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Librarv-Certaloguing
in
publication
Baronr
Alexand6r
Uni ted
Europe
/-di vi ded
Bri tai n.
1.
Eur ope.
- pol i t i cs
1. Ti t f e
320. 94
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The fol l owi ng fi ve arti cl es
qrere
al l submi tted
"for
publ i cati on
auiine 1989
-and
1990: trrro
qrcre publishedi three r*ere not.
;i tEni seO
Tel ephone Bi l l s: A Doubtful Bl essi ng" was^
publ i shed
urtaer i nE ti tl e' "Tel ephone Li nes" i n Outl ookr
(i ssue
6' Oct/Nov
i S8Sl , a
traga-i ne I^have no further r,ri sh to be associ ated e/i th.
;-nr;
Reat tto.fh-South Divide" appeared in a severely edited form
i n
- ef i t i ci smr
( Vol
1 No 4r
-
Dec 1989/ Jan 1990) ? a_
_negazi ne
pubfi snea
' i n
New York by and for Bri ti sh ex-patri ateg l i vi ng i n
n
--5Caes.
I have Ootted an
"i"
and crossed a
'rt'r
here and
ttrerer but both articles are essentially unchanged
ilre article on Edrlrard Heath and un-ited Europe and the filler
'tut
Of The Frying Pan" \rere both submitted for
publication lnore
than oncei neither eras ever accepted.
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finaify,
'freedom
Of The Press" r*as submitted on spec to
Index On Ceirsorship and etas also reiected.
INTRODUCTION
CONTENT AND COMMENT
'Treedom
Of The Preg,s" rpas
qritten
specifically for Index so lilas,
toned dosn substantiallyi indeedr if I. rrere to comit
19 P.P..r.
ny
conplete, uncensored iieq6 on the gutter pFssr no distributor
\,Dil4-etan consider handling the pubficatioh.
-
Before I ever ret
i-Go-cafled
"iournalist"
I-had already forned an- extremel-y low
opinion--of tne typei nothing I have 6een since has canr5,ed me to
;Ita;- thaf opinibn-except td revise it dor*nrpards. It is rcst
unfoltunate that the r,ird "iournalist"
is used 5,o freely to
aesiribe anyone rrrtro contributes to
*$oV\nes
an-d-newspa'perqi
the
a;;ae
pieis"and the gutter press are entirely differeht nedia and
iLoufa- altra5rs be trEated a3 such. Certainly there is no love
i;;a betrrceh them. [Xri1e the trade
prass i.s not always
painstatcinily
accurate and meticulous over every last detailr it
is- t..r. td 3aV that it exi-sts to inform an educated readership.
The functi on of the l atter I have yet to di vi ne.
Earfy on i n my struggl e to establ i sh mysel f as a freel ance I

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subni tted arti cl esr synopses and i deas to the gutter press' AII
1l ; r er e ei t her i gnor ed or i ei ect ed' and i n r et r ospect - I . - have
no
resretsi one 6an becott* tai nted wi th gui l t by associ ati on' At
o.tE
poi nt I
rnanaged to get
4ysel f
i nvi ted i nto the edi tori al
offi cl s of a
*j oF dai l y-publ i cati on; the sub-edi tor I ha' d come
[o-
-;ga
sas unaUfe to gile rne store tha.n a f esr moments of his tine
so 5rrassed
uE over to tEe nerps editor. After keeping
_np
traiting
for^ half an hour he
reqked ne rr'hat I rpanted in as condescendlng a
uanner
a<
;rossible.
Thenr rrtren I explained Iny prolxtsed featurer
he
gave
ie a sotDbre lecture in a hushed tone
+skiqg
re-
-such
pertinent guestiorrs as
"did
I have any training in
jogrnalisn?"
T-ai ni ng i ndeed!
.
----
At- tnis
point I should have
trrcinted
out that b.ipg
.ne1ther
an narrituar liar nor an alcotrolic- I \^ras not a
"iournallst"r_-
ha.d
no Oliiie to beconp oner and left. Hoqeverr irrstead of walkilt
out of the office I sat and endured a lecture from this
oa{ronisine rrtant.r on trow
'\re
tra.ve to be very Gareful" and thus I
il;-
-il4---EonsiaereO
f it to rprite for ttreir- illustri-ous colour
iuprrflrent. I resolved ttris cpuld be the first and la.st tire I
t-ilia-;tei Ue subiected to suctr treatuent. The arrogance and
igroiance--oi thi.s particular individual_are
pretty
?tandard.
I
fa".d--[is
t\rc
have^ to be very careful" less
-ironic
than a si-ck
i;ke.
-i.rst
how careful are-these colour supplements about the
feature rrriters theY enPIoY?
----
I; L- iifativlty itroit slpce of time I read tr,p
'l1ciss
and
teII" stories about- then undisputed rrprld heav5rrrcight chaqrion
Mike T5rson. In oDr a self
-ityl_ed
actress erittr the equally
ptroney
nale of
'?eactres"
explained hoW she trad been USed and
;b.r;a in a sexua.I
(and
brutal ) manner by Iron Mike. In the
oth.;, ; self-professed homosexual
node-
essential]V
-
tpe s'r'n5
;i;in;.
-
In spite of his crll documentedr self-destructive
Uet-viorr and
'short
fuse outside the ringr Mike Tyson is
oUnTorsfy a highly sensitive and at ti-mes st-algely
.vulnerable
person.
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One thlne-that has alwa5rs corE acro5s to re is that he
E lperat.fv rpants- to do the rignt thing. [,*ro can te]-1
q]hg't
tnoiiitrt= t'ust
eo
ttrrough his head r*tren hE readE,crap li-ke
_tha.t?
fn"-"niy thin[ for cErtain
is
that he utrst find such libels
infiniteiy 11nre painful than the beating tre suffered at the hands
of Buster Doug1as.
To take an even
suftplerentr but from a
thL3e libets appearedl
qrtrom
I \lrilf not namer
necroptrilia. In part
norti ci an to bri ng hi
i.n autombile accident
Iuore extrere exampler not fron a. colour
Sundav ne$EElaper.
gtout
ttre snr* tir'p as
a mu6h tovLdl deceased Hollyrrcod actor'
!ra.s accused of no lesser perversion tten
icular it
qras
alleged that he bribed a'
m the fresh corl )ses of young gi rl s ki l l ed
s. Obviously they tnutd never ha've dared
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t o r emai n hi ghl - y specul at i ve by vi r t ue of t he f act t hat t he
peopl e i n t he know ar e not l i kel y t o open t hei r mout hs. Cer t ai nl y
though' those of us srho have been observi ng the
rrrorl d
scene for
some t i me' al bei t f r om af ar ar e mor e t han
j ust i f i ed
i n asser t i ng
that at the very l east, the true nature of unrest, depressi ons
and so forth cannot begi n to be comprehended wi thout a thorough
study of the vari ous covert pov/er groups, pol i ti cal and fi nanci al
qf,ro
have been nanl pul ati ng the
r,,orl d
from behi nd the scenes for
the greater part of thi s century and, accordi ng to sone
authori ti esr consi derabl y l onger.
(See
for exampl e Tragedy And
Hope by Ca.rrol l Qui gl ey or The Naked Capi tal i st by t^). Cl eon
Skousen ).
Even if these groups ope'rated openly and above boardr
(as
to
sone extent the Tri l ateral i sts do )
' the m.n i n the street rpul d
sti l l have the greatest di ffi cul ty i n understandi ng thei r
nactrinations
because they talk in code. The term
"Nest trlorld
Order" for example means rrrorld governmentl
"economic developrent
in South America" neans running a motorrpay through Amazonia and
stuff the rai nforest; and I' B sure the reader r.ri l l recogni -se such
del i ghtful euphemi sms as "rati onal i sati on"
(redundanci es)i
and
' teal i sti c
settl ement"
(a
47 ri se for the shopfl oor and a 2OZ
rise f or: lranageurent ).
