New Statesman 1980
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A Christmas party for the molesDeep below London lies a hidden maze of tunnels, part of a 1950s network established to protect the government. And it's surprisingly easy to throw a Christmas party in them. As we discovered. 19 December, 1980 |
BR fails to convince rail unions on nuclear safetyBritish rail are refusing to re-route nuclear waste shipments away from highly populated urban areas, and London in particular. The reason: public relations. 12 December, 1980 |
A secret plan for dictatorshipThis weekend, a group of British MPs will help launch another attempt to start an effective political party in Hong Kong; which still has no elected government and no organised political opposition in this fagend of British imperialism. 12 December, 1980 |
Back to the middle agesSecret government plans anticipate the return of medieval style stocks as a punishment for criminals during a wartime emergency and perhaps other crises. 5 December, 1980 |
Duncan Campbell wins Civil Liberty AwardThis year's Cobden Award - for the piece of writing judged to have done most for civil liberty - has been given to the New Statesman's Duncan 5 December, 1980 |
Target BritainFor the third time since WWII, Britain's role as aircraft carrier for US forces is about to escalate with the imminent introduction of cruise missiles. But how much is known about the scale of US military involvement in Britain and how much can MPs find out? 31 October, 1980 |
More on the Merchants of DeathChairman of the Public Accounts Committee confirms that last week's New Statesman reports onto bribery and suspect monetary transfers by the International Military Services, "will have have to be considered." 24 October, 1980 |
Arms Sales: the bribe machineMrs Thatcher has publically endorsed the efforts of Britain's arms salesmen, headed by the MoD's own company - International Military Services Ltd. But IMS's business is bad, and its prospects poor. 17 October, 1980 |
World War III: An exclusive previewThe recent military 'Square Leg' exercise tested out the anticipated course of a major nuclear attack on Britain. And it seems that art treasures take precedence over city dwellers - who the government does not intend to survive. 3 October, 1980 |
Square Leg caught outHome Office civil defence exercise has revealed immense deficiencies in civil, as opposed to military, preparedness. 3 October, 1980 |
Dundee v. MoDDundee City Council holds a meeting to discuss New Statesman reports into tapping at Craigowl Hill. 22 October, 1980 |
Tories miss crucial D Notice evidenceThree of the five Tory members of the Defence Committee who voted to keep the D Notice system did not attend the hearings at which witnesses critical of the system gave evidence. 15 August, 1980 |
Hong Kong charges startHong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (lCAC) has brought 17 charges of deception, theft and bribery against the former MoD official Eric Garland. 1 August, 1980 |
Thatcher Bugged by her 'closest ally'The US National Security Agency monitors the British government using the facilities a Menwith Hill. 25 July, 1980 |
They plan to gas usRemarkable evidence of secret plans to suppress dissent, in the event of war or crisis, by military force have emerged during researches for a documentary on civil defence. 11 July, 1980 |
Biological weaponry to be by-passed by safety regulationsThe MoD is trying to exempt the Porton Down Chemical Defence Establishment from new health and safety regulations concerning dangerous pathogens. 11 July, 1980 |
How to blow up the worldThe Top Secret US Air Force Europe Nuclear Yield Requirements manual, leaked to MPs and journalists, detail vulnerabilities and target locations of states should the world decend into nuclear war. 27 June, 1980 |
A spirit of enterprise at the Ministry of DefenceSir Ronald Ellis, head of the Defence Sales Organisation, claims that 96 per cent of his merchandise had 'never been used in anger'. 27 June, 1980 |
GCHQ: the cover up continuesNew Statesman revealed evidence of widespread corruption, security failure and foreign espionage inside GCHQ. Duncan Campbell has 23 May, 1980 |
The spies who spend what they likeThe power of Britain's intelligence chieftains depends on the legend that their efficiency and integrity need no oversight. Scandals have eroded the legend somewhat, but 'majority shareholder', GCHQ, remains comfortably obscure. 16 May, 1980 |
Tapping: Facts behind the official lineLast week, the Home Office published its own account of tapping and mail opening. 11 April, 1980 |
The D Notice quangetteRecent articles on security in the New Statesman have provoked a move by the almost forgotten 'D Notice' to reassert its existence and authority. 4 April, 1980 |
The nuclear cageThis weekend's anti-nuclear demonstration is an important test of feeling in Britain, at a time when the Think Tank and the Cabinet are reaffirming their faith in nuclear power. 28 March, 1980 |
Every name to be on fileTechnology is changing the nature of British police work, leading the police to supervise society from a distance, rather than regulate it from within. Extract from Policing the Police Vol. 2 21 March, 1980 |
Five-bullet mystery of policeman's deathCoroner's jury in Hong Kong refuses to return verdict of suicide in the case of police inspector, John Maclennan, who was found riddled with bullets next to an obscurely worded suicide note. 21 March, 1980 |
Salesmen of the secret worldLast week, the Labour Party launched a long-overdue campaign to get Britain's proliferating 'security services' back under public control. 22 February, 1980 |
Destabilising the 'decent people'It is now accepted that phone-tapping levels in this country are far higher than Parliament has been allowed to know. Further explosive disclosures in the NS have been greeted with tacit, sullen acknowledgement. 15 February, 1980 |
Big Brother's many mansionsThe sole accountability of MI5, MI6 and other services to Parliament is through the annual Secret Vote, recently raised to £40m. But this can only be a small part of actual resources allocated. Other funds are 'Iaundered' away from budgets. 8 February, 1980 |
Big Buzby is watchingThis week's cover portrays the man who runs a highly-secretive Post Office installation in Chelsea. Evidence assembled from several sources suggests that this is the government's phone-tapping centre - and that the scope of its operations is much larger than Parliament has ever been told. 1 February, 1980 |
As free as the policeIt is healthy and helpful to see so much study of the critical issue of liberty and policing in democracies. 11 January, 1980 |
Will it be any better than the last?Britain's new air defence starts. 11 January, 1980 |
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