Saturday, June 09, 2007
UK Government claimed by Guardian to be 'economical with the truth' - yet again.
Or to put it bluntly, the Guardian claims that they are liars.
The Guardian claims Goldsmith knew of BAE and the £1bn or more. Then concealed it. This is a serious matter and the sums are vast.
Allegedly Goldsmith hid secret money transfers from international anti-corruption organisations.
More here, and a lot more in The Register, one of the better accounts so far and indeed there is news right through the web.
It is a long story, but remember that the Guardian is effectively a LibDem paper.Would we have received this information if it had been about LibDems ? Possibly the Guardian would have filled the space with rubbishly filler about someone suspected of Labor or Tory leanings, or about some self righteous poofter. Somebody has doubtless got to mull over this matter of course, for example Transparency International, but the hopeful availability of an element of free speech over here in the UK by now means that hardly anybody cares about even more lies unless they are personally drectly concerned.
IMO: But I knew the Government were liars already ! Poor old Gordon Brown, but lets hope Toady goes to jail as he sounds too smarmy by far and has made too many errors. After all Paris Hilton had to go back to jail and she is much better looking and far richer than Toady, even though poor Toady has tried hard enough to trouser loadsamoney, allegedly.
[10/06/07 : The London Times says, blaiming most politicians from Thatcher to Blair
"If the legal position of the British government as complicit in the bribery is untenable, its moral position is laughable. ....it must tell African and Asian regimes that its much-trumpeted stance against corruption is meant to apply only to the poor and the weak. Such hypocrisy in Britain’s name is outrageous."
The Independent on Sunday says
"Staff at the world's anti-bribery watchdog claim they were targets of a British-led "dirty tricks" campaign after they began investigating the Government's decision to halt an official inquiry into secret commission payments to a Saudi prince."
etc. etc.
IMO: It is beginning to look as if US disappointment that they did not get the arms contracts is overlaying a lot of other factors in these Press accounts. Most readers could think we need a more obvious proof of fraud in these matters if they are to become personally concerned. We already have charity scams apparently involving Gordon Brown as I mentioned in a few earlier blogs and also the casino proposals. We can easily worry about them ! There is already a lot to worry about in the UK, never mind spin from USA or elsewhere. Britain is broke by world financial standards and it is well known that he who writes the cheques, tends to rule the world, or 'the penis mightier than the sword".]
The Guardian claims Goldsmith knew of BAE and the £1bn or more. Then concealed it. This is a serious matter and the sums are vast.
Allegedly Goldsmith hid secret money transfers from international anti-corruption organisations.
More here, and a lot more in The Register, one of the better accounts so far and indeed there is news right through the web.
It is a long story, but remember that the Guardian is effectively a LibDem paper.Would we have received this information if it had been about LibDems ? Possibly the Guardian would have filled the space with rubbishly filler about someone suspected of Labor or Tory leanings, or about some self righteous poofter. Somebody has doubtless got to mull over this matter of course, for example Transparency International, but the hopeful availability of an element of free speech over here in the UK by now means that hardly anybody cares about even more lies unless they are personally drectly concerned.
IMO: But I knew the Government were liars already ! Poor old Gordon Brown, but lets hope Toady goes to jail as he sounds too smarmy by far and has made too many errors. After all Paris Hilton had to go back to jail and she is much better looking and far richer than Toady, even though poor Toady has tried hard enough to trouser loadsamoney, allegedly.
[10/06/07 : The London Times says, blaiming most politicians from Thatcher to Blair
"If the legal position of the British government as complicit in the bribery is untenable, its moral position is laughable. ....it must tell African and Asian regimes that its much-trumpeted stance against corruption is meant to apply only to the poor and the weak. Such hypocrisy in Britain’s name is outrageous."
The Independent on Sunday says
"Staff at the world's anti-bribery watchdog claim they were targets of a British-led "dirty tricks" campaign after they began investigating the Government's decision to halt an official inquiry into secret commission payments to a Saudi prince."
etc. etc.
IMO: It is beginning to look as if US disappointment that they did not get the arms contracts is overlaying a lot of other factors in these Press accounts. Most readers could think we need a more obvious proof of fraud in these matters if they are to become personally concerned. We already have charity scams apparently involving Gordon Brown as I mentioned in a few earlier blogs and also the casino proposals. We can easily worry about them ! There is already a lot to worry about in the UK, never mind spin from USA or elsewhere. Britain is broke by world financial standards and it is well known that he who writes the cheques, tends to rule the world, or 'the penis mightier than the sword".]
# posted by uv : 4:36 AM
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