Hoqrever bad is the record of the Thatctrer regimet and from a
qprm' s
eye vi ee i t i s pretty appal l i ngr on thi ng i s for certai n:
i f Edward Heath had sti l l been pri me mi ni sterr thi s country rmul d
be i-n an even greater mess; our National Sovereignty rpuLd have
been sol d dor*r ttre ri ver l ong ago' al bei t from the very best of
moti ves.
Recently I was informed by a fringe publisher' a lnern rrrtro is
to some ertent in the know' that the Iron Lady ha.s been
"educated"
i n certai n
matters, parti cul arl y s*i th regards to the
true nature of the fi nanci al system. It coul d sel l be for thi s
reason rather than the current poll tax fiasco that it ha- been
deci ded that 11 gl ori ous years i s qui te enough.
The tmi n arti cl e requi res rel ati vel y l i ttl e commentr thougtr
I should perhaps point out that I am nor"'trere near aq naive about
Soci al Credi t a.s I
nnde
out. Stan Goddardr
(not
hi s real name),
is a gentleman I have core to know quite
qrcll
over the past
couple of years. I mel him through an advertisement rptren I was
tryi ng to organi se. a stul y group. Unfortunal gl y:- tre rsas the onl y
serious restrrcndent so the group never got off the ground, and
though he is considerably older than me and our backgrounds could
hardly be Blore different'
rre '.,rere
both introduced to the
w-i ti ngs of C.H.Dougl as about the same ti me and by the same rl r[2
even though re r^rere then l l vi ng over tr^ro hundred mi l es apart.
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1 1 e 1 1 u a s s a
5 r = b a r r d d e
9 r ' t r - q - a j e
q c T q . i s u o T l n l o s a q +
1 ? . r - -
l 3 ! o - . 1 ^ I 9 ?
J f n o u b c e ' a - r l n b a i f r a 1 q o - r d o F r o u o c a
' a u o
c T t t r o u o o a r r e A l a r n o s I
* i " " t r " i a t - u r r . .
3 o
u a 1 { < i { d a q i
' + n o
p a l Y l o d - a a e q f r q g + g n o p u n
p l n o { Y l
' 6 i r c n o o r U ' c
= v
-
' a u l z e 8 e u
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r a q l J > 1 o o q
- q 1 8 u a l
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e
j o
8 u l a i a - a p d 1 a - r n s s 1
q o l q r t
+ s a q q n s
e s r s r q a
q a o a p a u o s - u 1
p a q c r e a s i l s E z q
1 1
q 8 n o q l l e p t r
( a - r e J > 1 J o c t
p t r e - + u a u i i o i < i ' r n a i r n
+ n o q e - , f 1 1 j e u 1 : d
s 1 q l n o s - q + r o N g I c I l r Y
9 q r - - ' i u o 1 e
s p u n o : 8
I J o u
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P a t n t r e P
a q 0 1 s a A J a s a p
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p u p e s s n c s T p r a ^ a A I p J e q
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s i = i 5 - " q i - d u 1 n s : r i d
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1 u a 1 u 1
a r o u d i e
1 1 a 1
a q 1
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a a r J e s e 3 u 1 q 1
f r c n s
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p a q s e . n u l e r q a w o c a q
9 +
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p a c \ o T I e
s e q r n o q e l
p a s l u i S - l o
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' a s u a s
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, { u e u r
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l u a u z f o l d u a I I n J - a d
: a a 5 u " u ; c a : a q r
; s u r s r r
s T J a ) { J o a r : a d
f r r A f . r "
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sgmebody' : meal . Af t er t hat , beef ho f un has never t ast ed qui t e
t he same f or me agai n.
The di fference betrceen caror wi rson and thi s mi serabre
wr-etch is that she rrzas
a
lour)gr
quite attractive reorran
r*rhile
he
was a somer'*rat older manr
unshaven and ugl-y with it. Not the
sor t of per son you' d i nvi t e i nt o your
f i vi he r oom. He di dn' t
appear to be mental l y di sturbed,
j ust
a
m.n
dSqn on hi s ruck, but
the sarne cannot be said for ma,ny of those one finds on the
streets of the capi tal nowadays.- These peopl e have ri terarl y
been f l ung out onto the streets and l ef t to- rot. rf i t r,nre noi
for chari ti es
_ang
other_agenci es operati ng outsi de the publ i c
:;ectorr
many_ of them truuld not survive. t*rether this quality or
litg is srorth- preservi-ng
is
- liehly
debatea.ble. certaiinry ir.ny
ordinary people
qpuld
considei themselves better off dead tha;
l i vi ng such a sub-human exi stence.
Thi s then i s the real North-south di vi de: a soci o-economi c
schism rather ttra.n a geographical one. For ttrose a.t the top of
t he l adder . l i f e' s a bal r i f or t hose on t he bot t om FUr r r
- i t ' s
l nrk{gre
or-qra.ge sl _avery._ Fg. those berow even thati t' s E}eepi ng
in thq gutter and a. meal of stale beefburger and french fiie;
foraged from a. rubbi str bi n i n a ci ty rphi ch-i s sti l l one of the
tnnj or
fi na.nci al centres of the r,nrl d.
LONG LIVE CEPITETISM!
6

7
I TEMI SED
TELEpt oNE
Bi LLs: A i l ou* Tr - r J' -
BLESSi N{ j
A recent
announcement
t hat BT are t o provl de
cust omers
wi t h
i t emi sed phone
bi r r s hai
-
c^u=eo
co^Li , . i - . r at r o. ,
amo. gst
t he
ygr"l l l l v
.si oups
ortt"
"p..*ti
tn" osoo i "."i ;;=.
They f eer that
r t r ecor ds
or car r s ai r pear
" ' 1.
pi i i i ;
- ; ; ; ; i ; .
* i i
l ' G' ai l l " ur aged f rom usi ne such servi i es
as cni i ai i . r"; --i i f rI t
, , ri ri
Daddy
say?)i
t he AI DS HEl pl i ne,
t * r r o- " r 1" - n. " " - y" " ' n
. i " f r * epi ng
wi t h?) ;
and cri mest opperi , ,
i : a: _f r1; "-t ; ;
u*"r,
E. . =i i i e Jpzl .
As such cart s
are f ree' t here i s no need-f or
t hem-L"-n*"Ei i red
at al l .
Empl oyers,
and parents
Jf-r"""=i ct
teena!.i !*,o.y
be gratefurl
the
rest of us shoul d
ue ari i meE;-
-n"t*=;-F;;
hardl y
a squeak
of protest
tra.s' b-."r
rortn-omi ng
rrom
-tne
usual ry
vocar
ci vi r
l i bert i es
l obby.
TM---f ; ; t
t ht t
-i t *r-s
n. , w possi bt e, (t heoret i cat rv-
6. t any i ?t el --f or
ai i {i si -Terecom
t o record
t he
sffi:Tl+il..6lrE;;H.!='li-*o"
in t[e-ui{
;h;;i;
Ei'*
.iIIy"
n.rr
rf such i i f ormt i on
i s avai rabl e
t o BT i t i s of coursr
avai rabre
t o t he gover*ni .
sucn-i ;
i [ . * ef f i ci ency
of t he present
fl enerati on-
of co' ob,rt".=
--r-n^t
Ji i y
"*r
i
- ^ri i 6
;t any part i cul ar
t i mp-coul d-be
; i l ; "d-; g. i ; ; i
r"i . v ot her.
By caref ur.
screeni ngr
cal l s rmde
to i peci fi "
.,,rrr..;' f
-
i i i l ^;ydi tti l ".=,
Knosrn or susoected
drug deai ers,
trade uni onrsts
coul d
be detai red
andr
-
on the *F.=[-i ,rspi ci on-oi
J.i .r.r.l
or
"di ssi dent,,
act i vi t yr
t aps coul O
Ue aut f r oi i =LO.
