EU & The Banksters: Good grief! Signs of life in the brain department from one of our MP's...

Think I'm in shock. I've just detected signs of 'life in the brain department creating independent thought' in one of our Members of Parliament!

What else could account for a MP putting a statement on public record which reads:

"With another Greek “rescue” on the cards, I wonder if the churnalists will recycle the official press briefings yet again?

Perhaps this time the pundits might like to mention how, thanks to the bailouts, private banks who invested in Greek bonds have been able to pass their (almost worthless) bits of paper on to the European taxpayer?"

My goodness! A Member of Parliament showing evidence that they "get it"...

Demonstrating an understanding of how the triple pronged demons of the EU, the banksters and the mainstream media conspire..?

So, who is this free-thinking Member of Parliament?

Ahhh. Calm down, down down. Turns out that it's Conservative backbencher Douglas Carswell. We knew that he had a brain and independent thinking abilities in the first place.

Alarm over. We started with Douglas Carswell being in a minority of one in the House of Commons. He's still in a minority of one.

Imagine... if we could find 649 more MPs like him, we might actually start getting somewhere.

Sure, we know that some cynical 'EU-sceptics' doubt him due to his lack of movement to become Prime Minister thus far... but give him chance.

He can't become PM until Conservative MPs and members remove the wool that has been pulled over their eyes by Cam The Sham.

Sixty-Six Years After WWII... Gold Confiscations Return to Europe! (Jail the banksters)

As, again, tens upon tens of thousands of people from all walks of life assemble to protest at Syntagma Square in the Greek capital, Athens... (watch here)

As thousands continue their three week long encampment protest in Madrid's Puerta del Sol and across Spain...

...gold confiscations return to Europe. Having looted everything already, the banksters now want their hands - not on fiat currency - but the stuff of enduring value, gold.

What a pity for us that Gordon 'New World Order' Brown gave all of ours away for a pittance - right before it hit all time record high prices (and continues to rise in value).

So, what's going on here? You may remember, back in December, Ireland's Joe Higgins broke it down in terms that everybody can understand:

Jailing the occasional corrupt Member of Parliament or locking up a Lord (yet another of Britain's political class banged up today) are welcome demonstrations of intent towards we, the people... but how about going the whole hog and investigating and locking up the banksters and the globalists?

This man thinks we should jail the banksters on Wall Street and elsewhere. We can do nowt else but agree:

Want to know about popular uprisings in Spain, Greece and France? Tune into Iranian TV...

The things we don't see in our own media...

Want to know more still on the popular uprisings in Spain, Greece and France..?

Turn to the blogosphere, to social media... or tune into Iranian-linked broadcasters. How ironic...

Thing is, we all know what's going on with protests all around Europe and - often - of the brutality being unleashed against peaceful protests... quite what support the mainstream media hopes to gain by continuing a near news blackout is a mystery.

It's like official news endorsed by the Ministry of Truth.

Whatever would Orwell have to say?

See also:
Roarmag - 100,000 ‘indignants’ march on Parliament in Athens

Land of the free and home of the brave... body slams and arrests people. For dancing.

Quiz question. To whom is the following quote attributed?

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."

That's right, it was Thomas Jefferson - described at Wikipedia as: "...the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). An influential Founding Father, Jefferson envisioned America as a great "Empire of Liberty"..."

So, let's see how much independence from the global police state and how much liberty the people have in the land of the free, home of the brave. Where else, but at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial:

At least the people of the United States have a good song to console themselves and retain some hope through:

Naturally, any song of a similar nature lamenting the loss of freedom or the love of one's own country in England would be illegal on grounds that songs are 'terrorism' and the love of England by the English is 'racist' and 'xenophobic'.

Gotta love freedom! Here's an idea... why don't we go to war in a few Third World countries, so we can export freedom, liberty and democracy all around the globe?

Greece: Tens of thousands of protesters gather - live streams

Following the #spanishrevolution, it's back to Athens for the newly hash-tagged #greekrevolution as tens of thousands of protesters are gathering at Syntagma Square in Athens.

Naturally, you won't see it live on the BBC (the British taxpayer funded news broadcaster can't give the British taxpayer any ideas now, can it?), but you can see it live here:

You can also watch the gathering storm of Athens by clicking HERE.

Meanwhile, the #spanishrevolution continues in Puerta del Sol, Madrid - now entering it's third week:

We proud English bloggers wish our friends - the peoples of Spain and Greece - our best wishes as they try to recover their country and their democracy from the banksters and the political class who - like those here in Britain - have betrayed the people.

See also:
EU Referendum - The darkness gathers

So, who does our Foreign Office work for, exactly?

Just trying to fathom who our Foreign Office - that shambles presided over by the lesser-spotted William Hague - is meant to serve..?

Only, it certainly doesn't serve me.

Two stories to look at here.

First up is news in The Observer that: "Britain is training Saudi Arabia's national guard – the elite security force deployed during the recent protests in Bahrain – in public order enforcement measures and the use of sniper rifles."

Now, we know that Saudi Arabia is a favoured customer of the military industrial complex which operates out of these shores, but hang on a minute...

The Saudis helped repress the uprising in Bahrain, right?

...but doesn't Call Me Dave (and his less than impressive Foreign Secretary William Hague) insist on 'democracy' and the 'will of the people'..?

Only, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought he'd sent our troops to war with Libya (not in our name) in order to fight a war on behalf of Al Qaeda who want to topple Colonel 'Madman' Gaddafi?

I may have remembered this wrong, but I thought this war in Libya was a "humanitarian" war (hahaha!!) to stop Gaddafi crushing the Al Qaeda uprising? A "humanitarian" war (hahaha!!) to ensure the democratic will of the people in Libya?

Seems strange, therefore, that we would train Saudi troops so that they could repress a popular uprising in Bahrain.

Especially given Saudi Arabia's human rights record.

...but then, when they have as much money to buy arms from the military industrial complex as they do, I guess we have to turn a blind eye to Saudi Arabia, humanitarian issues, democracy and the will of the people.

Meanwhile, the "humanitarian" war (hahaha!!) against Libya looks to take a new development to the history books with the BBC News website reporting that: "The Royal Air Force is to get 2,000lb "bunker busting" bombs to boost its mission in Libya."

Bunker busting bombs? They sound really "humanitarian", huh? Sound like just the thing that is needed to "protect civilians".

Remember that? Protecting civilians? Leaving aside that the civilians in this case are Al Qaeda (created by the CIA, according to the now dead Robin Cook), the United Nations (global government) resolution authorising military action against Libya did not authorise regime change.

It authorised a limited effort to protect civilians from brutal suppression. And that authorisation was declined by China, Russia, Brazil, India, Germany who all abstained from giving their approval.

So spare a thought for the people of Bahrain who instigated a popular uprising only to meet... brutal suppression.

Can the Foreign Office explain to we, the British people, the differences between Libya and Bahrain and justify the foreign policy which is being enacted supposedly in our name but which - as with Britain's relationship with the European Union - does not have the support of the British people?

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This reminds us to share a little more evidence from the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

This evidence was given by Inspector Paul Carpenter and he was questioned on the afternoon of 12th March 2008.

They were going through mobile phone records, highlighting phone calls made in the vicinity of the Pont de l'Alma tunnel around the time of the crash which would later lead to Princess Diana's death.

This exercise was to establish who was near the scene.

This is copied and pasted from the actual transcript:

15 Q. We then he see a phone that is registered to a Saudi
16 Prince?
17 A. Yes, indeed.

So there we go. No further questions asked. No more detail given. They just tell us there was a Saudi Prince there and then move swiftly on - seemingly hoping none of us would notice and go: "Uh?"

Bizarre Parisian underpass though, huh?

Packed with Royalty on a random Saturday night. And only one of them was campaigning for a worldwide ban on anti-personnel landmines.

