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    The Corruption of New Labour: Britain’s Watergate?

    in Political Conspiracies

    Posted

    What do the Brits here think about "Red Ed" Milliband?

    Does his election as party leader really indicate the party is, a least partially, returning to its roots?

    What are the chances of such a young, inexperienced Jewish guy getting elected PM?

    What will become of his brother will he remain Shadow Foreign Secretary?

    David Miliband has decided not to serve under his brother. He was upset by Ed's criticism of "New Labour", especially his attacks on the Iraq War.

    Ed Miliband's election has definitely upset Rupert Murdoch who was the controlling force behinf New Labour. There is no doubt that Murdoch and the other right-wing press barons will launch a smear campaign against Ed Miliband. Lord Sainsbury, the main financial backer of "New Labour" has also announced he is taking his "money bags" away from the Labour Party.

    The Suffragettes

    in History:Resources

    The Suffragettes

    in History:Resources

    Posted

    Constance Lytton

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wlytton.htm

    Edith Mansell Moullin

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmansell.htm

    Kitty Marion

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WmarionK.htm

    Dora Marsden

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WmarsdenD.htm

    Charlotte Marsh

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WmarshCH.htm

    Christabel Marshall

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WmarshallC.htm

    Hannah Mitchell

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmitchell.htm

    Dora Montefiore

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmontefefiore.htm

    Flora Murray

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WmurrayF.htm

    Adela Pankhurst

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WpankhurstA.htm

    Christabel Pankhurst

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WpankhurstC.htm

    Emmeline Pankhurst

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WpankhurstE.htm

    Sylvia Pankhurst

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WpankhurstS.htm

    The Suffragettes

    in History:Resources

    The Suffragettes

    in History:Resources

    The Suffragettes

    in History:Resources

    Posted

    In early 1912 Christabel Pankhurst decided that the WSPU needed to intensify its window-breaking campaign. On 1st March, a group of suffragettes volunteered to take action in the West End of London. The Daily Graphic reported the following day: "The West End of London last night was the scene of an unexampled outrage on the part of militant suffragists.... Bands of women paraded Regent Street, Piccadilly, the Strand, Oxford Street and Bond Street, smashing windows with stones and hammers."

    Hilda Brackenbury, aged 79, was accused of breaking two windows in the United Service Institution in Whitehall. She served eight days on remand before being sentenced to 14 days in Holloway Prison. Her two daughters, Georgina Brackenbury and Marie Brackenbury, were also both arrested during the demonstration. In court Marie claimed that she was "a soldier in this great cause". Hilda was the oldest suffragette that was sent to prison.

    Hilda Brackenbury

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WbrackenburyH.htm

    Georgina Brackenbury

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WbrackenburyS.htm

    Marie Brackenbury

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WbrackenburyM.htm

    Most of these women who carried out these militant acts were young women who volunteered to be arrested and to endure hunger-strikes.

    Laura Ainsworth

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WainsworthL.htm

    Louisa Garrett Anderson

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wgarrett.htm

    Rachel Barrett

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WbarrettR.htm

    Jane Brailsford

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wbrailsford.htm

    Mary Clarke

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WclarkeM.htm

    Clara Codd

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wclodd.htm

    Helen Crawfurd

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CRIcrawfordH.htm

    Emily Wilding Davison

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wdavison.htm

    The Corruption of New Labour: Britain’s Watergate?

    in Political Conspiracies

    Posted

    What do the Brits here think about "Red Ed" Milliband?

    Does his election as party leader really indicate the party is, a least partially, returning to its roots?

    What are the chances of such a young, inexperienced Jewish guy getting elected PM?

    What will become of his brother will he remain Shadow Foreign Secretary?

    His Jewish origins will not be a problem. Benjamin Disraeli became prime minister when anti-Jewish feeling was at its highest in Britain.

    The current economic circumstances means that he will develop a set of policies that are to the left of those of Blair/Brown (not difficult to do). The newspaper barons like Murdoch will not like it but their power is in decline. Anyway, their anti-Labour propaganda will have little impact on those people suffering from the public sector cuts.

    Hear No Evil by Don Thomas

    in JFK Assassination Debate

    Posted

    So John,

    Are you persona non grata with this group now?

    Can you tell us a little more about them?

