tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post1592888585483883543..comments2023-12-02T00:59:10.380+01:00Comments on England Expects: Aluminum hats or legitimate concernGawain Towlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-73590567308802358132009-07-14T10:33:23.426+02:002009-07-14T10:33:23.426+02:00"...prohibits it doing anything in furtheranc..."...prohibits it doing anything in furtherance of the interests of a political party"<br />That does not deny that it acts <b>against</b> the interests of a political party nor within it.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-5344800971823692512009-07-14T09:44:32.420+02:002009-07-14T09:44:32.420+02:00Malcolm Wood once told me a story about being at a...Malcolm Wood once told me a story about being at a UKIP-organised Tory Conference fringe meeting attended by tebbit. Apparently the old warhorse wryly nudged him and told him to watch out because one of the UKIP chappies setting up chairs/equipment etc was most definitely a member of Six that he remembered from back in the day...<br /><br />Of course they are inside UKIP, though I tend to think you will find far more of them inside the BNP on the Old Guard side, keeping them as unacceptable as possible. I mean Lee Barnes *must* be a provocateur, no one outside of Finsbury mosque is really that mental.Dangerouslysubversivedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164001054464049991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-70485223125221904522009-07-13T13:55:34.145+02:002009-07-13T13:55:34.145+02:00"The point is, as lets makes clear, MI5 works..."The point is, as lets makes clear, MI5 works in the 'national interest' as defined by HMG." <br /><br /><br />The political naivete behind this article is stunning. <br /><br />Anyone with the least insight into British (indeed, any) governmental institutions is well aware that Security Service works for ITS OWN interests. A close attention to recent history will indicate this amply. Most other intelligence arms closed down after WW2 - SS and SIS slipped seamlessly from addressing the German Menace to the Russian Menace. <br /><br />As the 1980s developed this became a little backwater, culminating in catastrophe when the Berlin Wall went and there was no enemy any more. As the Treasury nosed around for savings, the spooks frantically claimed they were going to do Drug Barons, Organised Crime, anything to justify their existence. They took over IT Security from CCTA, and started to build a 'National Infrastructure' body like the Homeland Security of the US. <br /><br />These are NOT 'necessary defences'. They are budget justifying exercises. <br /><br />Have you wondered why we reacted so badly to 9/11? Almost as if we wanted to cause instability and an increased threat? The end of the Cold War not only threatened the intelligence community, it threatened the whole military-industrial complex. There would have been a lot of voices supporting the establishment of a new threat.<br /><br />At the moment SS are still raw from the 1990s experience. They are expanding as fast as they can, and taking in whole new areas of responsibility in an effort never to get caught that way again. The one thing they do NOT do is work selflessly for 'the national interest', whoever defines it...Dodgy Geezernoreply@blogger.com