Would YOU let the State sexually grope YOUR wife or children, supposedly in the name of "safety"..?

Just because this is Texas and other U.S. states today doesn't mean it won't be in YOUR quiet little English town soon...

Bridging the false left-right paradigm to support UK Uncut

This blog is going to put aside the false left-right paradigm to show some support for UK Uncut who staged protests at banks across the UK today.

We lend a modicum of support despite the fact that they had ultra leftie Billy Bragg involved - a man whose politics normally demotivate every non-rampant-lefty.

Prominent UK Uncut activist Rosie Beech is quoted as saying: "David Cameron said he wasn't going to cut the NHS. He lied. 50,000 NHS staff will lose their jobs while the taxpayer continues to subsidise the banks."

In that, UK Uncut have our total support. It is disgusting and outrageous that we - irrespective of our politics - are letting the banks continue with this looting without demanding our money back and while seeing our essential public services slashed (albeit, a lot of non-essential alleged public services deserve to be slashed).

One thing that does not make sense to me entirely was the list of UK Uncut targets which - according to it - involved "branches of Natwest, Barclays and HSBC".

I'm guessing they were targeted on the basis of where they pay tax (the tiny bit of tax that they deem it necessary to pay).

In fairness to Barclays, weren't they one of the few to avoid being bailed out by the British taxpayer? We know that there is outraged discussion in the United States after it was alleged they may have received some of the U.S. bailout trillions, but didn't they also go cap in hand to Arabs rather than looting the British taxpayer? I could be wrong...

But what of Lloyds TSB... the recipient of a vast, huge amount of British taxpayers money? Why not stage a protest outside branches of Lloyds TSB? That's where all our money is. Despite this, Lloyds TSB has still proceeded to sack UK workers and take on cheaper wage slaves in India and elsewhere while refusing to back small businesses and making sure to rip off the very same taxpayers who had to bail them out.

In fact, aren't a lot of these banks actually, at least technically, bankrupt? Why are they being allowed to continue to trade, unfettered, despite being technically bankrupt? Why are they being allowed to crucify the very customers whose tax revenues were looted to keep them in business? Why are they allowed to repossess property from those taxpayers to whom the banks are indebted?

In many cases, won't the banks always owe far more to the taxpayer than we owe to them?

My view is that, if bankrupt, these banks could not ever have had the money they allege to have loaned to their customers.

My view is that we should all refuse to repay them anything until they repay us what they borrowed. Against our wishes.

Especially in cases of interest. The Bank of England base rate is 0.5%. How much do these banks charge on overdrafts and credit cards and mortgages?

What I would advise everyone to do is to start writing to these banks demanding to see the signed credit agreement. Not the application form. The signed credit agreement. Did you really sign up to something that said these banks could charge whatever interest rate they like?

And, as taxpayers, what interest rate are they paying us? Where can we see the credit agreement signed between the banks and the Treasury - OUR treasury..?

Working on a guesstimate that the banks owe every man, woman and child £20,000 from the bailouts (looting by a politically correct name), then... you know that £1,000 credit card debt you owe?

Why not offer to repay that after they've repaid the £20,000 they owe you as a taxpayer?

Do they even have a credit agreement in your name? If not, why are you repaying anything?

And, if the bankrupt banks can carry on trading and bankruptcy is no shame, if we all refused to pay and were in a position where bankruptcy held no fear, then surely letting the banks make one bankrupt will bring the whole stinking heap falling to the ground.

Can't pay, won't pay... protest the banks over their bailout billions, while paying their senior staff millions upon millions in bonuses alone.

How about a campaign of 'we won't repay what we owe you until you start repaying the amount you owe us', aimed at the banks?

Especially if they don't have a credit agreement saying you have to repay them anything in the first place....

Just a thought.

See also:
Daily Mail - Banks under siege as protesters launch 'Emergency Operation' to highlight the Government's NHS cuts
The Guardian - Anti-cuts groups descend on banks in NHS protest

From Spain, this is what "democracy" and "public service" looks like...

Dateline: 27th May 2011
Location: Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona
Theme: Brutality against peaceful demonstrations
Full story: Click HERE.

...because images like these will really help quell the #spanishrevolution, huh?

As idiot Dave follows in the path of Gormless Gordon by chucking more of your cash overseas...

That's funny. I could have sworn we'd all chucked the totally-inept-by-any-measure-conceivable Gordon "Unelected" Brown out of 10 Downing Street.

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Oh yes, we did chuck Gormless Gordon, the incredibly dangerous, New World Order puppet and loon out of 10 Downing Street - the nail scratches are still visible on the Downing Street door frame from where he tried to desperately keep his claws on high office as he had to be unceremoniously dragged out, kicking and screaming... apparently.

And we replaced him with the self-styled 'heir to Blair' who seems to have evolved into Gormless Gordon Mark II.

This is the news that David Cameron is going to be chucking £110million at Arab uprising states. £110million of our money. All without a vote in Parliament as usual, probably.

Democracy? Will of the people? Too inconvenient. Bugger that for an exercise - clearly.

And how is starvation and homelessness feeling in Sheffied and Congleton and Bath and Truro and Margate and Coventry tonight? If only you'd been foreign, living somewhere overseas, you could have been given so much money by the British taxpayer.

So quite why so many choose to come to Britain is a mystery. We're giving all the money we haven't got to foreign countries - some of them even have space programmes and armed forces which are not on a timeshare arrangement with the French.

So, what is Dopey Dave's justification for chucking £110million quid at Arab nations?

Is it that the Bilderberg Group and IMF have told him that they're annoyed that Gormless Gordon didn't push us far enough into bankruptcy for them to come in and complete the looting?

You'd think so, wouldn't you, but no...

Sky News reports it as: "David Cameron has warned Britain would face a greater risk of terrorist attack if it does not support the Arab Spring nations."

He has learned this from the example of Pakistan where we have given lots and lots and lots of money in aid and, as a result, there are no alleged terrorists there. Oh no.

Especially not now that Barry Soetoro Obama single-handedly went rampaging, Rambo style, into Pakistan and killed the already-ten-times-dead Osama Bogeyman Bin Laden (not a friend of the Bush family, honest) just in time for the US Presidential election cycle.

Now, our view is that if the British, the Americans (in particular) and our allies were to stop funding Al Qaeda - an organisation that they created in the first place (hat tip: Robin Cook), then we would be at less risk of terrorism.

Instead, Dopey Dave wants to give the money of Bankrupt Britain to regimes that are future puppets of the globalists and over-run by alleged terrorists which the British, Americans and so on created in the first place.

These people seriously take the piss.

See also:
Daily Mail - 'I saw Live Aid and I'm sticking to my promise': How Cameron justifies the billions Britain spends abroad (note: look at the comments, Conservatives. Get a new leader or get Ed Miliband as Prime Minister. Cameron just lost the next General Election. The Daily Mail's readers are the Conservative Party's core voters - and they're not just angry...).

Quote of the Day: 27th May 2011

"Even with regard to my ejection from my wheelchair, the police officers involved try to justify their behaviour by referring to the fact that mounted officers were preparing to charge and that I was in the way. I find it stunning that their justification for their violence towards me is that I was in the way of a violent attack on a crowd of protesters, which included children."

- Jody McIntyre responds to news that one set of public servants have upheld the right of another group of public servants to attack the public that they are meant to serve... even if those members of the public are in a wheelchair.

Disgusting.

And they're all so clearly not public servants but tyrannical, out-of-control monsters. The lot of them.

You work for us... and we don't give the permission, authority or remit to go chucking people in wheelchairs about. Simples.

Guilty! Another politician convicted by the courts (and - shock - this one ain't from the Labour Party!)

Another day, yet another politician convicted of fraudulently claiming on his expenses.