*- *!
The st ock
f Fpt y
" r
f . i . i i t ; ; i ; .
apg- t gei st s
i s: so wt r at ?
r f you' ve
done not hi n!
t ^r r - o. t gr - - ! or ' , u.
nbt ni i e
t o hi de.
OnI y t he gui rty
need pri vacyi
and i nvtfri i g' -rtti rt"i i J.=.l =*s
the securi ty
or
i*rrif*i"
o'lg
":::."i*;-";iit-
;i--ti;"-";.iili.,.r
i.--;;i-
only
The poi nts
-so
often mi ssed
are that the most secure prace
a' nyone
can ri ve i n i s a pri son-r
and that trr- most ruthress
and dangerous
".i.i?:l_tn.""!i-,",rt' ni=t"iy"i,*i
n"E, tn.
state.
Far better
our ci ti Sgns
arE pragued
-6v
-i *i l ri ao
of ord' nary
cri mi nars
than norry coJorea-ui "ei t
e.6tnJ..-'
Mor e f r i eht eni . r g
. - i r r ' oi r r 6" - L[ ; ; - i i
i s possi br e
not
j ust
to i temi se,
Ey!
F- i ;o^;r,j -
t.p*
-.;;;;
;;";e ca.rr made
f rom an5rwtrere
i n thg-
country
r.orr.ra--tn.=' i r5.[.'
Ir that sounds
absurdl y
futurri sl i c1
{ni i l t .e.i n,
tn"-!""i i norogy
and the *eans t o do i t i s or obabl y
r eal i saEl e
t hi s cent ur yi
t he wi l l t o do r t has been her e' f or
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Recentlyr the British peopl-e celebrated ten glorious years
of
Thatcheri sm. Judgi ng by the recepti on the Pri re Mi ni ster
received on lrer lp-t visit to the United States, ttre Ar"ericans
vi eg thi s as Bri tai n' s neqr econorgi c rl i racl e. It i s true that
even after ttre cra=h of October
'87
and subsequent stock market
"shake out' rr and i n spi te of the Tori es' fai l ure to cap i nfl ati on
and risi-ng unemplo5rmntr that an increaqing nunber of our people
never tnd lt so good. But it is also true that the gap bete,een
the haves and the have-nots tras never been sriderr and ttrat a ner,r
underclass has corc into existence over the last ferp years. lluch
has been uade of the so-called North./South divide; the rising
salaries and house prices in the "affluent" South Eastr and the
supposed desolation of all industry norttr of trb.tford
Gap. In
reality though the truth is not guite so si.ryle. For wtrile there
is undoulrtably a higher percentnge of realthy people resident in
the, South Eastr EDd cl hi l e sal ari es
(and
pri ces) are general l y
higherl there are also rcre people sleepirrg rough in London than
i n any other ten ci ti es i n the country.
But povbrty does not begin and end with the troreless. A
rccent survey indicated that one family in six noru li.ves in sorrc
degree of poverty. At the 5nm f,lrcr s governrmnt rcinister
claired there is no absolute poverty at all in modern
Bri tai n!
(John
Moore: hi s staterent canrsed an outcry). Certai nl y
there will soon be no uneryloyedl not because the t(rro milli.on
currently signing on rrill be
miraculously
found
jobsr
but because
the goverrurent i s very cl everl y mvi ng the goal postsr fi rst by
pressuri si ngl ttrcn by coerci ng' and fi nal l y by coryel l i ng the
long term
qpsrnFrloyed
into taking up low paid
iob's
on
'approved
"trai ni ng schenes."
THE REAL NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE:
UNEHPLOYMENT AND bDRKFARE IN THATCHER'5 BRITAIN
t^*lAT IS ET?
ETr and the
j uni or
equi val ent YTSr(Youth Trai ni ng Scheme) i s a
cl everl y di sgui sed system of
qprk
for benefi ts. Last year,
Independent Television screened a doculpntary on the Arorican
r*orki are system i n rr' hi ch the former goverrunent mi ni ster Mi chael
Hesel ti ne'
(he
of trl estl and fare) sas i ntervi er' red. l &- Hesel ti ne
r.ras
very enthusi asti c that peopl -e rl ho
qEre
unabl e to f i nd ful l



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9
t i me w<r r k and r sho hacl no vi si bl e mea. ns of s- uppor i : - r l i ci i . i i . i i i - i i :
r equi - r r : d t o eJor k f or t hei r henef i t s. i i . i s r r ot kl r r - ' r , . - i r i r i 4r -
Hesel t i ne' s di st ast e of unear ned i ncomt : r . . : >i t r : nci s i - c> i r i : { _r v. . Ti
por t f ol i o'
but he i s a. damant t hat abl e bodi eci men ar t d \ ^{ mer ) wl r o
r ef use t o
r i r or k
f or t hei r benef i t shoul d r ecei ve none^ The ci r ur us
uras. t akFn
l t p
b), Norman Fordl err Secret ary Gf St at e f or- Empl o. y' rt rcni -r
al t hough he st r essed i n t he f i r st i nst ance t h; r t
l : he =chbme- u. . r - r ul ci
be_ pur el y vor unt ar y.
Anot her scheme whi ch began l i f e i n t he
vol unt ary sect or rpas
Rest art .
RESTART:FROM
VELVET GLOVE TO IRON FIST
Bg!1e.. Apri l and August of 1987, Job centres contacted over <:ne
mi l l i on
ql srnFl oyed
-peopl e,
a.nd sooe B4o,ooo attended Restart
r - nt er vr eer s. r n_ pr i nci pl er
t he i dea of Rest ar t i s a good one.
certai nl y
_Eo?t
l ong term unenpl oyed peopl e get themsel i es i -nto a
I ut
psycl ol ogt _ca] - l y,
_qnd- need
t o mot i vat e t hemsel ves. Many al so
do not know how- t o ef f ect i vel y l ook f or a
j ob
besi des vi i l t i ng
thei -r 1oca.I
j ob
centre once a
qeek
and taki ng cards off thE
notice board. At Restart intervierrrs some of-the rr;ays
out of
unempl-o5rment vpuld be suggested by the intervier.rerl6ounsellor.
Ttrese rrnuld include the conmunity Piogratlure,
(now
scrapped)r a.Dd
Itt".
Enterpri se Al l orrrance Sctreme. TFe l atter, i n spi tl of i ts
hi gh
-fai l ,ure
rater hnq 1ed to-nnny thousands of^ previ ousl y
uneryloye4 !0glr and \,omen starting up and running iheir oqrn
succesi ful l thri vi ng busi nesses.
-In-fact,
for thdse rsi th some
-capi -!3l _
to
_i nvestt-
(eg-redunda.nt qprkers
rsi th si zeabl e gorden
tra.nrl<tra.kes ) the government
has
mde
avairatrle a number of direct
and indirect schenps varying from courses in business *nagerent
to guarantee4
Loansl arr4
l[ey
should certainly be given Eiedit
for thi s. one cannot chal l ei rge the si nceri ty-of Ttre Thatcher
tgvernment' s
devoti on to the enterpri se cul tui e. Hoqrever, for
those sri thout a nq:st ege
!o 4i p
i nto,
(the
m-j ori ty
oi the
unempl oyedr and.neaql y al l -the l ong term une*Froyed), tfre el ement
of
-encourgtgnent
and nurture has been replaceb n! one of coercion
and compul si on.
.
rr-r lt+y of last
!ear1
formal testing
qras
introduced into the
Restart i ntervi eca.
The i nvi tati on to attend i s one rytri ch, i f
refused or i gnored, can and does l ead. to the cl ai mant' s benefi t
qglttC stopped-. I_n_factr I
rct
one young black mnn
w*ro !r)as very
cl r-stressed
qtren
hi s benefi t rpas stopped on thi s pretext, even
thougtr he trad actua.lly attended the intervi-ew!