    If they don't debate, what do they talk about and agree on, if anything?

    Thanks,

    BK

    I was told that I had to apologize to Dale for posting his comments on the forum. This I refused to do and therefore I don't get their emails anymore. It does not bother me as I have decided to withdraw from all research into the JFK assassination. I have met some great people during my research but clearly the JFK community has more than its fair share of severely disturbed people. I have had enough of the abuse and have decided to keep out of these discussions. After all, it does not really matter as we will never be allowed to find out what happened that day. As one former CIA contract agent said to me, the US government cannot allow the American people to know the truth, as it will completely undermine the belief that the US is a democratic society.

    MI6 and Assassinations

    in JFK Assassination Debate

    Posted

    John, I've long been a silent enquirer re Sadat. I was going to be provided with a tape of the assassination some years back previously unseen and closely guarded but some interference occurred.

    Because of the splits in the Cairo bureau (WWII) and the later development of the Strategy of Tension and the rise fall rise of Mubarak, have you ever come across any Sadat mentions in this context?

    Over three hundred Islamic radicals were indicted in the trial of the lead assassin Khalid Islambouli. Despite this, the nephew of Anwar Sadat, Talaat al-Sadat, claimed that the assassination was an international conspiracy. In an interview with a Saudi television channel, he claimed both the United States and Israel were involved: "No one from the special personal protection group of the late president fired a single shot during the killing, and not one of them has been put on trial."

    Interestingly, the daughter of Anwar Sadat, is currently going to court defending her father from charges that he was part of a conspiracy that assassinated Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970 (officially he died of a heart attack).

    Who Killed Rasputin? Was it a MI6 Conspiracy?

    in Political Conspiracies

    Posted

    Have you read the book 'The Rasputin Files?' As I recall, it was written by an American and a Russian. The Russian claimed to have access to all the Cheka files related to Rasputin.

    As I recall, (it has been years since I read it) the Prince and his buddies did kill the mad monk, but most of the drama described by Yusopov, like the poisoned cakes, didn't happen. The authors claim that Rasputin didn't eat sweets, so the poison just sat on the plate.

    Yusopov apparently supported himself for the rest of his life by telling his "How I killed Rasputin" stories again and again.

    No, I have not read this book but I have ordered the books by Michael Smith (Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service) and Richard Cullen (Rasputin: The role of Britain's Secret Service in his Torture and Murder).

    British Cartoonists

    in History:Resources

    British Cartoonists

    in History:Resources

    British Cartoonists

    in History:Resources

    British Cartoonists

    in History:Resources

    New Season - Same Story

    in Football

    Posted

    I saw the West Ham teamsheet prior to the game and heard the result - I'm unaware at this stage how we performed or anything else in between - I shall guess though.

    The team was much the same as last seasons hopeless plodders, perhaps a little worse if truth be told.

    Not much of a squad - McCarthy and Ben Haim will fight out for fattest and unfit player of the year awards no doubt.

    Anyway, as always my negative energy, probably makes for difficult reading. My nervous system doen't like me being a West Ham supporter. I think we will come good and a finish of around 14-16 is possible. The team is in need of a complete overhaul - there is little to work with and if Sears is the only youngster deemed suitable for the 18 man squad - we are in worse shape than I imagined.

    The game against Spurs on Saturday was one of West Ham best performances over the last few years. Definitely better than anything Zola ever achieved. The first signs of change took place after West Ham gave Chelsea a two-goal lead. Although there was no coming back, they showed some good battling qualities. The same was true against Stoke. They are also a team with a fair amount of skill. This combination will get West Ham results against the very best. They were even more impressive against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light in the Carling Cup. This was a competition that Sunderland desperately wanted to win and therefore played their first-team whereas Avram Grant brought in several reserves.

    I watched the Spurs game live via the internet. The Upton Park crowd really appreciated this new combination of strength and skill. There does not seem a weak link in the team, (except for maybe Boa Morte). We also have Thomas Hitzlsperger to come into the team. All his new signings look like good acquisitions. Both Pablo Barrera and Victor Obinna look to be players with an excellent future.

    Kieron Dyer seems to have recaptured the form he showed that made him an England international. Although he went off suffering from “dizziness” at half-time. I reckon that he was really suffering from shock after surviving as long as 45 minutes without injury.

