How pathetic that the "master of spin", Tim Bell, who was elevated in 1998 by Tony Blair to be Baron Bell of Belgravia, now tries to distance himself from the Bell Pottinger he established (Tim Bell sounds the death knell for Bell Pottinger, September 7). Not only did Bell teach Margaret Thatcher how to speak and how to style her hair, he also specialised in "black ops" on behalf of the CIA, MI6 and BAE in third-world countries, for which his company was paid more than $500m. Thatcher, Blair and Bell were without doubt the three most diabolical figures of British history between 1980 and 2010. The deliberate wars-without-end in the Middle East — instigated by the "Five Eyes Alliance", comprising the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — are their legacies. In respect of SA, and long before the UN arms embargo was lifted in 1994, the British were already lobbying to re-equip the South African navy and air force. BAE was teetering on bankruptcy with the end of the Cold War,...
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