Ttre Restart f orm noq, consi_sts of no f ecrer than Zz
guesti onsr
al l of rphi ch must be anstr;gred. You don' t wi n a.
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1 0
coconut i f , you get t hem al l cor r ect . but you do r un t he r i sk of
l osi ng con: i der abl v mor e shoul d you gi ve a i ur ong ans( . r er . Man5r of
! h" . - quest i ons
ar e ambi - guous, oi of - t he t ype:
- Have
you 1ei
' of f
beati ng. youl _ wi fe? L.)trat for exampl e i s l -cl ai mant i upposed to
ansrrrer to: t*rat i s ttre mi ni mum r^ragE you wi rl accept? oi i How far
{e
you prepared
to travel to rprk? The form hai to be seen to
be beri eved; i t i s not so much a questi onnai re
as an i nqui si ti on.
cl earl y
-ttt"
ggp4asi s_ of Resfart has shi f ted f rom
' assi sti ng
the-unegpl gv"4 to fi nd rrcrk to
"greater testi ng of the crai mant' i
avai Labi ri ty for r*ork." to quote-verbati m.
TEere i s tal k now of
crai mants bg+"9 requi red to_gi ve
qrri tten
evi dence ttrat they are
acti vel y seeki ng c/ork everJrti me they si gn on.
THE NEW POOR LA[^I
According to Hugh Lansdorrne of the 9boksich based unemplovment
centre GAGOf.J,
(Greenwich
Action Group On Unemplojrment)r- the
eventual ai rn of the new s5rstem are to-a)
pri vati se
-the
enti re
benefits and
'tetraining"
s5rstemsr and
-b)
to create a new
underc'lassr a servant cLass. r raised my eyebrows at this
suggesti one
-but
he shorrcd not the ghost of a-smi l e. Indeedr i t
\ras made with such conviction thit r found it impossible- to
di smi ss the i dea as empty Harxi st rhetori c. rt was' the second
lbrld {^lar' says Hugh- tha.t liberated the undercrass in this
c_ountry. Before the sarr and certainly before the First WoriO
qlar'
everybody rlho was anybody had to ha.le at reast one servant.
Servantsrtre says coul dn' t afford to ra.i se fami l i s5, and tl ere
dependent on their
m-ter/eqrloyer.
He mentions the new trend of
promoting
in-qrcrk benefits such-
Bs
fami ry credit, and says that
under the newr proposed
legistation an efrptoyer
qpurd
ue iule to
off.er. an a.pplicant a
job
on any rdag1 eveir five pounds per rreek,
and the-app_l_lcant
qDuld
be obliged to accept or hive his- benefit
cut off . His take horg p.y rrpurd then be- made up to sutrsistance
Ievel s by i ncome support and fam;l y credi t.
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JOB CLUBS
I a' sked Huqh about
j ob
cl ubsi sr cr en' t t hey an ar t er - nat i ve
t o ET?
over the 6ast
g:"pl:-qi-t;#.
.t[;-;"_;"i"il"t"n.s
run a number or
advert i semi nt s
i n t he pre3s
and on TV-promot i ng j ob
crubs.
The
i dea of t he
j ob
cLub. sl s7i i , ---. p*f gnt l y,
t o f i nd each member t he
best
i ob i n t he_shgrt esi possi ui b
t i me. --' rt rE
i runs provi de
use of
ne(. l spapersr
t el ephones,
-
5f amnsr_
advi ce: : -: . :
Acco-rdi ng
t o Hugh,
members
of t he
qbal (, ri ch-rou
-cri ru-
t rao-i o-mat "' i ""
: ob appri cat i ons
a dav! rf not hi ng
9rs9,
i t ri s-u-i ng;
; -. Gt l . "r-. orry
t o one of t he
catchphrases
dsei i i n the i dvei ti .i .te-"Ii l i i i E.;:
:.-:.i i ^;i i g"i
:on
i s a
j ob
i n i t sel f . "
THE MYTH OF EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING
Returning
to_ETr its i.mmediate predecessor qras
cp. This is not
g,orporal
punishment,
but Connunitt-F;ggf.;d:
Cp rpas run by the
nanpoq=r
services
csrnmi55ien,
_(n6s
,#irslGa_."a
i"prlJiia"6v
a
new Training
comissionl.
-rntiugn
ofgen-iiitiJi.=i
J,' ;f,;*E;;rfnity
HrogrAmme
had
_its,
qood
pointsr
_
cp-consiitEo
"r
furl tine and
pa'rt
time
ioE:._4v
"t-iLEil
*it[-=o'a-a;;i"iG
-.ra -6ilie.ing
proper
rrcrk experi-encei
Job's variea iion i.ili=".p" gardening
and
nursery
*.k
-!o-_i l =yl q!i rre
ol d peoFfes;' -
nones and sports
gg3lhilg:,__ There rrcre arso
""n"-ii".fiEi5i-irr".ntives.
Most- part
Er-rre workers
rrere nore tha.n f ifteen pounas-$r
veek, better
.
of f
than on the dole.
-Gn-.,rrro-
*6lrlEo"rilIil'iid:o*."
zz.az net in
;rccketr and rrcmen
f.Zg.ei- on"CF on a;eiaie:-
ET has no ggch rinanciir
i--ircEiitivEil--rrro
nothing at the end
to show for i t. tal ;-i ;
i .a9! a-sti i ctry--rcrr
for benefi ts
scherne.
parti c-i .pal t:_fi
pfi a-tt"i .-##;i t
ptus
a
,,premi um,,
of
ten to tt' el ve
oounds_per qei :t<.
out
"F-U[i ;;
,,trai nees,,
have to
meet thei -r
cbsts or' r,ror[i nEi
"i [i r,E-"i t-i i .
examprer
?nd the
fi rst
fi ve pounds
of tGi ;-tF;ver
expenses.
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1 2
RESPONSE TO ET
Severar bl ue ghi p
_
compa-ni es trave taken up the ET schemel
including constructiqn
gialt Tgylor trloodrow aird the supernnrket
chai n Sai nsbury. No doubt the l atter' s enthusi asm for ti re scheme
ha.s rpaned considerably since a number of London stores \rere
picketed
_by
the South Enql 1-or1{on Alti-Glorkfare tloverent. Uugh
gal ni Sai nsbury' s
_gi ve
thei r sta.ff tqn dnys trn the
:6n
trai ni ng: so much for
qprk
experi ence. So i n theory, ana
practi cer- one can fi nd tqp Een rrrorki ng
gi de py si de, on*-i ,ati ng
houe a hundred and tqEnt!' pound< a
r,ueek,
ani trre other doinfi
exa.ctl y the sFme
j ob
for hi s dol e l Eoney. Obvi ousl v an
unscrupulous or greedy smFloyer rgourd think nothing of sa6king
the first man
on some. pretert
and taking on anothei ET "trainee"
i -n hi s pl ace.
Incre9ibly the TUC,
(Trades
Union Congress) gave ET the
gregn light-
_
Pg.It pg they have become so ei.sculaled by anti-
trade union legislation ttra.t
ltrev-
could do nothing but- t-"rely
grcquiesce. or
-pelttaps
they didir't appreii-ate
qfiEre
it
-r*ourd
1egd.
_
At any rater an increa-sing nirfober of individual irade
unionists and unions trs.ve been rdaking up to the rearity of ET. rn
4gg::=t-.gr^1*t -Y34r'
ttrree o{ the country's biggest uiriorrsl the
TG[dtr NAL@ and NLJPE spnt so far as to slinsor d-bookret:
'iSctus.re
E.g=
In Round Holes"
qltlich
roundly condEmns the scheme ana cLfti
for proper_ traini.ng_and adeqrrate rates of pa.y.