This time, it's Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield.

Makes a change from the Labour Party. It's a wonder we have an opposition, considering how fast that lot have been getting locked up.

Anyway, Lord Hanningfield has been found guilty of "unlawfully [claiming] expenses, including £13,379 for overnight stays in London when he was not in the capital."

Another day, another one of them convicted.

And this is just our Parliament. Imagine what would happen if we sent our police and fraud squads into the European Union!

We'd settle for them arresting a few people here on Treason charges. The laws on Treason exist and are there to be upheld, but seemingly are like nothing to the powers that be.

Anyway, yet more corruption in political life being exposed and leading to a guilty verdict in a court of law.

So, here's a little prediction game for you all... how many British politicians will be arrested or charged with fraud or corruption within the lifetime of this Parliament?

Will it be: (i) less than half (ii) roughly half (iii) about three-quarters of the buggers or (iv) virtually all of them..?

Oh, for the days of honour and honesty in political life.

Want to know why we're still in the European Union even though a huge majority of the people here want out?

The clue is in this story, one suspects - i.e. they're mostly all corrupt, these politicians.

That, or pathetic, traitorous puppets of the banksters and globalists. Corruption, in other words.

Bonjour Paris... dans la rue samedi?

After the spectacular #spanishrevolution packed Madrid's Puerta del Sol with tens of thousands of (mostly younger) protesters who camped out, in all defiance of legal condemnations, in protest at politicians, a lack of democracy and the role of bankers in their plight...

...along comes news that the wave of protests - which rippled from the Middle East and North Africa - are heading further northward, now from Madrid all the way up to Paris.

Reuters reports that: "A French group has called for a large demonstration in Paris this weekend to show solidarity with tens of thousands of youth protesters demonstrating against austerity programs in Spain."

Of course, nobody can do a protest quite like the French. Except maybe the Greeks... but they've been protesting like crazy for so long that it's become an everyday occurrence.

So, we'll wait and see whether we add #frenchrevolution to the amazing show of awakening demonstrated by the Spanish.

Paris. Getting ever closer.

The failure of people like Chris Huhne to resign when really they should have done by now really won't help matters should the wave of discontent make that final gentle splash over the English Channel.

H/T: The Daily Bell

See also:
21st Century Wire - This Spanish Spring is the Real Thing

Quote of the Day - 'Gerald Celente on the #spanishrevolution' edition

"As I had forecast in the Trends Journal and repeated in media worldwide, it would only be a matter of time before Europeans would wake up to the same realization: the system had to change. What distinguished this latest round of Spanish protests from earlier ones in Europe was that very realization; no matter how many votes were dropped into the ballot box, the result would be essentially the same. All the shouting, demands, marches and strikes would accomplish nothing without a responsive government to address them – and this could not be achieved through the current system in which, despite the rhetoric, there was little difference between the major parties."

- Gerald Celente on the #spanishrevolution, coming to a British street soon, I reckon.

...now that the football season is over and there's no X Factor on.

267 MPs vote to throw YOUR hard-earned tax money at basket case EU economies (and globalist bankers); just 46 had the courage to stand up for you, their constituents

There is a little confusion being seen around and about regarding the vote that took place in the House of Commons on EU bailouts yesterday.

The confusion is based around what an aye' or 'no' vote actually implied.

To get this out in place to our understanding, Mark Reckless MP had proposed a motion which would have required the Government to tell the EU to naff off, should any buggered up Eurozone nation need bailing out.

The Government didn't like this idea and so tabled an amendment that effectively said that they would probably keep throwing OUR money at the Eurozone's problems, but would sit down and have a nice little chat with our European dictators over caviar and champagne about why such a thing might not be so jolly spiffing.

For some reason that defies any principle of democracy, the amendment of the Government's was put on the agenda first (according to Hansard, it was selected by The Speaker which shows all you need to know about his belief in the powers of the elected chamber holding the executive to account).

So, all that was voted on was the Government's amendment.

Over to Mark Reckless MP to explain what the resulting votes meant. From Hansard:

"So the Treasury agrees that this is unlawful, but it is not going to do anything about it.


In the debate, it was suggested that these bail-outs were a rounding error. My constituents do not believe that £500 per household is a rounding error. It was also suggested that perhaps these moneys are going to be paid back and there will not be defaults. Well, if Members believe that, why do they not invest their own money rather than that of their constituents? My hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom) said that it would be possible to get a return of 50% or 100%. Does not that suggest that we will not be getting our money back?


Today Members face a choice. If they believe that it is sufficient to urge the Government to raise the issue, then vote yes to the amendment regrettably tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris). If they believe that we need to put a stop to these bail-outs and say, “Enough is enough, it is our money, we did not join your currency, and we want our money back”, then vote no to the amendment. I am disappointed to hear that Opposition Members will not be joining us in the Lobby on this occasion. The hon. Member for Nottingham East (Chris Leslie) put his position honourably; perhaps one day he will have a leader who will lead. For now, however, the position is that these bail-outs continue and our constituents’ money is being thrown away—good money after bad.


This is an opportunity for Members of this House to stand up, to look our constituents in the eye, and to say that we voted no to the bail-outs. Please vote no to the amendment."

Okay... so we were actually looking for MPs to vote 'NO' and prevent this ongoing looting of our hard-earned money.

And 267 of the swine voted 'yes' compared to just 46 'noes'.

Funnily enough, Hansard allows us to name them.

Up first, 46 heroes - those who voted 'no':

Baker, Steve

Bayley, Hugh

Bingham, Andrew

Campbell, Mr Ronnie

Carswell, Mr Douglas

Cash, Mr William

Clappison, Mr James

Cooper, Rosie

Cryer, John

Davidson, Mr Ian

Davies, Geraint

Davies, Philip

Davis, rh Mr David

de Bois, Nick

Donaldson, rh Mr Jeffrey M.

Drax, Richard

Gardiner, Barry

Goldsmith, Zac

Gray, Mr James

Harris, Mr Tom

Henderson, Gordon

Hoey, Kate

Hollobone, Mr Philip

Hopkins, Kelvin

Jenkin, Mr Bernard

Leigh, Mr Edward

McCartney, Jason

McCartney, Karl

McDonnell, John

Mitchell, Austin

Nuttall, Mr David

Percy, Andrew

Reckless, Mark

Redwood, rh Mr John

Rees-Mogg, Jacob

Shannon, Jim

Sheridan, Jim

Simpson, David

Skinner, Mr Dennis

Stewart, Bob

Stringer, Graham

Tomlinson, Justin

Turner, Mr Andrew

Vickers, Martin

Walker, Mr Charles

Wollaston, Dr Sarah

And now, 267 examples of spineless treachery. 267 gutless wonders who would rather surrender to Brussels and give BILLIONS of your money to basket case nations of Europe rather than spending YOUR money on schools and hospitals or cutting your taxes. These are the 267. Nothing controversial about this. A matter of public record, all available freely on Hansard - as it should be. 267 MPs who would rather you starved and couldn't find a dentist - as long as the corrupt, treacherous dictatorship that is the EU and it's Eurozone survives to provide jobs for future clapped out politicians and dictators:

Adams, Nigel

Afriyie, Adam

Aldous, Peter

Amess, Mr David

Andrew, Stuart

Arbuthnot, rh Mr James

Bacon, Mr Richard

Bagshawe, Ms Louise

Baker, Norman

Baldry, Tony

Baldwin, Harriett

Barclay, Stephen

Barker, Gregory

Barron, rh Mr Kevin

Barwell, Gavin

Bebb, Guto

Benyon, Richard

Birtwistle, Gordon

Blackman, Bob

Blackwood, Nicola

Blunt, Mr Crispin

Boles, Nick

Bottomley, Sir Peter

Bradley, Karen

Brake, Tom

Bray, Angie

Brazier, Mr Julian

Bridgen, Andrew

Brine, Mr Steve

Brokenshire, James

Brooke, Annette

Browne, Mr Jeremy

Bruce, rh Malcolm

Buckland, Mr Robert

Burns, rh Mr Simon

Burrowes, Mr David

Burstow, Paul

Burt, Alistair

Burt, Lorely

Byles, Dan

Cairns, Alun

Campbell, rh Sir Menzies

Carmichael, rh Mr Alistair

Carmichael, Neil

Chishti, Rehman

Clark, rh Greg

Clarke, rh Mr Kenneth

Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey

Coffey, Dr Thérèse

Collins, Damian

Colvile, Oliver

Connarty, Michael

Cox, Mr Geoffrey

Crockart, Mike

Crouch, Tracey

Davey, Mr Edward

Davies, David T. C.

