The fascists' press baron Friday, 22 November, 2024 The following letter was published in The New Statesman on 22 November. Lord Northcliiffe was the greatest press baron of his time, but cannot be censured for supporting fascism. It got substantial press backing from elsewhere. Alison Phillips (The Critics, 8 November) states that “Northcliffe supported Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts and the Nazis”. That would have been difficult since Northcliffe... Articles
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BLM's anti-Churchill rant 8th March 2021 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on March 6. The conference in question took place in early February, and drew a strong protest from... Articles
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Operation Midland - Questions that must be answered 25th February 2021 Alistair Lexden has been campaigning in the Lords for some years to try to get the full truth about misconduct by Met officers during the utterly disastrous... Recent News
Church and Parliament 23rd February 2021 Since the 1920s, the Church of England has had the power to devise its own laws—known as Measures—but they need Parliamentary approval before they can be... Recent News
