Keeping it in the Family - More from Craig Murray on David and Tessa
More from Craig Murray on the saga of David Mills and Tessa Jowell.
Why is nobody mentioning the fact that David Mills sister in Law Barbra, is the former director of Public Prosecutions and an ex head of the Serious Fraud Office? - The SFO being the agency that raided David Mills office, and found nothing....
Obviously, there is no evidence to suggest that Mills apparent impunity and his family connections are in any way related.
But the Italian prosecutors don't seem to convinced...
It is a sign of our appalling times, and the arrogance of New Labour, that Blair clings on to his loyal muppet Jowell, while Sir Gus O'Donnell, Cabinet Secretary, earnestly enquires whether there is anything in the Code of Conduct for Ministers that specifically precludes multiple acts of money laundering. (link)
Well, Sir Gus, there is certainly this; the Code precludes acceptance of gifts. That is what Mills claims this money was. As this "Gift" (note the use of a capital 'G') went to pay off a mortgage which was 50% in Jowell's name and which she had signed, she also accepted it. She should be out. But doubtless the Cabinet Office are working overtime on how to Hutton their way around this one.
In the meantime, the Blairite cheerleaders in the media bravely try to save her. In particular Britain's worst journalist, the wholly odious Michael White (Political editor of the Guardian), argues against all the evidence that Jowell and Mills' finances are separate. (link)
That man White is so far up Jack Straw's rectum that for years he hasn't had any daylight to report by. He also seems not to know that the ministerial code specifically covers gifts to family members.
Two more shockers...
1. Jowell had remortgaged her home to launder money not just once, but five times. (link)
Does she still claim this is "Normal"? On one occasion she had paid it off again in just 19 days.
2. Finally, yesterday I reported a fact that the mainstream media still does not dare to print; that Mills was under Serious Fraud Office investigation (and his office was raided as a result) at around the same time that New Labour came to power. I also reported that some of the SFO staff on the case were confused and concerned that no prosecution arose.
The mainstream press are too scared of this story to tackle it properly, but I'm sure you'll excuse my own caution as I state this next bit very, very carefully:
I have seen no evidence to suggest to me that it was a particular handicap to Mr Mills at around that time that his sister-in-law, Barbara Mills, was the Director of Public Prosecutions and a former Head of the Serious Fraud Office.
I mean no more than appears on the face of that sentence.
Craig Murray
It is no wonder the Guardian
It is no wonder the Guardian is treating the Jowell affair so lightly.
As noted by Private Eye, the wife of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, Lindsay Mackie is Tessa Jowell's best friend from University.
We seem to be ruled by some kind of 'New Labour' aristocracy. They are all either related or chums.
delboy711 - well spotted,
delboy711 - well spotted, I'd completely forgotten that.
Here's another priceless
Here's another priceless comment from the same paper, by Marcel Berlins:
Let's have a tiny lesson on the subject of democracy. It does not mean that every decision affecting individuals has to be put to a popular vote. What it does mean is that, every now and again, the citizenry of a country, city or village decides who to entrust with the governance of that community.
That's it! It's not about accountability, nosiree. We just get to choose the winner of the beauty contest from time to time.
What we need is a piece of
What we need is a piece of software into which can be entered seemingly disparate facts and relationships between parties and that will trawl through the data finding hidden links. Something a bit like the MOSSAD software Robert Maxwell used to peddle, only without the backdoor.
"I have in my possession a
"I have in my possession a confidential email from Allan to Asda, urging the supermarket giant to make clear to workers they'd be sacked if they refused to sign contracts abandoning the GMB union."
new labour to the core.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/kevinmaguire/#story1
If we are content with a
If we are content with a leader we know lies, well then we are tacitly assuming we are going to be lied to.
That leader will surround himself with liars ... who will lie.