_ -
prc
_slogan
of ET is "I_et's tra.in the ipFkers
q/ithout jobs
to
do the
jobs qdthout
\rDrkers." In some a.reFqr grafitti
artists
have al tered canpai gn posters
to read
"......tFe
j obs
rpi thout
erErgrESl"
-and -
other_rvitty- but
4epressingry
true captions. The
ertent to strich ET has been both actiieiy_Foycottei and sirnply
avoi ded can be.gl ganed frop the forl owi ng-fi gi rres: NAcRo
-
ttrL
National Association for the Ca.re and Reiett]--ement of Offenclers
has so far managed to- recruit less than 2rooo out of the 2orooo
reguiredr in spite of the nranager'nt's removal of arI ttrose starr
rrrho oppose ttre scbgmq. In provincial
Norqrich not one unenployed
person
qras
recrui ted on to i t. The l atter i s remarkabl e
-si nce
unny less arrare
-
uneryloyed people
are being left with the
imFression at_ Resta.rt intervierps tfra.t if al1 el-se failsr ET is
c_oryulsory.
qbll
r it isnt
r
yet ! And if the Anti
-Workf
are
Hoverent and other organisations keep up the pressrirer
it spn't
becore so.
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The_gover nment
i s commi t t ed not
j ust
t o pushi ng
r r r cr kf ar e,
( l et ' s
cal l a spade a. spade) ' t o r educe t he unei opl oymEnt st at l i t i csl nut
ar so appear s t o be engagi ng i n a cer t ai n' am6unt of st ochai t , i car
gymnasti cs
i n order to ma.ni pul ate the unemproyment fi gures
downqrards.
Si nce 1982 the method of counti ng ti re i -rnenpl oy-E h.s
ctranged_ no f errrer than 28 times !
. -
trlhen they cl-airn ,rn..pioyil..tt i=
noe, bel ow the tvrc mi l ri on mark_
thgy a.re e-xcrudi ng the' r6mai ni ng
9P_oql F. . s
( 88r OOO) ,
t hose on t he Ei r t er pr i se Schei l e t Se, OOO) l t he
106' 000 r r r ho- have al r ea4y been i nduct ed- on t o ET and t he aza, ooo
on
l f t S
( gompul sor y)
Yout h Tr ai ni ng Scheme: no t r ai ni ng
I
. r o
Dener l t . l hese f i gur es ar e by no means i ncl usi ve. And t he
gover nr nent
i s not onl y cont i nui ng t o
j uggl e
wi t h t he f i gur es, but
i :__=!:qel l g
yq
i t:
ei oe3sanda
danpai si i r both agai ni tne' rone
term unempl oyed and for ET.
MOVINC THE GOALPOSIS
LABOUR CAMPS
rf
.
aT{/gnF thinks labour camFs are an alien phenomenon
they had
:E::"trrrnk_agar-n.
For as
qrerl
as under the Nazi s and the
-Gul ag
Archl pel ago,
they srere al so found i n Bri tai n i n. the ni neteei
thl rtres. Trrese caEps di d_not have barbed wi re and armed guardsl
but the el ement of compursi on
qras
sti rr there: no $ork
=
nE dote.
l*rere have tp heard that before? Norman Fowler p.itt.psi
The
British labour
_
cg.trps
_have
been
_highlighted
by a
-iecentry
pubri shed
book:
^Labour
c.rp=: The
gri fi sn-Experi efi ce,
ano-uy-i
dramti zati on:
Brandon: The Spi ri t Of Resi stance,
-
orti .n
-
i ,
gytlgl}ll oq
p tgyr-:pol:ofea
Fy-
the trade_union NALGo. rne prii
|p
perforngcl
by shef f ierd_ Popurar Theatre company a.nd is basett o-n
l l e - exper l ences
of . unempr oyed men i n t he 30' i ,
-
( some
l 2or ooo of
ttreno)
qrtro
rrere sent to la.bour camps to
"harden them up.
"
These
camps $ere set
_
up tq tral n as one
mi ni ster
put i t
i ' a
certai n
crass of ren" srho- had been softened by bein! on ttre
-ooie-
too
long.
_They _rdere
located in rurar areal . ThE men
qrho
attended
qprg
given
four shilli-ngs a rseek pocket money and *reie
s.t to
qnrk
on a vari ety of task{_such_as i orestry ani .arpe.tti yr-*tti _.n,
l i ke ET i nvorved no rear trai ni -ng and notl ri ng to show ai -ttre ena
9f i !' Il g
qtgal i fi cati on
and no reEogni sed .,rorE
.xp-i i en-e.
-i ;..t
ot thF "trai ni -ngl ' i ncl uded di ggi ng and refi l ri ng hol es and other
equal l -y soul
-destroyi ng
exerci ses.
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I attended ttre perfortrrnce
of Brandon at Riverda.Ie Hal-l"r
Ler.ri stl am- ol -tl ay l ?ttt. Sadl y i t r*as not rnl l supl rcrted. Wi thi n
the l i mi tati ons of thi s ki nd of ttreatre i t t.' as bbth
qel l
acted
3nd_
thought provoking.
The governrnent ha.ven't got around to
building g nesr- generglion
of labour campsl not-yet; but one
\.Dnders rrrtren they trilr start one night also ask srtrat a.re the
alternati.ves to ET and f inding
jobs/tiaining
for the unemployed,
gspecially thg long term une"rployed. Unenfiloyed centrei have
been in the foref ront of the- anti-r,prkf...- rol.tt=nt and in the
resistance to the ha,rrassment of
qnsmployed
peoprel but it is one
thing_ to attack a systemi it is quit- another to replace it rrrith
sorethi ng better.
AI-TERNATII/ES TO ET
According to retired accountant Stan Goddard' the
probreu
is not
ttnt of fi ngl i ng sprk nor even of trg.i ni ngr but of i edi stri buti ng
inconeg. Stanr t*tro tra.s
just
had his first book published:
Ttre
t'llrth of unerylo5rrentr explained the principre of social credit to
ure over coffee and bagles at his North London a1m.rtmnt.
"Actual l y- i t' s not so url ch a book as a grubby l i ttl e
1i mphl etl "
tre saysr because I couldn't get proper distribution.
-
According
_
to Stanr tha purpose of eryloyment is not to
ena.ble people tg
9.f..
a_ livingl- but to distribute the goorrq, and
servi-ces deuanded by the comtrnity.
'!'*rat
rse call une4lloyment
is really only superefficiency.
(d-th
nodern technology ther6 are
too many tprkers chasing
-too
fecr
jobs.
If .
r-"hine-can
replace
ten
nen
rrr even
-a
hundred penr then it makes sense to employ the
mctrlne
i.nstead. The other nine or ninety-nirre srtro have
-
been
.nde
redunda.nt do not need to be found
rrpik,
but t*rat they do
need to be found i.s spending porer.
'Trtnt
the governrent
5hould do is not create unnecess;ary or
even usel ess-
j ob6,
but create the credi t, i e the spendi ng p6rrer
to enable these ren to purcha.se
ttre products they hre eaEei to
consure." Hocr i s ttre
governmnt
to do-thi s? I as[<.
]PV
the
_si ryIe-expedi Ent
of r*-i ti ng fi gures i n a bookr" he says.
' ?rovi ded
i t i s done sci enti fi cdtty- i t need not l ead
-to
infrationi the banks do it all the tire and ctrarge us interest
{9..-the
pri vi -l ege
of borrgwi ng rr*rat i s i n effect our or"tn rnoney."
At this poin! he lgses re by
soinc
on to discuss the A+B theoremr
but I understand the gist
of it.
According to Stanr if the governnent sere to create i-ts orrrn
credi t and di stri bute i t to the publ i c di rect i nstead of
borror.ring it from the banking system- by the process of selling
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sl cur i t i es,
t her e t r r oul d
be no Nat i onal
D: bt , ant l no unempl oymcnt
because
the resurtl ^g.
i ""i "^i " i n- purchasi ng
power- r+ou.d ,,real r w{l
ffi""i?,,
aIl Iive comroFtintv-uy-,"-itI"L-I-th;8"
or. even a tr^,o d3y
I eye hi m- suspi ci . ousl y
at . t hi s poi nt ,
but he backs up hi s
cr ai m
wi t t r concr e^t e
docuni nt at i on.
