Conman's affair a worry for Blairs. How was Foster able to enter the UK as
a convicted felon. First George Bush, now The Blairs.
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2002/12/10386.php Gold Coast conman
Peter Foster has caused grief for the wife of British Prime Minister Tony
Blair by carrying on an affair with the fitness and fashion adviser. Cherie
Blair has been urged to sack Carol Caplin, whom she once described as
"indispensable". Foster, 39, who has been jailed on three continents for
selling bogus slimming products, had already met the Blair's son, Euan, and
spoken to Mrs Blair by phone. Horrified staff at 10 Downing St, the PM's
official London home, have told Mr. Blair that Miss Caplin is a liability
who must be cut adrift, together with Foster. But Mrs Blair has refused to
bow to pressure. She holds Miss Caplin, 40, in such high regard that the
adviser is a regular visitor to Downing St and the PM's official country
residence, Chequers. Miss Caplin's mother Sylvia is Mrs Blair's alternative
therapy guru and a medium who claims to consult the spirit world to seek
guidance. Mrs Blair's meetings with Mrs. Caplin have already caused alarm
in Dowling St. The added presence of Foster, who met Miss Caplin after
becoming a client of her mother's, has made Mr Blair's aides even more
nervous about the Caplins. "The feeling among Downing St staff is that it's
time these women were got rid of," one insider said. "They have far too
much influence over Mrs Blair." Miss Caplin has tried to portray Foster to
the Blair's as a reformed character. But his shameful records, including
jail sentence in Britain, the United States and Australian, speaks for
itself. Fined for an insurance fraud in Australia when he was just 17 and
bankrupt by 22, Foster first came to prominence in Britain in 1986 when he
started dating topless model Samantha Fox, when at the height of her fame.
The following year Foster's Bai Lin "slimming" tea was exposed as a con.
Foster went on to serve jail terms in Australia, the US and Britain for
frauds mostly related to slimming products. In the past few months Foster
has been renting a $NZ 1.684 million apartment in London and has been
linked to a business marketing slimming aids in Ireland. Foster and Miss
Caplin had lunch with Euan Blair in Bristol last month, which is when he
spoke to Mrs Blair on the phone. Miss Caplin has advised Mrs Blair on
everything from diet to fashion for more than 10 years. She is a former
cover girl for soft-porn magazine Men Only.
http://brisbane.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3264&group=webcast
Anarchists knitting...by the guilotine?
From the open publishing newswire: Discussion on the news wire has led to
plans for the inaugural meeting of what is is being called an Anarchist
Knitting Collective. However, many comments to the original post came from
folks interested in sharing the skills in sewing and quilting.
So far a meeting is being called for 7pm at the Red & Black Cafe, however
the time and place may change so return to this post for an update in the
next few days.
Radicals and anarchist, contrary to their portrail in corporate media, are
not bomb throwing terrorist. They seek to reclaim community and love from
"popular" culture. They get together with anyone that is interested
anarchist or not every Saturday to play soccer and other games. Food not
Bombs feeds sisters and brothers around the world not as an act of charity
but in a spirit of mutual aid. Knitting circles and collectives are not a
new idea. This too is spreading as a tool of liberation.
What sort of activities this group will be involved with and what sort of
revolution it will create is yet to be informed. It is limited only by its
collective imagination. Join us to start something that will touch the
hearts and minds of trapped souls.
Read the original thread and add YOUR COMMENTS: Anarchist knitting collective
http://portland.indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/12/2002-12.html#6264