(Monmouth)

Dinenage, Caroline

Djanogly, Mr Jonathan

Donohoe, Mr Brian H.

Dorries, Nadine

Doyle-Price, Jackie

Duncan Smith, rh Mr Iain

Dunne, Mr Philip

Ellison, Jane

Ellwood, Mr Tobias

Elphicke, Charlie

Eustice, George

Evans, Graham

Evans, Jonathan

Evennett, Mr David

Fabricant, Michael

Fallon, Michael

Field, Mr Mark

Foster, rh Mr Don

Francois, rh Mr Mark

Freeman, George

Freer, Mike

Fuller, Richard

Gale, Mr Roger

Garnier, Mr Edward

Garnier, Mark

Gauke, Mr David

George, Andrew

Gibb, Mr Nick

Gilbert, Stephen

Gillan, rh Mrs Cheryl

Glen, John

Goodwill, Mr Robert

Gove, rh Michael

Graham, Richard

Grayling, rh Chris

Green, Damian

Greening, Justine

Grieve, rh Mr Dominic

Griffiths, Andrew

Gummer, Ben

Gyimah, Mr Sam

Hague, rh Mr William

Halfon, Robert

Hammond, rh Mr Philip

Hammond, Stephen

Hancock, Matthew

Hands, Greg

Harper, Mr Mark

Harris, Rebecca

Hart, Simon

Harvey, Nick

Haselhurst, rh Sir Alan

Heald, Oliver

Heath, Mr David

Heaton-Harris, Chris

Hemming, John

Hendry, Charles

Herbert, rh Nick

Hinds, Damian

Hoban, Mr Mark

Hollingbery, George

Holloway, Mr Adam

Hopkins, Kris

Howarth, Mr Gerald

Howell, John

Hughes, rh Simon

Huhne, rh Chris

Hunt, rh Mr Jeremy

Huppert, Dr Julian

Hurd, Mr Nick

Jackson, Mr Stewart

James, Margot

Johnson, Gareth

Johnson, Joseph

Jones, Andrew

Jones, Mr David

Jones, Mr Marcus

Kawczynski, Daniel

Kirby, Simon

Knight, rh Mr Greg

Laing, Mrs Eleanor

Lamb, Norman

Lancaster, Mark

Latham, Pauline

Leadsom, Andrea

Lee, Jessica

Lee, Dr Phillip

Leech, Mr John

Lefroy, Jeremy

Letwin, rh Mr Oliver

Lewis, Brandon

Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian

Lidington, rh Mr David

Lloyd, Stephen

Lopresti, Jack

Lord, Jonathan

Loughton, Tim

Luff, Peter

Macleod, Mary

May, rh Mrs Theresa

Maynard, Paul

McIntosh, Miss Anne

McLoughlin, rh Mr Patrick

McVey, Esther

Menzies, Mark

Mercer, Patrick

Metcalfe, Stephen

Miller, Maria

Mills, Nigel

Milton, Anne

Mordaunt, Penny

Morgan, Nicky

Morris, Anne Marie

Morris, David

Mowat, David

Mulholland, Greg

Mundell, rh David

Munt, Tessa

Murray, Sheryll

Murrison, Dr Andrew

Neill, Robert

Newmark, Mr Brooks

Newton, Sarah

Nokes, Caroline

Norman, Jesse

O'Brien, Mr Stephen

Offord, Mr Matthew

Ollerenshaw, Eric

Paice, rh Mr James

Parish, Neil

Patel, Priti

Pawsey, Mark

Penning, Mike

Penrose, John

Perry, Claire

Phillips, Stephen

Pickles, rh Mr Eric

Pincher, Christopher

Poulter, Dr Daniel

Prisk, Mr Mark

Pritchard, Mark

Pugh, John

Raab, Mr Dominic

Randall, rh Mr John

Reid, Mr Alan

Robertson, Mr Laurence

Rogerson, Dan

Rudd, Amber

Ruffley, Mr David

Russell, Bob

Rutley, David

Sanders, Mr Adrian

Scott, Mr Lee

Selous, Andrew

Sharma, Alok

Shelbrooke, Alec

Simmonds, Mark

Simpson, Mr Keith

Skidmore, Chris

Smith, Miss Chloe

Smith, Julian

Smith, Sir Robert

Soames, Nicholas

Soubry, Anna

Spelman, rh Mrs Caroline

Spencer, Mr Mark

Stephenson, Andrew

Stevenson, John

Stewart, Iain

Stewart, Rory

Streeter, Mr Gary

Stride, Mel

Stuart, Mr Graham

Sturdy, Julian

Swales, Ian

Swayne, Mr Desmond

Swinson, Jo

Swire, rh Mr Hugo

Syms, Mr Robert

Thurso, John

Timpson, Mr Edward

Tredinnick, David

Tyrie, Mr Andrew

Uppal, Paul

Vaizey, Mr Edward

Vara, Mr Shailesh

Villiers, rh Mrs Theresa

Walker, Mr Robin

Wallace, Mr Ben

Walter, Mr Robert

Ward, Mr David

Webb, Steve

Wharton, James

Wheeler, Heather

White, Chris

Whittaker, Craig

Wiggin, Bill

Willetts, rh Mr David

Williams, Hywel

Williams, Mr Mark

Williams, Roger

Williams, Stephen

Williamson, Gavin

Willott, Jenny

Wilson, Mr Rob

Wright, Jeremy

Wright, Simon

Yeo, Mr Tim

Young, rh Sir George

Zahawi, Nadhim

So, there we go. Quite a long list. Two hundred and sixty seven of the buggers. I wouldn't vote for anyone appearing on that list. Would you? Now to make sure their constituents know who they are.

See also:
UKIP - UKIP says 'No More Bailouts!'

DCB defects back to the Tories

While we're waiting on hearing anything official from our UKIP contact, it appears that Guido and ConservativeHome have already pretty much covered the defection of David Campbell Bannerman who returns to the Conservative Party fold after his unsuccessful bid for the UKIP leadership.

Conservative Home carries a statement (which we have no reason to not believe is) from DCB himself in which he slams UKIP as nothing more than "a pressure group".

It was, of course, a "pressure group" that he tried to win the leadership of... after himself being Deputy Leader for four years (2006-2010).

For this blog... we do actually like David Campbell Bannerman as a person. Very warm towards us, very friendly, can't say a bad word about him personally.

Politically? We won't comment too much because we do like DCB personally, but if his heart isn't in UKIP anymore, the party will be better off without him.

Especially as he claims to be "increasingly impressed by the leadership shown by David Cameron".

At the London hustings for the UKIP leadership, DCB was booed and heckled by some of the membership after suggesting he might step back from the front line of the UKIP team were he to be unsuccessful in his bid to win the post of party leader. So, news of this defection doesn't come as an enormous surprise.

But can the Conservatives keep him in the fold this time? Or will DCB return to UKIP someday, when the reign of Nigel Farage comes to an end..?