    MI6 and Assassinations

    in JFK Assassination Debate

    Posted

    It has to be remembered that this is the official history of MI6. Keith Jeffery has admitted that he was not allowed to name any MI6 agent that has not been previously identified. Nor has he been able to publish the MI6 documents that he has used in the book. MI6 said yesterday that these documents will remain closed to the public.

    In the book he claims that MI6 have never been involved in political assassinations. He said that before the D-Day landings MI6 officers discussed a co-ordinated assassination campaign in France, but rejected the idea. Jeffery claims that the archives do not support the idea that the MI6 have ever tried to assassinate anybody. However, Peter Wright, a former MI6 agent, admitted in his book Spycather (1987) that their were plans to assassinate President Nasser in 1956.

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SSwright.htm

    According to Michael Smith, the author of Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (2010), Rasputin was murdered by MI6 and that its agent, Oswald Rayner, who fired the final shot.

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSrasputin.htm

    Who Killed Rasputin? Was it a MI6 Conspiracy?

    in Political Conspiracies

    Posted

    Interesting. A year later the Bolchevics with a slogan of bread and peace took power and brought the great war to an end.

    MI6 was fully aware that the people of Russia were close to revolution in 1916. They thought the best way of dealing with the situation was to support the government of Tsar Nicholas II. In fact, they would have been better supporting reformers like Alexander Kerensky who would have kept Russia in the war.

    Who Killed Rasputin? Was it a MI6 Conspiracy?

    in Political Conspiracies

    Posted

    For over a hundred years we have thought that we knew exactly who killed Rasputin. When Prince Yusupov arrived in the USA after the Russian Revolution he boasted that he had killed Rasputin and in 1932 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer brought out a film Rasputin and the Empress. In the film, the character, Prince Paul Chegodieff, was clearly based on Yusupov. He became very angry when Chedodieff's wife is shown being seduced by Rasputin. The Yusupovs sued MGM and in 1934, the Yusupovs were awarded £25,000 damages. The disclaimer which now appears at the end of every American film, "The preceding was a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people or events is entirely coincidental" first appeared as a result of the legal precedent set by the Yusupov case.

    In his memoirs, Lost Splendor, published in 1953, Yusupov described in detail how he murdered Gregory Rasputin:

    I looked at my victim with dread, as he stood before me, quiet and trusting. What had become of his second-sight? What good did his gift of foretelling the future do him? Of what use was his faculty for reading the thoughts of others, if he was blind to the dreadful trap that was laid for him? It seemed as though fate had clouded his mind. But suddenly, in a lightening flash of memory, I seemed to recall every stage of Rasputin's infamous life. My qualms of conscience disappeared, making room for a firm determination to complete my task.

    "Gregory Yefimovich," I said, "you'd better look at the crucifix and say a prayer." Rasputin cast a surprised, almost frightened glance at me. I read in it an expression which I had never known him to have: it was at once gentle and submissive. He came quite close to me and looked me full in the face.

    I realized that the hour had come. "O Lord," I prayed, "give me the strength to finish it." Rasputin stood before me motionless, his head bent and his eyes on the crucifix. I slowly raised the crucifix. I slowly raised the revolver. Where should I aim, at the temple or at the heart? A shudder swept over me; my arm grew rigid, I aimed at his heart and pulled the trigger. Rasputin gave a wild scream and crumpled up on the bearskin. For a moment I was appalled to discover how easy it was to kill a man. A flick of a finger and what had been a living, breathing man only a second before, now lay on the floor like a broken doll.

    On hearing the shot my friends rushed in. Rasputin lay on his back. His features twitched in nervous spasms; his hands were clenched, his eyes closed. A bloodstain was spreading on his silk blouse. A few minutes later all movement ceased. We bent over his body to examine it. The doctor declared that the bullet had struck him in the region of the heart. There was no possibility of doubt: Rasputin was dead. We turned off the light and went up to my room, after locking the basement door.

    Our hearts were full of hope, for we were convinced that what had just taken place would save Russia and the dynasty from ruin and dishonour. As we talked I was suddenly filled with a vague misgiving; an irresistible impulse forced me to go down to the basement.

