Was Callaghan properly protected?
More documents from the Metropolitan Police Special Branch personal protection file on James Callaghan, following my previous post on this.
These documents were released to the 麻豆官网首页入口 following a freedom of information request we made. Again they illustrate how sometimes it is surprising what gets disclosed.
Several documents make clear that Callaghan consistently felt annoyed that he was not receiving enough personal protection after he ceased to be Prime Minister. Civil servants briefed the then Home Secretary Leon Brittan ahead of a tricky meeting with Callaghan in 1983 to discuss his complaints.
And this is the Special Branch assessment of the extent of the threat to Callaghan. Personally I would have expected such assessments to be a little more detailed.
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I can't beleive this level of detail was disclosed.
Neal Saferstein
GLOBALSCOT or SECRET SOCIETY?
Way back in January 2007, Scottish Enterprise sponsored my application for membership of Globalscot. After repeated enquiries about the status of my application I was finally advised in October 2007 that my application had been rejected. My reaction to that news was disbelief, so I pressed for more information. So far, this is what I have discovered:
1. Three different reasons have been given for the rejection of my application. Disconnect ?
2. No minutes are kept about meetings of Globalscot executives concerning membership strategies or policy matters. Unusual for a publicly funded organization?
3. No membership list is available to the public. Admission criteria are purely subjective and seem to change with the wind or particular circumstance or one executive鈥檚 opinion. Hardly an accountable use of taxpayers money?
4. There is no appeal of the executive decisions. Communications to the office of the First Minister about this matter have been ignored. Stone wall approach?
5. Globalscot paid for the accommodation of attendees to the Globalsscot Americas conference held last December in New York State, USA. No information will be provided by Globalscot about whose accommodation was paid for and by whom. Why was public money used to pay for private individuals accommodation ?
6. There is a brick wall in place preventing the obtaining of information about Globascot. Standard Operating Procedure?
7. Donald Trump was 鈥渋nvited鈥 to become a member, presumably as a 鈥渇riend鈥漮f Scotland. Cherry picking?
So my question is : Is Globalscot a Secret Society used by the prevailing government as it sees fit or truly an organization that embraces Scots who have global expertise and who have proved their allegiance to the homeland.
I am sure that the bureaucrats involved in the tortuous path I have trodden in an effort to discover more information are delighted that I am truly flummoxed and frustrated, not to mention mad as hell.
Sincerely,
Ron Clarke