour government). The book’s treatment of a number of awkward facets of the organisation’s pre-1945 history make this abundantly clear. MI5’s First World War offshoot PMS2 is […]
Lobster Issue 35 (Summer 1998) £££
[…] creating a defensive missile screen and building – or acquiring – new aircraft carriers.) He looks at the post-war Anglo-American relationship, and the initial experience of the Labour Government since it took office last year and shows that nothing has changed – because nothing could change. He treats the claims that Labour is running […]
Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6) £££
[…] Wilson (and Falkender and Donoughue) were very pro-Israeli and there are many reports here of Israeli diplomats visiting No. 10. When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party in 1994, his private office was funded by Jewish businessmen, led by Lord Levy. (2) Is it really of no political interest that the Israeli […]
Lobster Issue Clandestine Caucus (1996)
[PDF file]: Reformatted and slightly updated late 2023. The Clandestine Caucus Anti-socialist campaigns and operations in the British Labour movement since 1945 Robin Ramsay Introduction Some of this material has appeared before. Part of the section on Common Cause and IRIS appeared in Lobster 19; much of the discussion of the ‘communist threat’ in Lobster 24; […]
Lobster Issue 39 (Summer 2000) £££
[…] Up for discussion is the future of Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Mr Blair is determined to hammer out an agreement which will protect the monarchy. A Labour insider said: “This will be the ultimate pow-wow. The issue can not be put off any longer…Diana’s relationship with Dodi Fayed and her role in public […]
Lobster Issue 35 (Summer 1998) £££
[…] increase their monitoring capability to eavesdrop on an unprecedented spectrum of personal and business communications. This activity has been all but ignored by the UK Parliament. When Labour MPs raised questions about the activities of the NSA, the Government invoked secrecy rules. It has been the same for 40 years. Notes This is an […]