_- - r r =- - i or r t
^g. o= r gBr , t hc
Economi c
Research
coun;i r-;di cruaea
ti -,Et-ti i E govern' ent
shourrl
create
arr i ts or*' n credi t ror puui i " t^-i ti --^nd
that ttri s wotrl cl
have saved
over t hi i t t - t ho; ; ni r
' i i i i or r - po, r i a=
si nce t he Lhr .
"The probrem;
" gavs sian;;i;;;
i"i"ii,litixrliir
";;.
-
ifi; .nly
pl ace
wher e t he st ai e ooes- ci eat e
i t s- oi Jn- " i i oi t
i s t he I sr and
of
Guer nsey-
Ever y.
ot hei - - col " [ . y_
i n t he- - r . r c. t r .
oo. . , r r * , ooney
at
l l ; f ; l : t t
when i t cour d cr eat e- i as ; \ ^r . Ji i oi t
as a sovel ei g^
"Then
$y
d9n' t they?"
I ask.
' 1.Jhy
doesn' t
the government
ban smoki ng?
That ki l rs a hundred
l housand
peopl e
evEry year.
"
I shake nv hiraa.
" Because i t ' s a r acket r "
he sa} ' s'
" t he r *r hol e syst em i s a r acket . , ,
ABOLISHING
THE POVERTY
TRAP
GAGOU
and other unemployed
centres dgr't go
as far as stan,
but
they do, i nteresti n}l 1i --aai ocate
tne a[oti ti on
of the means
tested
benefi t
systetr--rr,a-i ts
repfal Eroen[-i y
"
basi c
i ncome.
Anazi ngl v
thi s i aea i s i ri o-rootaa
i l -pa;' i i y Mi rton
Fri edmanr
l'lrs Thatcher's_
monetarist guru.
---F;i;ffi;
-inclines
more to a
l:q1!1""
income-
taxr uut
"ttugtr
La;Ea;!4n"'siys
that the basic
lncorne qpurd
solve
all the pro6rens-.
:-it-i=-I.
much like stan, s
sociar
credit'
thg main aifrE.en".
F.irs
that this c,ould not be a
credit
created
!I_-!19 ,-q;ia;rurFnt1-
Eu{- one f
j.nanced
out of
taxation-
The probrem
nost unskiiieo-pioiri
nr"6-i=-rn
i*-tn.y
can earn onrv
3 lot"
rrrage'
.so
if ttiJiF-i5r;
iliE
^pgr'-i=
say
Feventy
pounds.
per qFek,
they ni gh!-be-no-rrrcrse
off or even
!.t!9.
off bv stavins
at h6ne
tayi"E-
tnE-ab'I".
But if thev had
a guara'nteed
non-means
tested int8ne- or-iii r".ty pounds-
per
53F:---Jrthi3q
thev- earneo-on-t"F-
-;;Th;i_,
"*ty
roorking part
time
perrraps' qpurd
not be claqed baci< py, ttre-nHss:
This"r^iu1J
give
theu a. rear i ncenti ve
to
qrcri .
ri on-tot-"i
tti =-6"J"t5oi i "=
Professor
Fri errrmn' s
neE ti nl ' -i tr"oi l
rl i *l ' "i i
\ri rr be seen
-that
the poor
and those
oi v..v-roi E|*' #-ri
-
*oo out of tax
althogether
and at the ;ail- tip.,
'{ire
;,c,",f
ture bf depen-ency,, q' i l l
have been eroded..--As-St.' .
=i yf r"-ffi Jt i s needed
i s to
destroy
the poverty
[i ap-wi th6ut
removi ng the safety net.,,
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Wr et her - or not one i ncl i nes t o ei t her of t t r est : scl ut l ons, i i
i s obvi ous t hat somet hi ng i s r adi cal l y wr ong wi t h t t r e pr esent
sy=t em. Cer t er i nl y t he l dea of cr eat i ng
j obs
f or t he sai ' - - e of Lt
i s a poi nt l esg exer ci se. Her e one i s r emi nded of t hose men ai
Br - andon di ggi ng and r ef i l l i ng t t r e same t r ol es over and over ag: i i r t .
Payi ng t he unempl oyed t o do not hi ng
may be abhorent t o t t re
That cheri t es wi t h t hei r "No such t hi ng a. s a. f r-ee l unch
phi l osophyr but f or t he unernpl oyedr \ rl orkf are i s a medi ci ne whi ch:
i f i t cures t he di sease, damn near ki l l s t t rr: pat i ent as s. reI l .
The Myth Of Unemployment: Stan L Goddard one pound from A
Di st ri -but i on' c/ o 84b [ *ri t echapel Hi gh St reet r London El .
Labour Camps: The Bri ti sh Experi ence: Dave Col l edge four pounds
ni nety-fi ve avai l abl e from NALGO.
Square Pegs In Round Holes: Enployment Trainlng
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0lorkfare? by the Unemploynent Unit' 9 Poland Streetr London [d]..
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WIIAT ARE UT'{EMPLOYED CENTRES?
Arthough
qnsmproygd
centres l i ke GAGoU have onry real l y come i .nto
therr o{.i n over the past few years, they have been ar6und i n one
form or another si nce the- l ate si xi ,i es. They stJi tEl - as
crai mants' uni ons.: pressure groups run_-by and f6r
-Genproyeo
peopl el
- r 0og!
of t hem- wi t hout a- gr aht . . Nof u, ' *ny
of t ne cEnt r es
are.gra.nt ai 9g9_
-
by l ocal authori ti es, trusts-, or a mi xture.
Most ar e st i r r r un on a shoe st r i ng. sr i ght l y- ai f i eFent
f r om
clainants' unions are TUc
gentre6.
Theie aie not so much
representati ves' of the unemproyed as an extenti on or tne- uni on
bureaucracy.
GAGOU i s a typi car centre, as far as any centre i s typi cal .
It i s si tuated i n-the l {acbean Centre, a feci nunOrea
varA6--fron
the south bank of the Thames. The
gloorqrich
cenCre-na6i Erob-i;
facility wtri.chr
ia5rs
Hugh Lansdoq'ner has a nucteu]-of-foii'v
to
frtty-regul a{9:
He stresses tho}rgh. that thi s i s a very nargi nal
function of GAGOU. The centre, r"'trich opens five days a-treet<l has
a di sabl ed-l 9upr, vari -ous mi nori ty grbups,
rrproenfs
i roupl ' ana
even a grafitti artq group. They have a- photocopier
ind 3tock a
qn(re
serectton of advi ce' i nformati on and anti -rrci kfare l eafl ets.
GAGot came together in its present
form about isTsl--Since
1984 it has been grant
aidedr aird now has trrc fuff tine tuoilers
plus
an administrator.
Although i-t caters for a widei sereition
of
-r9ups'
i t i s pri nci pal l y
concerned rsi tn
-aavi i i ne-
ana
a:?+9!1T
-un_enplgyed
people.
It also does outreach rprk aid is
attr.Ir.atecl to the South East Federation of Unwaged Groups, the
secretariat of strich is the Tottenham Claim;rnts'-0nion.
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HEATH'S ATTACKS ON THATCHER: THE REAL }!OTM?
Ll i t h t he Labour Par t y i n schi sm: hal f dr i f t i ng f ur t her t o t he
i "i t-;
-t[e-
ottte.- trai i
pl "Gi ne-to run gapi tal i si
better than the
iiii"r,
--
""pr' r-eot^io-tt"itn
is Fapidrv shairing
YP fo5-the,Pt?l
of
Leader of the opposi ti on.
