05-05-2009, 11:14 AM
Jan may well be right and in any case, satire and caricature are tonics. 'Yes Minister' is still a favourite of mine.
OTOH, if there are moves afoot to shift the official narrative in preparation for a change of government then this would fit the bill as a contribution in the direction of the Conservative Party's confused and self-serving stance on the matter.
Also, the guy's profile makes him an unlikely candidate to be airing sour-grapes 'independence'. He appears to be still working, and for an institution that would not take kindly to criticism of the SS's that might sour their cosy relationship.
OTOH, if there are moves afoot to shift the official narrative in preparation for a change of government then this would fit the bill as a contribution in the direction of the Conservative Party's confused and self-serving stance on the matter.
Also, the guy's profile makes him an unlikely candidate to be airing sour-grapes 'independence'. He appears to be still working, and for an institution that would not take kindly to criticism of the SS's that might sour their cosy relationship.
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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