https://maggieshammer.com/maggies-hammer-the-book/
https://polesapartgeoff.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/bill-the-donald-the-kkk-and-the-da-vinci-code/
https://twitter.com/PopVoxxGeoff
https://geoffgilson.wordpress.com/
His latest blog.
Arms Money-Launderer
Hugh John Simmonds, CBE, turned up dead in the woods, outside of his home town, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, in November 1988. $7.5 million was missing from his law firm, Simmonds and Company. The incident made international headlines: Simmonds had been Conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s favorite speech writer.
However, this was not the first time Simmonds had attracted public attention. He had already made a name for himself publicly by becoming the only Prospective Conservative Parliamentary Candidate to be de-selected twice from safe Conservative seats: first, from South-West Cambridge, in 1983, when the Cambridge Hunt discovered his wife was anti-hunting; and then again in 1987, when the Association of South Warrington found out that Simmonds had an illegitimate son.
However, all this unsavory press coverage belied Simmonds’ true influence in the British Conservative Party, where he was well respected by the voluntary, professional and Parliamentary wings.
https://maggieshammer.com/international-terror-network-uk-as-hitman-for-us/
What was not generally known was that Simmonds was also a senior officer in MI6, and had specialized in legal money-laundering, at the London law firm of Wedlake Bell, where he had been one of its youngest partners, in the late Seventies and early Eighties.
It was this combination of skills, experience and contacts, not least his personal closeness to Margaret Thatcher, that made Simmonds the ideal candidate to perform the clandestine arms functions, requested of him by Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party in the Eighties, and which form the subject of Maggie’s Hammer.
[I have been asked why there is no mention of Hugh Simmonds online other than in my posts. I could engage in all sorts of conjecture. All of which would be useless. Ask Al Gore! But, if the point is, did this man ever exist, or is he a figment of my imagination, try this Facebook post.]
https://weaverstreetgeoff.blogspot.com/2013/11/hugh-john-simmonds-cbe-april-20-1948.html
As for me. Well, twenty-five years ago, I was a deeply ambitious young man. Office manager of Hugh's law firm (although not in charge of the bank accounts!). About to earn six figures a year as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of a newly-formed company, which was purchasing 100 tenanted pubs from Whitbread. Senior staff member for a politician, who likely would have been a senior Cabinet member. Perhaps not a star, but maybe a rising starlet, in my own right, in the British Conservative Party. Wing-tips, braces and Filofax in my hand.
Today, I am older. Not much wiser. Violet in my hair. A confusion to my father, as I seemingly live my life backwards. Earning low five figures in my local co-op. Where I advocate, to the consternation of my management, and sometimes to the delight of my fellow workers. I don't wear a watch, nor carry a smartphone, nor own a personal organizer. If there is something which does not neatly fit into my immediately-accessible memory, then it is something which is a step back into a life of stress and anxiety, which life I left behind when I chose to become a recovering alcoholic (nineteen years, two months ago).
Geoff Gilson interview on Opperman show
https://democratpopulist.wordpress.com/about/
My name is Geoff Gilson. I have followed a somewhat tortuous path through my involvement in politics. Began that involvement with a non-partisan interest in the civic affairs of my small hometown in England at the age of sixteen. Gravitated to an early infatuation with the British Conservative Party and Margaret Thatcher in the Eighties. Then moved to the US, where my politics also moved. Gently leftwards. Until I now describe myself as a social market Democrat.
Along the way, I was heavily engaged in political public relations. Served at the national level of the British Conservative Party. Spoke at two national conventions. Helped to write speeches for Thatcher and Michael Dukakis. Was elected as one of the youngest-ever municipal councilors in the UK. Espouse an avid interest in mutualism, as the answer to many of our economic and social problems. And advocated in respect of worker’s rights for eleven years within one of the largest grocery co-operatives in the US.
https://hatenoone.wordpress.com/
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