The Return of the Vampire of Finance

by **antiaristo** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:35 pm

Has the Vampire of Finance quietly dropped out? No mention here of him or his backers Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Prospective buyers for the Daily Mail's regional newspaper business, Northcliffe Newspapers, which was put up for sale last November, have until Wednesday to submit second-round bids. According to sources close to the sale, they will need to table offers of around £1.5bn to qualify for the next stage. At least six buyers, including Johnston Press and US group Gannett, have expressed interest in Northcliffe, one of the country's largest regional newspaper groups. Its titles include the Lincolnshire Echo and the Grimsby Telegraph. Venture capital groups Cinven, Candover, and CVC are also believed to be in the running. Mirror owner Trinity Mirror is said to be considering a bid, probably in partnership with a private equity group. The final price may depend on Northcliffe's pension liabilities. Some buyers are concerned about funding the generous scheme, although the Daily Mail has said it will pump money in ahead of the sale.<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1702255,00.html">observer.guardian.co.uk/b...55,00.html</a>

by **antiaristo** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:12 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Private equity firms lead £1.5bn race for Northcliffe papers Dan Milmo Thursday February 9, 2006 The Guardian A mixture of private equity and trade buyers were last night preparing to submit second round bids for Daily Mail and General Trust's regional newspaper business. The Northcliffe group, owner of more than 100 titles including the Nottingham Evening Post, was put up for sale last year in what DMGT admitted was a "dramatic move". The division, which reported operating profits of £101.6m last year, is valued by analysts at up to £1.5bn and a deal is expected to be completed next month. Private equity firms CVC and Candover have teamed up to make an offer and are considered leading contenders in an auction that could present regulatory problems for trade suitors. Chris Oakley, an experienced newspaper executive, has been recruited to run Northcliffe if the bid succeeds. Venture capital group Providence was also in the running yesterday. The potential trade buyers preparing offers yesterday were the US newspaper publisher Gannett and Johnston press, owner of the Yorkshire Post and more than 300 other regional titles. Gannett is expected to bid for the entire portfolio despite its ownership of Newsquest, the second largest regional paper business with titles including the Braintree & Witham Times and the Herald in Glasgow. Craig Dubow, chief executive of Gannett, said last year the company was interested in Northcliffe and remains keen to increase its presence in Britain. Johnston Press had been courting private equity partners because of fears of a competitive overlap with Northcliffe in the Midlands. It is understood that Johnston had expressed an interest in certain regions of the DMGT portfolio but had not bid for the whole. It was not clear last night whether Johnston was seeking to partner one of its fellow bidders. A number of small regional publishers and financial buyers also lodged expressions of interest with the bank running the sale, Greenhill. If they become involved, it will be as partners for bidders who get into the next round. DMGT denied that it had put Northcliffe up for sale because of the growing online advertising market, which threatens to draw away property, motor and recruitment advertisers from regional newspapers. The owner of the Daily Mail and Evening Standard said it had decided that other parts of the group would yield a better return on investment, such as its business information unit. DMGT has promised to return a "substantial portion" of the sale proceeds to shareholders, with some analysts predicting that up to 80% will be returned. The main beneficiary will be the Rothermere family, which owns nearly 90% of voting stock and 27% of ordinary shares. If some of the proceeds are invested in acquisitions, DMGT is expected to look at online advertising businesses or bolstering its business information arm.<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1705430,00.html">business.guardian.co.uk/s...30,00.html</a>

by **antiaristo** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:10 am

This is the Vampire's chief lieutenant. This is the man who carried out the fraud at Anglia Television. I still have the redundancy note signed in Mr Wall's own hand in which he claims the office of Managing Director. It is dated 27 May 1994. But Mr Wall was not appointed a director until the Anglia board meeting on 21 July 1994. This is verified by the extract from the register of directors and the reply from the Company Secretary of 22 July 1994. Both in my possession. That redundancy note is going to hang the Vampire and Wall and all their accomplices. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people. <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Malcolm Wall joins Telewest Chris Tryhorn, City correspondent Wednesday February 1, 2006 Cable group Telewest has confirmed the appointment of commercial TV veteran Malcolm Wall to head its content business. Mr Wall, who ran Clive Hollick's ITV franchises in the 90s, takes on the new post of chief executive of content. He will be in charge of Telewest's Flextech business, running a portfolio of channels such as Living TV and Bravo. Also within his remit is Telewest's 50% share of the UKTV venture with the BBC, which operates channels including UKTV Gold, and the Sit-up network of shopping channels. Mr Wall will also be responsible for a smooth integration of the business in the proposed merger with NTL. The Telewest chairman, Cob Stenham, described Mr Wall as "a seasoned media operator and the ideal candidate to develop Telewest's content division". Mr Wall was most recently the chief operating officer of United Business Media, stepping down from the firm last year after losing the fight to succeed Lord Hollick to the top job. He was hired by Lord Hollick to head up his ITV business in 1993, but lost his TV job when the Labour peer sold the Meridian, Anglia and HTV franchises to Granada in 2000. However, he returned to UBM soon afterwards to work once again for Lord Hollick, serving as the chief operating officer from January 2001.<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1699873,00.html">business.guardian.co.uk/s...73,00.html</a>

