View from the Bridge

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[…] was an expression of the suspicion of some – the certainty of others – within Trump’s circle that the FBI was a part of a ‘deep state’ conspiracy to prevent his election. In October 2020 Durham was appointed a Special Counsel. His investigations have led to Igor Danchenko1 and Michael Sussmann2 being indicted for […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021) FREE
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[PDF file]: […] was an expression of the suspicion of some – the certainty of others – within Trump’s circle that the FBI was a part of a ‘deep state’ conspiracy to prevent his election. In October 2020 Durham was appointed a Special Counsel. His investigations have led to Igor Danchenko1 and Michael Sussmann2 being indicted for […]

ViewfromtheBridge

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[…] the material. What stands out politically is that the formation of the Civil Contingencies Cadre (CCC) at the centre of those events was the product of a conspiracy theory, propagated by members of MI5 among others – that there was a serious risk from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to what, for […]

Lob86 View from Bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] the material. What stands out politically is that the formation of the Civil Contingencies Cadre (CCC) at the centre of those events was the product of a conspiracy theory, propagated by members of MI5 among others – that there was a serious risk from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to what, for […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 86 (2023) FREE
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[PDF file]: […] the material. What stands out politically is that the formation of the Civil Contingencies Cadre (CCC) at the centre of those events was the product of a conspiracy theory, propagated by members of MI5 among others – that there was a serious risk from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to what, for […]

Lob86ViewfromBridgepdf

Lobster Issue

[…] the material. What stands out politically is that the formation of the Civil Contingencies Cadre (CCC) at the centre of those events was the product of a conspiracy theory, propagated by members of MI5 among others – that there was a serious risk from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to what, for […]

lob86View from Bridge

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[…] section of the enduring cult focused on Jeremy Corbyn claims that his defeat was not the result of millions of former Labour voters walking away, but a conspiracy authored by the “Israel lobby” – the kind of antisemitic cliché that finds an echo at the other end of the political spectrum.6 This is seriously […]

lob86View from Bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] section of the enduring cult focused on Jeremy Corbyn claims that his defeat was not the result of millions of former Labour voters walking away, but a conspiracy authored by the “Israel lobby” – the kind of antisemitic cliché that finds an echo at the other end of the political spectrum.6 This is seriously […]

Misc reviews

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[…] witnesses who saw things which didn’t fit the official verdict of ‘pilot error’ were marginalised or ignored and photographs were doctored. It looks like the standard formula: conspiracy and cover-up. The evidence assembled over the 50 years since can be construed to plausibly support a scenario in which the plane was brought down by […]

Holding pattern

Lobster Issue 69 (Summer 2015) FREE

[PDF file]: […] we learned from this trial: using the same legal definition, Tsarnaev had weapons of mass destruction while Saddam Hussein didn’t. The first signs of the inevitable pro- conspiracy deconstruction of the bombing appeared almost before the smoke had cleared. As usual, this was a mixture of the odd, the anomalous and the inexplicable. There […]

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