The two Goulds

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[…] some more detail. The back story W ithout seeking to confront the overseas lobby – the City– Bank of England–Treasury-Foreign Office nexus of the period – the Wilson, Callaghan and Heath Governments between 1964 and 1979 tried to create an alliance of domestic interests – unions, state and employers – to manage the domestic […]

Newsinger Armed and Dangerous 88

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[…] the coming ‘Second Civil War’. Here in the Redoubt an authoritarian theocracy will be established after the great cataclysm. Among the adherents of this movement is Doug Wilson, who founded Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. Christ Church has its own day school, college and a media centre that spreads 8 the message. Wilson has […]

Signs of the times

Lobster Issue 81 (Summer 2021)

[PDF file]: […] Great Britain (CPGB).12 Did the CPGB have such a role? Academic research and comments by participants suggest that a major part in the frustration of the Castle- Wilson proposals was indeed played by the The Liaison Committee for I discussed how Heath was conned by the bankers into introducing the Competition and Credit Control […]

Romeo Spy by John Alexander Symonds

Lobster Issue 63 (Summer 2012)

[PDF file]: Romeo Spy John Alexander Symonds This is a free download at . O n what basis can one review a book? I wonder, because I haven’t read this properly: I’ve skimmed it and noted some sections. Much of it is territory I am not competent in and I have little idea how one would try […]

The Two Goulds

Lobster Issue 63 (Summer 2012)

[PDF file]: […] Here is some more detail. The back story Without seeking to confront the overseas lobby –the City–Bank of England– Treasury-Foreign Office nexus of the period – the Wilson, Callaghan and Heath Governments between 1964 and 1979 tried to create an alliance of domestic interests – unions, state and employers – to manage the domestic […]

The Mandelson legacy

Lobster Issue 91 (2025)

[PDF file]: The Mandelson legacy John Booth The day after Lord Mandelson was removed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his top diplomatic post in Washington DC I received this message from an old journo pal: ‘Just seen that “Petie” Mandelson has been sacked as US ambassador. A nation mourns. . .’ One from a former Labour […]

The Dungavel Handicap Scotland, Churchill and Rudolf Hess, 1941

Lobster Issue 81 (Summer 2021)

[PDF file]: […] would act if, or when, peace terms were tabled was never clear. Beyond Parliament there were others whose attitude toward Churchill was less than whole-hearted. Sir Horace Wilson, the Head of the Home Civil Service, was known for his strongly anti-semitic views and had been a staunch supporter of Chamberlain’s policies pre-1939 remarking, ‘The […]

Brexit beginnings

Lobster Issue 87 (2023)

[PDF file]: […] on that front. At the recent Labour Party conference, delegates were told that circumstances were so bad his government would have to do as much as Attlee, Wilson and Blair combined over a ten-year period. Which shows commendable realism. Consider though the advantages that each of those had: Attlee, Prime Minister of a country […]

Weather weapons: the dark world of environmental warfare

Lobster Issue 62 (Winter 2011)

[PDF file]: […] the Weather in 2025’, Air Force 2025, August 1996, at . 10 Kenney quoted in James R. Fleming, ‘The Climate Engineers: Playing God to Save the Planet’, Wilson Quarterly, Spring, 2007, p. 55. 11 Arnold A. Barnes, ‘Weather Modification: Test Technology Symposium ’97: Session B: Advanced Weapons/Instrumentation Technologies’, Air Force Materiel Command, 19 March […]

Holding Pattern

Lobster Issue 70 (Winter 2015)

[PDF file]: Holding Pattern Garrick Alder Mrs Mopp and the ‘wet jobs’ The ‘review’ of the Freedom of Information Act is in the news as I write and I don’t think anyone who cares passionately about the Act can be under any illusions about the result this review is expected to produce. (In his autobiography Tony Blair […]

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