It's a shame, but there are more people defecting to UKIP than from it. Can't win them all. Especially after they've lost.

See also:
Independence Home - FANTASTIC NEWS! David Campbell Bannerman is gone!!!
Bloggers 4 UKIP - Bye bye Dave, don't let the door hit you on the way out
Michael Heaver's Blog - Alex Singleton joins DCBless UKIP
BBC News - UKIP MEP Campbell Bannerman defects to Conservatives
Conservatives - Conservative Party welcomes David Campbell Bannerman MEP

#spanishrevolution - live (and updated) [Spanish People's Demands include EU referendum clause]

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Note: This has been an evolving post which began on Friday at lunchtime and has been added to numerous times since. What follows is the original post with updates and amendments to a moving news story.
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Hilarious really that the closest we come to a revolution in the UK is from lefties demanding MORE government snooping and interference... while the youth of Spain seemingly unite beyond political partisanships to say 'no' to politicians and bankers.

Here's the scene from Barcelona:

Clearly, while we're being encouraged to be engaged with detail about the sex life of that well-known footballer whose identity we all know but can't say...

...the youth of Spain are sending out a message to the politicians and the bankers: 'we're not your f***ing slaves, you corrupt bas****s'.

Thank goodness for the Spanish and the Greeks...

Love Europe, love Europeans, hate the EU.

UPDATE at 20.24 (Fri): News is that too many Spanish folk are descending on Sol in Madrid and are now taking up residence on other major squares. Also evidence that the Spanish Revolution against politicians and bankers is being mirrored around the globe. See here too.

UPDATE at 01.36 (Sat):

Just spotted this...

"Demands - - Obligatory referendum before introducing any measures dictated by the European Union."

We're with you, Spain! (Por todos en España - saludos y buenos suerte! Todos en el mundo estan españoles en el corazon ahora! Y yo tambien! Nos amo los gentes de España!)

UPDATE at 13.54 (Sat): An expected-to-be-large solidarity gathering is taking place outside the Spanish Embassy in Belgrave Square, London.

UPDATE at 22.39 (Sat): Solidarity gatherings have been witnessed - of varying sizes - around the globe. Here's the small gathering in New York:

UPDATE at 18.36 (Sun): News of demonstrations in solidarity taking place in Berlin can be found HERE. London protestors at the Spanish Embassy have, according to reports, made public plans to remain in place for at least another WEEK! Click here for Google translation of Spanish language article.

The poor coverage of the Spanish events from the British media continues to amaze - almost as though there were a virtual conspiracy of silence.

When this all kicked off a week ago, there were reports of police violence against protestors. This seems to have stopped now that such huge numbers have turned out in Puerta del Sol, but for accounts of what took place, there is a Google translation here.

UPDATE at 08.28 (Mon): Seems the people of Spain have given Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero a good hard kicking in the ballot box. They're seemingly heading towards kicking out Tweedle Dum and bringing back Tweedle Dee. Ahhh, democracy! Those Spaniards could be on that square in Madrid for a very long time. And our solidarity will stay with them.

List of further streaming cameras from Spain and around the globe HERE.

See also:
The Spanish Revolution [ENGLISH] - Who and Why
Marketwatch - In Spain, protesters rally a battered nation
Al Jazeera - 'Yes we camp' activists hit Spanish streets
Channel Four News - Spain's 'indignados' summon spirit of 1968
El Pais - Photo Gallery
The Guardian - Spanish protesters head for standoff with police in Madrid square
RTE - Protestors occupy Madrid's main square
Washington Post - Spanish demonstrations reach largest numbers yet
Why We Are Protesting In Spain
Muffled Vociferation - Spain Takes to The Streets

Another one bit the dust...

While we were busy covering the (still ongoing) Spanish Revolution over the weekend (shame on the British media for their woeful coverage, but The Talking Clock hasn't let you down!), there was another story on Friday that we didn't have room to mention...

"Former Labour minister Elliot Morley has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for dishonestly claiming more than £30,000 in parliamentary expenses," reported the BBC.

They're jailing so many of these politicians that it hardly seems newsworthy any more!

Another one bites the dust... and another one does and another one does, another one bites the dust.

Hope Queen don't mind me borrowing a couple of lines of their awesome classic (Greatest Hits available at all good retailers. Buy it! - etcetera).

How many more of them are gonna be quizzed by cops, arrested, prosecuted and or jailed?

Anyone in British politics left who hasn't been shamed by their own or a colleagues conduct?

This is why we can't abide most of you. You don't listen to us and corruption in your own ranks is rife.

No wonder the Spanish are on the streets. Same situation there.

Still, I'm not angry. Just makes me wanna sing!

Are Britain's politics too tribal and mindless to ever enact a #spanishrevolution?

For two or three days now, I've been watching the #spanishrevolution unfold.

I have found it fascinating, emotional, inspiring, amazing, impressive... any number of adjectives. Most of all though, it has given me hope.

Declaring an interest, I do have a special affection for Spain, the Spanish people, the culture of the country and it's language. For that reason, I have felt close to the unfolding events across the Spanish mainland and beyond.

Yet as an Englishman, for all the joyous spectacle of the #spanishrevolution, I also find myself somewhat embarrassingly believing that such a powerful stand by the people against tyranny is unlikely to ever happen here.

Why? It is my belief that the mindset of people in this country is way too tribal - a political, partisan tribalism that is far too entrenched to ever have the maturity to join together.

Let's take for example the recent student fees protest. To the casual observer, it would have looked like an anti-Tory march.

There was very little said about the fact that Labour introduced those tuition fees in the first place - mainly because the march was populated by people with Labour affiliations or extreme left-leanings.

For that reason, those protests lacked my support - they were dishonest.

Had they solely focused on tuition fees, I may have sympathised. Instead, they chose to carry placards condemning "Tory scum".

Same with the distribution of wealth - again, "Tory scum"... without a mention of the fact that a great many in the Labour party are filthy rich, champagne socialists.

Same with "fair votes" and "democracy". Yes, "fair votes", yes, "democracy"... but not a single mention of the dictatorship that is the European Union.

There's no need for a EU-sceptic to be xenophobic... we can celebrate the freedom of expression that Europeans have elsewhere - time and again, we see that the people of other European nations are able to express their disquiet at the European Union and all it brings, but the left here try to shame us into silence with name-calling.

Same with immigration... people in every country on the planet can express their views, reservations and unhappiness at unmitigated immigration. Try that in this country, and the left will brand you any of one of their very long list of insulting names to try to shame you into silence.

So, we have to let the French and Italians, the Germans, the Spanish and the Dutch talk about these things openly, because the left here has us all at threat of arrest should we say anything.

There are just so many things.... I could go on and on and on.

What should happen is that the left should try to find areas on which we agree and unite behind the agreement.

For example, does the European Union dictate laws, rules and regulations and is it a democratic organisation? Does it cost us fifty million a day to be a member? Is there an on-going trade deficit? Is the European Union so corrupt that it's accounts have not been signed off for sixteen years?

Yet you won't get many on the left to admit it. They're too wrapped up in an ideology and a group think thing to be able to admit what's wrong.

Just like the "Tory scum" thing... that's funny, the newspapers I keep reading demonstrate that it is Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians who keep being questioned by police, arrested, prosecuted and/or jailed for corruption and/or fraud.

So, the #spanishrevolution will have to be something we have to sit back and watch on TV. Else adopt Spain as our second nation (for many Brits, it is).

Unfortunately, until the left can grow up, show some maturity, leave their University brainwashing behind and start looking at issues on a case-by-case basis rather than being wrapped up in an ideology, cloaked in meaningless political partisanship, then we're buggered, frankly.

Look to Spain... the #spanishrevolution is aimed at ALL political parties. It's the parties that get into power that are the problem. The #spanishrevolution is not by a poltical party against a political party - it is free people against all political parties and affiliations depriving them of a voice.