by **antiaristo** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:24 am

It wasn't Sir George Russell who tried it on. It was Charles Allen. <blockquote>Quote:<hr>C/ Eusebio Navarro, 12 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Spain Canaria 5 January 2004 Charles Allen, Chairman All Directors of Granada Television All Directors of Anglia Television Correos Certificado 05155ES Queens Bench 1994 c 2024 J P Cleary v Anglia Television Ladies and Gentlemen, Yes, I know the rules of the game. You won’t pay me my due because it would go against your instructions under the Treason Felony Act 1848. But did you know that the TFA 1848 was recently challenged in Europe, and was in suspense for at least the period 16 October to 13 November 2003? Remember when they couldn’t stop all those juicy revelations about Princess Charlie and the rest of the Windsors? So when you failed to pay me my contractually due monies at the normal October month end, you were acting on your own initiative. And you know what that means. Yours faithfully, John Cleary BSc MA MBA<hr></blockquote> Anh here comes the trick <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Kyla Mullins Director of Legal & Business Affairs Granada 19th January 2004 John Cleary BSc MA MBA C/Eusebio Navarro 12 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain Dear Mr. Cleary, Your letter dated 5th January 2004, addressed to Charles Allen, regarding the above matter has been passed to me for clarification. As I am not entirely sure what your letter relates to, I would be very grateful if you could forward some background information on this matter. On receipt of any background information from you I will be happy to investigate this matter for you. Yours sincerely Kyla Mullins Director of Legal & Business Affairs<hr></blockquote> Trying to get me to forward background information. Had I done that it would be taken by the court as indicative that I accepted Charles Allen had no knowledge of this. Crafty fuckers, those Freemasons.

by **antiaristo** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:48 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Jowell's husband in bribe probe Press Association Saturday February 11, 2006 11:23 AM Detectives searched the offices of Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell's husband as part of an investigation into bribery allegations involving Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, it was reported. Metropolitan Police officers on Friday seized equipment and files from the London office of corporate lawyer David Mills, a former legal adviser to Berlusconi. Mr Mills is being investigated by Italian authorities over accusations that he received a payment of around £400,000 in 1997 to give false testimony in two trials involving the controversial premier. The lawyer, who was present at the time of the search, told the Financial Times he had handed over all relevant files to the police. "They are investigating an allegation that I was induced to give false evidence," he said. He said he accepted a payment from a different client, but that it was not a bribe. "This is, I hope the last act of an investigation that has now been going on since 1995." A Met Police spokeswoman said: "Officers from the Specialist Crime Directorate executed a search warrant at a central London address on behalf of the Italian authorities." A spokeswoman for Ms Jowell's Department of Culture, Media and Sport declined to comment, saying it was a "private matter".<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-5610454,00.html">www.guardian.co.uk/uklate...54,00.html</a> Sorry about that Tessa. Don't fuck with me, girlie.