H!s i ncreasi ngl y.
vi trt-ol l c attacK.s on
14.s--fnatcner
;F;-f;;a
-becoming
a naggin! thorn in the side of
tG i6Fv-
-t
instieani nis rafest,
-5n
the theme of Nationar
5Ji".iiii,tv-iJ-
bv f;r the nost outspoken. But those
qtho
are
il;ilf,Efi"-to
-put-it-arr
do1"n to sour
grapes. gnd disilrusion'pnt
nfve--E""n-but^one-face
of the coi n.
-Uni toubtabfy
F-
Heath. does
di i fi tE--i bs
rnatcn i '
probabl y he even despi ses her, but hi s
;;i i ;E ;?- ha;--Jti tgg^
^gai n6t
European
l mi tv
shourd not be
interpreted as aisl;Giav eit[.i to he; or to the Tory partyr but
; a declaration
of loyalty to an obscuret
and soneqt:tat lrcre
cosrcl rcl i tan
organi sati on-
T.IONOPOLY
Ever si nce she ascended the throner-
(fi gurat-i vel y.
speaki ng)1
ilil".Et---fnatctrer
ana-ne.
goverrurnnt have Seen breaki1rg yp state
i l i "!f,gl i "s--ana--p.i vati si ns"ever5rthi ng
i n si ght. Lefti sts ha,ve
tGfi;;IEo
-dtri!- -;--;-l;tnei
Lnsubfre atteryt to aq99t
-striP
#iililiiIEa iiii"rtries-ana-iiive-Cnem
off for the benefit of the
;T;h:' -tuff
ahe
,.Drl<ine class! In fact this is slnply-not true.
a1;"' rnaictlriter--lEirfv-ao-uerieve
privatisatlon bbnbfits both
iil i;iaustaiAs and the consuneFi' tb them'
- -stale
otnership
is
anathenar so i i --rcnopof
V.
Far- frou l ntenti orral l y
l i ni ng
.
the
;;a;-;f theii- triaiti6nal allies and qupportersr
!tt"y
tla've
ijuriuea--
the causei- of-piivatisation
and d9
-rcnopolisation
sith
-,r#Es-[i"ift;
--"i;;"t;
-;;a
eriah [oCar indif fereFg,.!9^:l"T--th"v
"DdI;--ff-i t' s
a rcnopor/r rr rust
go.- They trave afready amgered
!5liJit"i. Ui
"p".ti;s
irp L6nveyanciqEi-
barristers. by proposing. to
;;;--;;- InE'r.F-to Eolicitors-i and-the brer'prs by orderi.ng-
them
i5-I"ri-";i'-r"ry
;i Inei; puUs. All these
groups are traditional
i".v-""t"i!. airO-tn"i-are'
iOopting the sa-q nolnonsense
attitude
["-ttre-Ui egest rcnopol y of al l ] the Conrcn Harket'
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UNI TED EI ] ROPE
To t he That cher i - t es' t he mAi n appeal of a uni t ed Eur ope i s t hat
i t wi l l gi ve t hem t he oppor t uni t y t o pr act i se t hei r own br and of
l ai - ssez- f ai r e on a ver y much l ar ger scal e, i n par t i cul - ar ' t ot al l y
f r ee t r ade. For , wi t h i ncr eased t r ade cones pr osper i t yr
( i n
t heor y at any r at e) . There are of courser
m?t l y
ot her
attracti ons: a reducti on i n red tape and better co-operati on
betrlreen law enforcement and drug control agencies to narIle but
tso. Thi s i s r*rhat the Thatcheri tes
qant.
Hoqrever' there are
those rphose vi ew of a uni ted Europe extends much further.
CONSPIRACY
tilren lft- Heath voices his opinion that the concept of NationaL
Sovereignity is outdated all he is doing i-s repeating publicly
the private utterings of the self-appointed internationali.st
e1i t e.
In l.lay of 1954 a group of bankers' industrialists and
internationa.Ily minded politicians met at the Hotel Bilderbergr
Oosterbeek' Hol l and. Si nce then' Bi l derberg meeti ngsr as ttrey
have become knorlnr have been held annua.lly. Over the
!arsl
a
mere
handful of press releases have been issued concerning the
prrrtrxlse of these meetings. The mediar our self-appointed
guardians of democracyr have had little or nottring to say about
themr and this has led to a vast array of li.terature aimed at
conspiracy buffs rpho view the supposed mactrinations of this group
as a plot to run the
qrorld
from behind ,the scenes.
In 1973 the Bilderberg Group i{as augurented by the Trilateral
Comnissioni the Comissionr
r"rhich
tra.s an overlapping nenbership
with the Bilderhrgersr
mai-ntains
a sometrtrat higher public
profile and even publishes a
journal:
Trialoguer rrrtrich r,rasr
(and
as far as I know sti l l i s) avai l ab].e to the publ i c on
sub' scri pti on. Apart from thi s' the Commi ssi on di ffers frou the
Bilderberg Group in that
qrtrereas
the latter is bilateraf ie is
made up of Americans and Europeans' the Trilateralists include
Japanese pol i ti ci ans, i ndustri al i sts and i ntel l ectual s. Needl ess
to salr Hr Heath is a long standing Trilateralist. Those s*ro
attend Bilderberg and Trilateral meetings do so as private
i ndi vi dual s. The Commi ssi on' s decl b.red i ntenti ons are to seek
".....to
promote atIrcrng Japanese' l l est Euro;reans and North
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Americans the habit of sprking together on problems of mutual
cooGr-rl r to seek to obtal n a shared understandi ng of these
compl ex pr obl ems. . . . . "
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This alt sounds very gra.nd and mral r but wtrat does it
real l y uean? In the Uni ted States rpherer }argel y dge
!o
the
efforts of the
' ti ght
wi ng" Li berty Lobbyr the Tri l ateral
Cormi ssi on and the Bi l derberg Group are di scussed openl y; they
ha.ve acquired the reputation of b-ing the shadow
government of
the 0bst. That the Coumission tras tried to pick the presidential
candi dates i n both parti es i s a
rnatter
of hi stori cal record.
For Europeansr the
rnachinatiorrs of the Trilateralists and other
semi-secret
groups trave led to the setting uP of a
Potnr
structure
qrtlich
is designedr not so much to prorcte proEperity
Fy
f ree trader but to iqrose upon ttrem a vast and largely
una.ccountable bureaucracy of a corporate socialist nature
trrhich
ryill run the
"free
narkett'
as a cartel in the interests of porrrEFl
profits and greed.
EUROPE
OUTDATED SO!'EREIGNTY
(&Et
!ft- Heath really rearrs rlhen he sa5rs the concept of our
(and
everyone el se' s soi erei gni ty) i s outdated i s that
qt
shoul d
surrLnder it to the pupfets-of the po$er brokers in Brussels.
The result of this ,r/i11- be tha.t f acLless burea.ucrats thousands
of uiles aruay will rnake decisiorrs rrtrich affect our livest and
there
q/i l l
be nothi ng
qte
can do about i t. So' i f i n the
interests of trade' iqlroved efficiency or rphatever pretext they
decide they rpant a, ioad built through the green belt in
Kentr to place a quota on sheep in hlales or levy an ertra tax on
certai n gooasr ert-t/i l l have no choi ce but to shrug our shoul ders
and ti mi dl y acqui esce.
Mr Heath'd obvious atrn<r)rance at Hrs Thatcher is not ba'sed on
envy or personal disLike s6 much
oi
on her refusal to toe the
lina !,/ith the supercapitalists and her refusal to barter arrray our
nati onal soverei gni ty- and sel f
-determi na.ti on
for sod wi shy-washy
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noti on of European uni ty.
DICTATORSHIP
Those
qilro
look on the Thatcher
governmnt
as a. virtual
dictatorship catl at }east take some codort from the fact that
there i s sti l l a degree of accountabi l i ty i n our i mperfect
derccracy, In spi te of her stated
preference
for the rope, the
Prire Hinister has been
;rcrnrless
to bring ba.ck capital
pun1shment.