It is against corrupt politicians and their banking gangster friends. Yet you can almost guarantee that the left here will just bundle that all up as "Tory scum" - again, overlooking the champagne socialists at the top of the political parties the left supports. Casually ignoring that politicians of this country - of the left and of the right - are actually all in on it, are all part of the machine.

Thankfully, the Spanish have worked it out. Thank goodness for the Spanish!

Should the #spanishrevolution succeed, I might be glad of the European Union and it's free movement of people.

If the uniting of people from all political persuasions in Spain and France and elsewhere delivers a new kind of democracy, I ain't staying here to live in a left-created hell-hole where thinking is unlawful and debate restricted by a tyranny of misguided ideological intentions.

I can think of no better place to send people for an example of what I'm on about than the comments under every single story published by The Guardian's website.

Don't look at the gangsters in politics and banking... look at the bogeyman instead, urges the corporate media

So, we have a huge global revolution stretching from the streets of Madrid and reverberating around the world... we have protests on the streets of France against the G8, protests on the streets of the Czech Republic...

...everywhere you look, all over the planet, the people are raising their voices as one against the corrupt politicians and the bankers.

The mainstream media response?

"New Al-Qaeda chief pledges major attack on London to avenge Bin Laden's death" and "Osama Bin Laden masterminded plot to blow up shoppers in Manchester city centre".

Shut up.

We're not scared of the bogeyman anymore.

All the evidence strongly suggests that 9/11 was an inside job and the Bilderbergers are now fighting wars on behalf of Al-Qaeda - a group created by the CIA - against the sovereign nation state of Libya.

And anyway, we'll counter your bogeyman scare stories with this:

Look at the bogeyman! Don't look at the gangsters! Please!..

See also:
PrisonPlanet - New Details On Al Qaeda Pentagon Lunch: Defense Dept. Was “Impressed” With Terrorist’s Presentation

Swiss legislator calls on authorities to arrest Bilderberg members

And you thought it was all a 'conspiracy theory'.

Swiss legislator Dominique Baettig of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) has written to the Government of Switzerland calling for the arrest of key Bilderberg members, should they set foot in the traditionally 'neutral' country for the Bilderberg meeting in St. Moritz next month.

In one letter to the Conseil D'Etat, he calls on the Swiss state "to make preparations for the immediate arrest of Mr. Bush, Mr. Kissinger, Mr. Cheney, Mr. Pearl, and so forth in case of their arrival at Geneva Coitrin or Zurich Kloten Airports or otherwise at Samedan or at finally at Sankt Moritz Airport as for the subsequent delivery to the respective Criminal Courts in charge (Den Hague or others)."

He adds: "According to what is going to occur after the fact, given the Bilderbergers will actually come to St. Moritz to commit treason against Switzerland as they have done in the past four times on Burgerstock and once in Bad Ragaz, I am awaiting your swift and forthcoming response."

Baettig's letter follows up on a previous piece of correspondence, dated 1st May, which he sent to the Federal Department of Justice & Police.

In that letter, he wrote: "[The Bilderberg Group] unites a kind of European and global elite of Bankers, Industrialists, Diplomats, US and European NATO Brass, crowned heads, Media groups, their Moguls and Editors, as well as Heads of States, whether retired or not, which coordinates, exchanges, organizes and structures, out of all democratic control, the major guidelines towards economic globalization."

His damming critique of the actions of the Bilderberg Group ends by asking the prosecutor: "Does the implication of Politicians, Businessmen and Media Group owners sharing (globalist) motivations contrary to our Sovereignty not represent Crimes against the State (Art.266.1, Art.266 bis, Art 267.1), plus undermine the independence of the (Swiss) Confederation with diplomatic Treason?"

In February, George W. Bush cancelled a trip to Switzerland allegedly at fear of arrest after Baettig wrote to the Swiss authorities calling upon them to arrest the former U.S. President for war crimes.

Dominique Baettig... we salute you!

Footnote: Quite a few of our own politicians could write similar letters to our own authorities. They're possibly lacking the confidence to expose the Bilderberg Group in a similar way - due to the implications of being seen to be a "conspiracy theorist" and the expected ridicule that may follow.

...but as the #spanishrevolution shows, "Democracy 1.0 has failed. Democracy 2.0 is now booting."

This time, we the people know what we are up against.

H/Ts: We Are Change.

Job Vacancy: Imaginary Money Fraud boss

A vacancy has arisen at New World Order headquarters for a senior management position and applications for the post are now invited from all Bilderberg approved globalists.

JOB TITLE: Head of Imaginary Money Fraud

SALARY: As much as you like

ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES: Ownership of land taken from formerly sovereign nations. Current incentives are being paid in Greek island ownerships.

JOB OUTLINE: Global management of imaginary money, with a particular responsibility for dispensing imaginary money in the form of loans to formerly sovereign states which owe too much imaginary money to globalist bankers. This partnership between globalist bankers and the Imaginary Money Fraud organisation allows us to plunder the assets of nation states, rid these nations of their sovereignty, and to stitch the local populations into further generations of clandestine slavery - working as many hours as possible to pay off debt, created through imaginary money that never existed.

PERSON SPEC: The ideal candidate will be fully vetted and certified as a suitable puppet by the Bilderberg Group and must fully subscribe to the New World Order Agenda including, but not limited to, the eugenics program and the aim of 90% population reduction.

We're especially interested in hearing from those suffering from impotency and who have taken long-standing vows of chastity after problems with the last post holder in a related area.

The Imaginary Money Fraud is an equal opportunities employer and we're particularly keen to receive applications from one-eyed Scottish idiots.

EXPERIENCE: The ideal candidate will have experience of signing away a country's national sovereignty - preferably whilst at the same time avoiding a popular uprising by the slaves. A demonstration in the use of sedation through fluoridated water of said slaves will be positively looked upon.

Excellent skills in selling off national gold reserves at rock bottom prices and leading a nation state to the brink of bankruptcy are also highly desirable skills.

Due to increasing pestilence from the slaves worldwide who know what we're doing, we're looking for agile candidates who are good at self-defence through the throwing of random staplers, fax machines or other bulky office stationery equipment.

If you match our person spec and have never been elected to high office but took it anyway, we look forward to hearing from you.

The Imaginary Money Fraud - a trading name of the Bilderberg Group.

See also:
Sky News - Brown 'Not Right' To Take Over IMF Top Job

Quote of the Day: Self-defined 'former climate alarmist now skeptic' edition

"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s. But the gravy train was too big, with too many jobs, industries, trading profits, political careers, and the possibility of world government and total control riding on the outcome. So rather than admit they were wrong, the governments, and their tame climate scientists, now outrageously maintain the fiction that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant."

- David Evans, who "consulted full-time for the Australian Greenhouse Office (now the Department of Climate Change) from 1999 to 2005, and part-time 2008 to 2010, modelling Australia’s carbon in plants, debris, mulch, soils, and forestry and agricultural products."

H/T: HotAir.com

Will the last MP to be investigated by the police or sent to prison by the courts please give us back our country?

We all know about Bilderberg attending IMF boss Dominique Strauss Kahn and arrest Stateside. We'd have thought his Bilderberg connections would have got him out by now, but we better not say too much...

Back home, assorted Members of Parliament (mostly Labour) and a couple of peers have been prosecuted over their fraudulent expenses claims - one or two have even been sent to prison.

Now we have Essex Police "speaking to "key individuals" over claims Cabinet minister Chris Huhne tried to evade punishment for speeding.

Mysteriously and bizarrely (to us), UKIP's Nigel Farage has already been asked about the Chris Huhne case - something about whether or not they were on a plane together (apparently).

And it doesn't end there - according to the BBC: "Police are to investigate the expenses claims of ex-Lib Dem cabinet minister David Laws, a Labour MP has said."

