At 23:01 14/03/99 +0800, Omega wrote under the subject line Senator Stop-Despoiler and the Demorats, inter alia: >The following quotes are from: "Hidden Agendas" by John Pilger; Vintage; ISBN 0 099 74151 2: > >"Five senior members of the Blair government - Peter Mandelson, George Roberts, Marjorie Mowlam, Chris Smith and Elizabeth Symons - along with Blairs chief of staff Jonathan Powell, have been members of the BRITISH-AMERICAN PROJECT for the SUCCESSOR GENERATION, an ambitious, highly structured and little-known transatlantic network of 'chosen' politicians, journalists and academics. 'By virtue of their present accomplishments,' says BAP literature, '[the chosen few] have given indication that, in the succeeding generation, they would be leaders in their country and perhaps internationally.' ..." > > "The Successor Generation is funded by the Pew Charitable Trust of Philadelphia, established by the billionaire J. Howard Pew, chairman of the Sun Oil Company,..." > >"the idea for a 'successor generation' was put forward at a meeting in the White House in March 1983. Attended by Rupert Murdoch and Sir James Goldsmith,..." > >"The Blair governments ban on handguns is not so dissimilar. Following the massacre at Dunblane, the Shadow Home Secretary, Jack Straw, declared, 'We cannot take risks with public safety in the interests of sport. Allowing .22 calibre weapons to remain legal would be fraught with difficulty ... What he did not say was that, under Labour, it would be perfectly all right to continue sending British guns to 'decent societies' abroad. The British American Security Information Council has monitored an extraordinary rise in the number of export licences for handguns..." > >Have a look at this site: http://www.nralive.com/ --------------------------------------------- There doesn't seem to be any direct referencre to N S-D, and the URL quoted leads to a site which needs a computer bulging at the seams with the latest software to open it. Could Omega elaborate on the Stott-Despoja connection? Dion Giles ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/public-list@neither.org
