[…] felt in the 1980s) when the Tory right, briefed by a section of the British spooks, believed that the Labour Party and the unions were a Communist conspiracy and were thus ‘a legitimate target’. Oborne’s idea of ‘political’ simply does not encompass activities by the state, let alone the secret state. In one sense […]
[…] a conclusion that, even if SOG did spark the full-blown phase of the Vietnam War, such a result was not intended. Moreover, it now appears that any conspiracy theory cuts two ways. If SOG was riddled with untrustworthy, local employees right from the start, then Hanoi may have known what was coming in advance […]
[…] notes) which contains a lot of new material. Black is that unusual creature, an academic historian who has included Bilderberg in his account. AIDS Remember all the conspiracy theories claiming that the AIDS virus had been a US military experiment? This seemed to have been dealt with when word emerged from the former Soviet […]
[…] the 1952 picture and those we saw in the late eighties, the eyes, eyebrows and the ears seem similar. Though Wright became a fairly run-of-the-mill, right-wing, communist-obsessed conspiracy theorist, when younger he taught in the Workers Educational Association and voted Labour in 1945. (Spycatcher pp.30 and 31) He came from the middle class, and […]
[…] is good, offering unlimited energy to mankind. Those who oppose nuclear power are luddites at best; at worst they herald the ‘new dark ages’. Everything is a conspiracy. Normal politics is entirely a sham; reality is faked for the moronic citizen-voters. (And, of course, only LaRouche has the key to unlock the mystery.) () […]
[…] length. Watt certainly knows something of the group’s role in 20th century history, and their omission in this new book may reflect what Quigley perceived as a conspiracy of silence on the group’s activities. What is positive in Watt’s perspective is the focus on the role of concrete individuals. When Ross, in his book […]
[…] other areas. These pages contain much new material and are being read and taken seriously by the anti-EU groups in this country. For those who enjoy the conspiracy theorising about spookery for which Larry is also known, he has another go at journalists in this issue – with the usual disastrous results, in my […]
[…] Commons: The law is fully adequate to enable action to be taken against all really dangerous activities. If believers in Fascist doctrine engage either simply or in conspiracy in subversive activities, or disturb the peace, they can be, and will be, dealt with firmly as law breakers.(26) In a sense, Ede was correct. The […]
[…] and King magisterially, ‘to substantiate this view, and all the available accounts tell against it. As so often, the cock-up theory seems infinitely more plausible than the conspiracy theory.’ At the end of their 23 detailed chapters, cock-up – ‘a study in failure’ – is their considered conclusion. Jenkins, now Chancellor of Oxford University, […]
It was very interesting being reviewed by the major media. While the left press – New Statesman, Tribune, Socialist et al – Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books and the non-metropolitan and Irish papers like it, we were slagged off by the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times, the Observer, the Independent; … Read more