In the last Parliament, Tony Blair was questioned by police - a first for a serving Prime Minister.

In fact, these politicians are keeping our police forces so busy, it's a wonder we have any police left to maintain public order.

All of this, and still no one prosecuted under the Treason laws.

Perhaps we need to persuade a Member of Parliament to report a fellow MP for Treason to get something done?

Anyway, will the last MP, politician, or globalist to be investigated by the police or sent to prison by the courts please remember to give us back our country - preferably in the condition it was in when you stole it from us?

EXCLUSIVE: The Talking Clock interviews investigative author John Morgan, author of the 'Diana Inquest' series of books into the death of our Princess

With phenomenal renewed interest in the killing of Diana, Princess of Wales being evident at this blog, a documentary movie about the inquest Unlawful Killing hitting Cannes and the headlines, and with people coming here constantly - day after day - having searched for the term "Princess Diana Wikileaks" on Google, we thought this a good time to give those unfamiliar with some of the detail a quick opportunity to catch up.

We invited Australian investigative writer John Morgan, who has published a hugely respected, four volume series of research into the Diana case - receiving grand praise from none less than Mike Mansfield QC for his efforts - to have a chat with us exclusively here at The Talking Clock.

We're delighted to say that he agreed and so, here for you - especially those of you who don't know the background - is our interview with John Morgan.

1. Firstly John, thank you so very much for agreeing to answer some questions for us. Let's start with a little about yourself - what caused you to start writing your series of books examining the death of Diana?

I have always considered that the circumstances of the crash didn’t quite add up, but it wasn’t until Paul Burrell, in 2003, published the note from Diana that predicted she could die in a car crash, that I really took an interest in the case. 

I was forced to retire due to ill health – a terminal neurological illness called multiple system atrophy – sometime after that, and I decided to start researching the Paris crash. By the time the Paget Report was published late in 2006 I already knew a fair bit about the subject. I read through that report and very soon started to realise how flawed it was. 

I then decided to write about it and in October 2007 published my initial book, Cover-Up of a Royal Murder: Hundreds of Errors in the Paget Report, which was used by Michael Mansfield at the London inquest.

2. And what were or are your views on Diana herself? Were you a 'fan', for want of a better word?

I have never particularly been a fan of any royals, including Diana. I really didn’t know that much about her until I started doing the research about six or so years ago.

I now see her as a very special person, who at a young age naÏvely married for love into the royal family. She was special because she didn’t waste her privileged position – instead Diana led the way on many critical issues including attitudes to AIDS, support for the homeless and the campaign to rid the world of landmines.  

3. Now, no less an authority than Mike Mansfield QC has praised the results of your work in researching the details and publishing your findings of the case - how did that feel?

I am extremely pleased and grateful that Michael Mansfield has praised my books and affirmed the significance of my investigations.

4. Onto the case, let's start at the end. What is the one fact that is little known that, above all, you would want those who believe it was nothing more than a 'tragic accident' to consider..?

I think that people either don’t know about, or underestimate, the significance of the mistreatment of Diana inside the ambulance. Most appear to believe that the ambulance people were negligent in delaying her arrival at the hospital, but there is a lot more to their actions – this is addressed in question 15 below.

5. This blog author - along with many others who have looked at the case closely - believes that Diana's landmines campaign, more than anything else, lies behind the events of August 31st 1997. At the inquest, Mike Mansfield QC wasn't allowed to probe too deeply into that subject area, repeatedly being warned off asking too many questions about Bosnia and Angola. Did you, like me, get the impression Mike Mansfield had a few more clues about what to ask on that subject matter than we've been allowed to know?

Michael Mansfield appeared to be very restricted in his questioning on landmines and I’m sure he would have liked to delve into that subject much deeper than he was allowed to.

6. The British press coverage of the inquest seemed to be more taken up with lurid details about Diana's love life - real or imagined - than any actual detail from the inquest witness testimony. Was that simply a mark of the press being in the gutter, or was something more sinister at play?

It’s hard to know for sure what drives the British press – on this issue they seem to be quite keen to follow the Establishment line. And since the British Establishment is a prime suspect in the assassination, that media approach has prevented the truth from being made public. The media seem to act as one – for example, uniformly they misreported the jury verdict as unlawful killing by the paparazzi, when the jury said unlawful killing by following vehicles, and it can be proven beyond doubt that those following vehicles were not paparazzi. 

The Daily Express is the only British media I know of that has been prepared to break away from the Establishment line in their reporting of developments in this case.
 
7. So, let's rewind to August 30th, 1997. When Diana and Dodi first arrived at the airport at Le Bourget for Paris, they experienced the first fear inducing journey in the chain of events that were to take place. What has your research thrown up about that journey which people should know?

There are two aspects to this trip.

Firstly, the witness evidence reveals that there were lots of photo flashes, but no photos have ever appeared. If these photos had been taken by paparazzi then they would have been published. There are no photos. 

Secondly, there were also powerful motorbikes that threatened the Mercedes on that trip – these could not have been paparazzi because they were driving scooters and small cars.

The evidence on the day points to the existence of people on bikes taking photos, pretending to be paparazzi. This applies to this journey as well as the final journey – there were also photo flashes witnessed during that journey, but again no photos have materialised. 
 
This could well have been part of the orchestrated conspiracy, in other words, the idea to pin the crash on the paparazzi was being set up right through the day. The occupants of the Mercedes had no way of knowing that the people taking these photos were not paparazzi. 

8. So, we get to the evening of 30th August - Diana and Dodi abort plans to go to a restaurant and seek refuge at the Ritz Hotel. As Diana enters the hotel, the CCTV camera clearly shows her looking quite upset and distressed. What do we know about what caused Diana to become upset?

Strange as it may sound, the evidence actually shows that Diana and Dodi never planned to go to the other restaurant – the Chez Benoit. Witness evidence reveals that their plan all along was to go to the Ritz Hotel for dinner, but the Chez Benoit was told to people probably to create a diversion  or decoy for paparazzi or anyone else who they didn’t want to know their intended route.

I would think that Diana was distressed because of the pressure that was being built up by the fake paparazzi on their large motorbikes. Again on this trip – from the apartment to the hotel – there was witness evidence of photo flashes and again there have never been any photos of this trip ever published.  

9. Now, it is during the evening that Henri Paul's movements become the centre of much mystery. We know from witness testimony at the inquest that people claiming to be from the British press were going into Parisian bars offering people money to say that Henri Paul had been in there drinking during the evening, even though this was not that case. Do we know exactly where Henri Paul had gone and why?

Henri Paul left the Ritz around 7 p.m. and returned about 10 p.m. 

There is certainly an air of mystery about where he was and what he was doing during those three hours.

The following is an excerpt from Part 1 Diana Inquest: The Untold Story – it sheds some light on it:

“We know that Henri:

• had told Claude Garrec [his close friend] that he would be working late that night
• phoned Didier Gamblin [working at Dodi’s apartment] about work at around 7.30 p.m.
• didn’t spend the time at home
• didn’t spend the time with friends or family
• entered Josiane Le Tellier’s bar for a short time at around 9.45 p.m.
• drove off in his car from Josiane’s just after 9.45 p.m.

“There is something else that we know that is very significant: We know that Henri either spent the disappearance time on his own or with a person or persons. 

“Whoever Henri did spend the time with, does not want us to know who they are and what Henri was doing – otherwise they would have come forward. So he, she or they have something to hide. 

“If Henri spent the time on his own somewhere, then why hasn’t someone from the Paris public come forward with a sighting? 

“The evidence indicates that if he had been at a loose end he would have gone to Garrec’s place, where he regularly went on Saturday nights.