    Rasputin lay exactly where we had left him. I felt his pulse: not a beat, he was dead. All of a sudden, I saw the left eye open. A few seconds later his right eyelid began to quiver, then opened. I then saw both eyes - the green eyes of a viper - staring at me with an expression of diabolical hatred. The blood ran cold in my veins. My muscles turned to stone.

    Then a terrible thing happened: with a sudden violent effort Rasputin leapt to his feet, foaming at the mouth. A wild roar echoed through the vaulted rooms, and his hands convulsively thrashed the air. He rushed at me, trying to get at my throat, and sank his fingers into my shoulder like steel claws. His eyes were bursting from their sockets. By a superhuman effort I succeeded in freeing myself from his grasp.

    "Quick, quick, come down!" I cried, "He's still alive." He was crawling on hands and knees, grasping and roaring like a wounded animal. He gave a desperate leap and managed to reach the secret door which led into the courtyard. Knowing that the door was locked, I waited on the landing above grasping my rubber club. To my horror I saw the door open and Rasputin disappear. Purishkevich sprang after him. Two shots echoed through the night. I heard a third shot, then a fourth. I saw Rasputin totter and fall beside a heap of snow.

    This passage resulted in Rasputin's daughter Maria taking Prince Yusupov to a Paris court for damages of $800,000. The French court ruled that it had no jurisdiction over a political killing that took place in Russia.

    However, earlier this year, Michael Smith, the author of Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service argued that Rasputin was assassinated by MI6 and that one of their agents, Oswald Rayner, was the man who killed him. This account is supported by Richard Cullen's book, Rasputin: The role of Britain's Secret Service in his Torture and Murder (2010). What is really interesting is that Oswald Rayner was the man who was the ghost-writer of Yusupov's memoirs, Lost Splendor.

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSrasputin.htm

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSyusupov.htm

    Secret History of MI6

    in Political Conspiracies

    Posted

    According to Michael Smith, the author of Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (2010), Rasputin was murdered by MI6 and that its agent, Oswald Rayner, who fired the final shot.

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSrasputin.htm

    Anybody interested in this subject might want to read: "Rasputin: The role of Britain's Secret Service in his Torture and Murder" by Richard Cullen.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rasputin-Britain-Secret-Service-Torture/dp/1906447071/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285178570&sr=1-3

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    New Season - Same Story

    in Football

    Posted

    I saw the game on Sky on Saturday night. The performance was much, much, better than against Manchester United. I think the team is better than last year. Grant is also a better manager than Zola. I fully expect us to eventually get out of the relegation places as I think there are at least three teams in the league worse than us.

    I thought Jacobsen looked solid (a great improvement over Spector). I would like to see Dyer start instead of Boa Morte. Parker and Noble make a good partnership at the centre of midfield and I think Cole and Obinna will eventually make a good partnership. My biggest concern is over the form of Behrami. He looked completely out of form and I disliked his constant fouling.

    Things are definitely looking up. A decent, hard earned draw at Stoke followed by an away win in the League Cup at Sunderland. Plus a little bonus of debut goals for Piquionne and Obinna.

    A little gap in the clouds appearing...

    I saw the game against Stoke and was impressed with our organization and strength in defence. This seems to have been repeated against Sunderland. Both goals were made by excellent passes from Pablo Barrera. Obinna looks to be a good signing. He is a bit erratic but he is one of those players who makes things happen. He definitely has been more impressive in his first few games than Tevez was. His first goal should give him the extra confidence that you need when you first start in the Premiership.

    Secret History of MI6

    in Political Conspiracies

    Posted

    It has to be remembered that this is the official history of MI6. Keith Jeffery has admitted that he was not allowed to name any MI6 agent that has not been previously identified. Nor has he been able to publish the MI6 documents that he has used in the book. MI6 said yesterday that these documents will remain closed to the public.

    In the book he claims that MI6 have never been involved in political assassinations. He said that before the D-Day landings MI6 officers discussed a co-ordinated assassination campaign in France, but rejected the idea. Jeffery claims that the archives do not support the idea that the MI6 have ever tried to assassinate anybody. However, Peter Wright, a former MI6 agent, admitted in his book Spycather (1987) that their were plans to assassinate President Nasser in 1956.

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SSwright.htm

    According to Michael Smith, the author of Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (2010), Rasputin was murdered by MI6 and that its agent, Oswald Rayner, who fired the final shot.

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSrasputin.htm

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