The governrsnt
does not i.nvariably get its orrn wayr
either in the Upper House or in the Cormrmnst and t,F's of all
pa.rties ale receptive to lobbying and pressure at the grass roots
level'. If the Tories ha.ve done their best to strangle local
governrent, the correct course of action is for the
people
to
campaign to reinstate itr not to take anay the potrcr- frbn our
masters at 9bstminster and hand it over to an even rcre remte
entity over strom rrrc have no control at all.
Bri tai n has nothi ne to eai n from surrenderi nq anv oart of
her National Sovereigntf. If }t- Heath truly believeS otherr,rise
he need only look at Southern Africar Central Americar Korear
Afghanistan or a dozen other places. People there are prepared
to die for it. l.lrs Thatcher is prepa.red to fight for ouis, and
rrre should be toor even if r like lf Heathr rre rrould rattrer see
soneone else mve into Number 1O.
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OI T OF THE FRYING PAN
Recent events i n Eastern Europe, the spontaneousl bl oodl ess
revol uti on and subseguent l i berati on of Pol andr Czechosl ovaki a
and East Germany from comrnuni st repressi on i s arrre-i nspi ri .ng, even
rnore so rrrtren oire realises ttlat nohe of ttris
qpuld
have h5ppened
but for one mn.
{,rXrile l.tikhail Gorba.chev is unquestionably the
greatest thing since sliced breadr and the ctranges he tras
brought about are to be
qrel com."dr
there i s a cl oud to-thi s si l ver
l i ni ng. On November l Othr LBC Radi o
(London)
i ntervi erped tsl o
gentlenEn frorn the City of London rpho rpere at tha.t very Elornent en
route to Pol and to hel p the fl edgel i ng democracy set up a stock
exglrange. The infiltration of the "Ioony left" into our torrrn
ha.ll-s sra-s ba.d enogghr but is ttre invasion of the Kremlin by the
Thatcherites likely to be any better?
Before the conrades burn their lFqt copies of Das Kapital
gnd tegr up ttreir Corumr.rnist l{anifestos they \,rould be rpell advised
to take an untrlinkered look at olrr great capitalist derccracy.
Sorp of ttrem night consider a. tenttr of the spikforce idler valt
numbers' on slave labour YTS and
"eryIo5rnent training" sctremes,
industrial unrestr AIDSr crackr rising criro and peofle sleeping
in cardboard borres on ttre Souttr Bank tolr high a price- to pa.y
-
foF
the right to vote in free and fai-r elections.
Capitalism has i.ts success storiesr but the increased
polarisati_on
o! the haves and the tra.ve-nots in our society is the
other side of the coin. The peoples of the Enqtern Bloc ha.ve
seen the errors of their
qrays;
ret us hope they learn from rather
than repeat our mistakes.
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f or hal f an hour or r t r or r per haps wi t h a t ape r ecor der , and t o
t hen pf oduce
, a . compr et er y
f i ct i t i ous ar t i cl e i s t ol al l y
i nexcusat r l e- Just
- hbw
pr eval ent
t hi s sor t of t hi ng i = . . - , r i o u.
di f f i cul t i f not i mpossi bl e t o ascer t ai n, but i ome of - t n"
r eact i ons I have
Fxper i enced
f r om di f f er ent quar t er s
Lead me t o
bel i eve i t i s aI I but uni ver sal .
-
On
-
approachi ng one edi tor wi th an i ntervi ep of a rpel l known
ecorogi st I r,ras tol i l to pri nt
_yh.t
he sai d, but i f he di dn' t say
i t ' not t o' r ake- i t up. The edi t or of a f i nani i al . o. t t t r i v- { oi a
r .
the onrv
p?per he has
+l y-
tl Fe for i s The sport i i rpl v u6ci ui e i t
l ?-F:1".?1l l -g9g"pted-
that_thi s paper
nake:;- no
_pret6n6e
at bei ng
el ther truthfur or obj ecti ve.
-
-
l 6ny peopre
I have approached td
intervierr have lceen extremely waiy^ or' demanded tb see- the
f i ni shed ar t i cl e bef or e i t
eoes- t o
pr 6ss.
-
sportsmen- and olhgr pgopre ih ttre pubric
eye are not the
onl -y
_gngs !q
b. al ruqsd
by the- roedi ai thbre are i ar more seri ous
?nd
di sturbi ng cases on botn nati onal and i nternati onar
rever.
une rrcnders hoqr nany_wars- have been started or unnecessariry
prolongedr
-
how
.rnpny
iiots have been incited, now many--ruiaers
perpetratedr and how mr.rch unnecessary bitterness and hitreA- sor^rn
FS!*SI
the peoples
o-f the
qnrrd
jlrst-
because someuooy
--itreortt.r.
thought mi squoti ng-a_ber-l i cose
pol i ti ci an
qpurd
moke
Eood
copy.
Ml t-sl rcrtsman fri end nay rre,l sue the maga-i ne qtrl ch
f i ni :i f ea
nrm. l r ne doest r rrave no doubt that he wi l r wi n hi s case. Most
people though- are unable to seek redress throueh rilieation
Decause ot the enorEous costs i nvol ved i n bri ngi ng a
-ri bel
acti on. [*nt then i s the al ternati ve, 1e
ge-p1i i ;
a; tne
press
counci l ? Thi s i s l i ttl e nore than a si ck
j oke;' the press
-col nci t
has no meaningful porrers.
_Personal l y
I-rrpul d never sue anyone or any orqani sati on for
Irbel r sl ander or defrtorti onr no nratter
horrr bi atai t, but I do
believe that alyong- r*iro
_-feers
he or she has ueen
-wiriurri
misrepresented
.
by the nedia should have an automatic riefit o'r
fepry.
A r+rt standing trial for a rcst heinous crime on tfie most
cla-unrng evidence is entitled to have his case heard without
prej udrce.
Shoul d ordi nary peopl e
recei ve l ess
j usti ce
than an
accused murderer?
There i -s arso the guesti on
of pol i ci ng
the medi a. Nei ther
l!g*plg:=
nor, broadcast iedia ever
_ni:-
any
{uarrs;br;i
.ttiSrcinc
3ny.Ehl l g l hey
percei ve
as 6rn i nj usti ce,
-from
al l eeed
pori cE
Prutal i ty
to-aparthei d to Ti ananmen Squarer and often i i ghti v =o.
Yet \rrtren r-t cotnes to thei r oqm excesses, they are Strai gery
s i l ent .
0l e are rul ed by pol i ti ci ans,
but there are others wtro exert
enormous i nfl uence over our l i vesr rl on Inore so than the Fourth
Estate. Pol i ti ci ans
have porvr,
but they ari o
- -have
5esponsi bi l l t y: _, The
medi a, par t i cul ar l y
t he pi ess, has t he
tormer rrri thout
the l atter. Any attempts-to contatn or curtai r
thei r porder
Q.i rtg.- _forth
cri eS of outrage and accusati ons of
censorshi p and total i tari ani sm,
but the dentral i ssue i - Ji .,rays
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avoi ded- I f t he press, rrl a. nt porrrerl t hel r must exerci se i t respon-
si bl y. I f a pol i ceman behaves i mor oper - l y t or r l ar ds a r ember of
-
t he
publ i gt
- he
can be di sci pt i ned, even t o t he ext ent of pr osecut i on
or di smi ssal . I n pr act i ce t hi s does ha. ppen: pol i cenen ar e
di sci pl i nedr sacked, even gaol ed f or abusi ng- t hei r
bot " =r .
-
I n a t r ul y f r ee soci et y t her e i s no r eason f oi t he pr ess
t o
f g-
-gf t y
l -ess account abl e t han t he pol i ce. Porper wi t hout -respon-
si bi l i t y i s not f r eedomi i t i s t yr anny.
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