“The evidence also suggests that Henri considered himself to be working, in one form or another: he phoned Gamblin at 7.30; he didn’t change his clothing; he told Josiane that he was “on call” and he didn’t spend any time with friends.”

Other parts of that book indicate that Henri spent at least some of that time getting instructions from his intelligence agency handlers.

10. Back to the Ritz and a car was provided to Dodi and the Ritz. That car and the limousine firm, Etoile... what can you tell us about them or about the car?

What happened is there was a late plan to turn the two cars waiting out the front of the hotel into decoy cars and instead use a third car from the back driven by Henri Paul.

The evidence shows that the plan came from Henri Paul and Claude Roulet, both of whom appear to have been following instructions from an intelligence agency on the night.

The evidence about this is extremely complex – but nevertheless very strong – and is all in Part 1 of the Diana Inquest books.

11. Now, Diana and Dodi left from the rear of the Ritz to make that fateful last journey. This blog author retraced that exact journey in Paris. For those who haven't been there, it really isn't the route anyone would take to go from the Ritz to Dodi's apartment. Do you believe that they actually were going to Dodi's apartment?

Yes, there is no evidence that they were going anywhere else.

They didn’t go down the Champs Elysées because the traffic is too heavy on a Saturday night.

Instead they turned right onto the riverside expressway with the intention of exiting at the first exit after the Alexander III tunnel.

The witness evidence reveals that one of the large motorbikes – mentioned earlier – placed itself on the right of the Mercedes while at least another two bikes also surrounded it. The bike on the right prevented the Mercedes from exiting where it wanted to and it was forced into going through the Alma Tunnel.  

12. So, pursuing vehicles. White Fiat Unos, James Andanson, mysterious cars which witnesses said disappeared up side roads in the direction of the British Embassy... for anyone who thinks we're making this up, where should they start their research?

I would seriously suggest reading Part 1 of my books!

You have to look at what the witnesses said and then compare one with the other. And not just what they said at the inquest, but what they said in their original statements at the time – most of those were withheld from the inquest jury. 

Really as to what happened on the journey and in the tunnel and leaving the tunnel, all we have is what the witnesses said – there is no CCTV footage ... and that’s another story!
 
13. Now, within no time, the media raced to proclaim that Henri Paul had been driving at 121mph at the time of the crash. Who put that deliberately false story out, do we know?

On the afternoon of 1 September 1997 the Paris Public Prosecutor announced to the press that Henri Paul was driving three times over the French limit – 1.75 g/L.

I know the 121 mph was published in the British press, possibly even late on August 31 – I’m not sure where that one came from. 

14. At the inquest, respected scientists trashed the management and processing of autopsy samples supposedly taken from Henri Paul. These are the samples that apparently indicated that he was high on alcohol, prescription drugs, and carbon monoxide poisoning. How confident are you that these were Henri Paul's samples?

The respected scientists were fully justified.

There is no way that the samples tested belonged to Henri Paul. The evidence is overwhelming that there were two bodies in the autopsy room. To start with, there are two sets of documents! 

A lot of critical evidence on this comes from documents the jury never saw. I was provided with these important documents that are from within the British Paget investigation. 

This is very complicated and is covered in Part 3 of my books – Diana Inquest: The French Cover-Up. This issue was also addressed by me at a press conference held last year. There is footage from that on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfqTJ9ZXLAg  It is in two parts.    

15. Now, much has been made about the time it took the French to get Diana to hospital. Although it is not pleasant to consider, do you believe that the journey to the hospital was so incredibly slow due to the medical teams in Paris taking care of our Princess... or did something sinister take place in that time, in your view?

Diana survived the crash. 

The two people on the driver’s side – Henri Paul and Dodi – died instantly, but the two on the passenger’s side, Trevor Rees-Jones and Diana, survived.

It took Diana’s ambulance 1 hour 43 minutes to get to the hospital, then 6 minutes later Diana stopped breathing – at 2.12 a.m. She never recovered from that.

There are several factors that indicate Diana was mistreated in the ambulance:

1. the length of time it took – there were unnecessary delays – 43 minutes to get Diana into the ambulance, 35 minutes stationery inside the ambulance in the Alma Tunnel, 25 minutes to travel 5.7 km: all up, 1 hour 43 minutes to get Diana to a hospital.
2. there is documentary evidence that a thoracic trauma was found straight after Diana was taken in to the ambulance, yet in the later transcripts of conversations from the ambulance to the base the doctor said “nothing for the thorax” twice.
3. The ambulance stopped for 5 minutes just 500 metres from the hospital. The doctor said this was to increase Diana’s fluids, yet that was something that could have been done in a moving ambulance. Following journalists saw a doctor get out of the front and go into the back – bringing the number of people in the back to four – and also witnessed what they called a “rocking” ambulance.

There are other factors which also point to sinister mistreatment – this is covered in Part 2 of the books: Diana Inquest: How & Why Did Diana Die?    

16. We then have the case of the Mishcon note. It amazes me how many people don't know what the Mishcon note was. What can you tell us about it? And what can you say about Diana leaving notes outlining her fears?

The Mishcon note was written up in October 1995 by Diana’s lawyer, Victor Mishcon, following a meeting with Diana, during which she expressed fears that efforts could be made to dispose of her in a car crash.

After the 1997 crash Mishcon took the note to the MPS Commissioner, Paul Condon, who locked it away in his safe. The police secretly kept the note until 2003, only passing it onto the coroner after Paul Burrell made public a different note to himself, with similar content.

17. You may remember that Diana gave an interview to the BBC programme Panorama. In retrospect, do you think that had a ring of 'insurance policy' to it, in much the same way as the Mishcon note?

There is no question that the witness and documentary evidence shows Diana feared for her life – she said that she particularly feared Prince Philip, Robert Fellowes and Nicholas Soames.

I believe that when Diana spoke out – on Panorama and to Mishcon – it was really saying, “Well, if something happens to me, you’ll know it wasn’t an accident” or “you’ll know where to look”.

I think that Diana felt her insurance policy was her high profile and the fact she was loved by so many people around the world. In the end that appeared to mean nothing to the people who got rid of her.

18. After months of deliberation, the inquest jury found that Diana had been the victim of unlawful killing. The British press were loathe to report that detail and no criminal investigation has been launched as a result of that finding. What's going on there, do you think?

Immediately after the verdict, the mainstream worldwide press uniformly converted “unlawful killing by following vehicles” into “unlawful killing by the paparazzi”. It is difficult for an outsider to understand how this could happen, but there are probably a few journalists, editors or media owners who could shed light on it.

In the judge’s 2½ days of summing up to the jury he often replaced the term “following vehicles” with “paparazzi” and that possibly had some influence on the assembled media.

The fact that the police – in both France and the UK – have not made any attempt since the inquest to identify the drivers or riders of the following vehicles could be further evidence that the authorities in both nations were complicit in what occurred in the Alma Tunnel.  

19. Some might say we will never know exactly what happened to Diana, so we should let it go to protect the feelings of William and Harry. Others say we should let her rest in peace. What do you say?

Princess Diana was very strong on seeking justice. It is hard to believe that it would have been her wish to let the perpetrators of her assassination walk free, while the rest of the world “moved on”. 

Since she is not around to seek justice in this it is up to those of us who remain to seek that justice on the part of her and Dodi Fayed.

We are slowly finding out what occurred and I believe that in the end the truth will prevail over the evil that has been perpetrated and continues to be perpetrated in the form of the ongoing cover-up.

20. What question do you wish I had asked about the case and what would be the answer to it?

I think you did very well with the questions!

For people who really want to know more about what took place on 31 August 1997 – and during the ensuing cover-up – there is a lot more information in the four volumes of the Diana Inquest books.

• John Morgan's series of books investigating the death of Diana are all available through Amazon UK. Each edition produces hundreds and hundreds of pages of in depth research, analysis and testimony.