by **antiaristo** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:07 am

I now know my Italian friends are reading this site. This may be of interest. <blockquote>Quote:<hr>C/Eusebio Navarro, 12 Senor Romani Prodi 35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria President of the European Commission Spain 5 June 2002 Dear Senor Prodi, Attached is about ten percent of the material I circulated to some 200 named recipients throughout the United Kingdom between 29 July and 8 August 2001. Since that time a tidal wave of scandal has engulfed the British Prime Minister. Yet nothing at all about the Anglia fraud and its aftermath. So what is going on here? Who is telling lies - John Cleary or the British, Irish and Spanish States? The answer to this question gets easier when you know a little more about the political system in the United Kingdom. Like the fact that one Queen is sovereign over everything. Not 58 million people, but one single Queen. L'Etat, c'est moi. This is universally acknowledged. But we are then told that the Queen does not use her powers and the people love her and don't ask any questions. Every office holder must swear personal allegiance to his or her sovereign Queen Elizabeth. All three arms of the State, be it the Executive (Major or Blair, Dorrell or Byers) the Judiciary (Mackay of Clashfern et al or Irvine of Lairg et al) or the Legislative (Heseltine or Cook) must obey the person of the Sovereign. Simply to take up a seat in Parliament one must swear undying personal loyalty and allegiance to Queen Elizabeth (e.g. not Sinn Fein). This is the Royal Prerogative, which eludes the separation of powers (such as the quantum of Elizabeth Bowes Lyons’ estate and lawful taxes thereon). Bear in mind the Coronation Oath sworn by Elizabeth Windsor on 2 June 1953, and which will be sworn one day by her successor. "Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples.... according to their respective laws and customs?" "I solemnly promise so to do." "Will you to your power cause law and justice in mercy to be executed in all your judgments?" "I will." "The things which I have here promised I will perform and keep. So help me God." So the question I raised can be restated thus: who is telling the lies - John Cleary or Elizabeth Windsor? Lord Jeffrey Archer was possibly the most senior of the secret agents run by the Shadow Sovereign, Elizabeth Bowes Lyons. His biggest contribution was the observation that the rich are often too stupid and lazy to themselves read a document put before them by a bank for signature. He takes the credit in his book "A Matter of Honour". Since 1986 his idea has yielded Billions of Dollars to Bowes Lyons and her gang out of the Lloyds of London fraud. So when Archer got caught for insider dealing in the shares of Anglia Television the Windsors were quick to ensure that their man got off Scot free. As usual. Therefore to expose Jeffrey Archer is to expose the Windsors and show how Elizabeth Windsor does indeed use her powers, and in the most pernicious ways. While there has been nothing about Anglia Television per se, there have been adjacent contributions, notably from Rupert Murdoch (Archer's publisher) and Greg Dyke (Hollick's partner). Dyke's BBC has done its best to whitewash the Archers, in breach of statutory provisions to the contrary. On at least three occasions he has given a preferential platform to Mary Archer. (The Today programme, where she was allowed to dictate the agenda; the World this Weekend, where she issued extraordinary threats against Emma Nicholson MEP; and Question Time, where she appeared as a member of the Great and Good having perjured herself weeks beforehand.). And Rupert Murdoch's News of the World has intervened three times. Most recently to entrap Angus Deayton, arch scourge of Jeffrey Archer; before that was the damaging material about Prince Harry on the front six pages, just to create a diversion. And before that, in order to pervert the course of justice, when his organ conspired with Max Clifford and Ted Francis to provide yet another fake alibi for Archer on 19 November 1999. The Windsor family is full of greedy liars, thieves, blackmailers, murderers, fornicators and adulterers. They have murdered to secure their hold on the Crown in perpetuity, and all the massive powers that go with it. Their problem is the succession and 1936 the pivotal year. We English do not have a written constitution, so the whole system hinges on the respect for precedent. In 1936 King Edward VIII was told he could not marry a divorcee. He chose to abdicate, and his younger brother Bertie who had already married took his place. The decision was made (by whom?) to change nothing else of the Coronation that had been planned for the following year. All the arrangements made for Edward were kept in place for the new King George - including the fact that only one person would swear the Coronation Oath. Thus did Elizabeth Bowes Lyons come to be crowned Queen of England in breach of the Coronation Oath Act of 1689. But now her own grandson is barred from succession by his own marital calumnies. So she wants to change the rules, but only in ways that directly benefit her own dynasty. In death, as in life, she wants it both ways. During the final years of her life Elizabeth Bowes Lyons spent much of her time in transferring the knowledge required for her grandson to take over as head of the 33º Scottish Rite Freemasons. She had convinced him that with their support he would be able to marry his mistress and accede to the Throne. The next step is to appoint a nodding donkey as Archbishop of Canterbury: one prepared to administer the Coronation Oath to a man far less worthy even than Edward VIII. One known to have broken numerous laws of God and of man. From your own perspective these matters are of much more than mere academic interest. Elizabeth Windsor is Commander in Chief of the British armed forces. She commands the English court, with its growing jurisdiction throughout the European Community. She personally controls British foreign policy and the concomitant permanent seat on the UN Security Council. She has a symbiotic relationship with the less savoury elements in the American elite. The Windsor family has a real and growing power over you and your family, whether you like it or not. The Shadow Sovereign created that power out of nothing. And the President of the European Parliament is too frightened even to admit it, though he’s not alone. If you allow criminals to control the law it is hardly surprising when the world turns upside down. We keep coming back to the man who used Archer’s cover up to instigate fraud at Anglia Television. See what I have to say to Robin Cook about Blair’s latest scandal in breaching precedent and the pivotal role played by Lord Clive Hollick. This man was ennobled and made a legislator for life on the advice of Neil Kinnock. Commissar Kinnock has yet to explain why it is ideologically acceptable for a socialist boss to steal the property belonging to his capitalist workforce, twice over. Neil Kinnock is a secret agent of the Windsor gang. This same Neil Kinnock is doing all that he can to sabotage the development of a European foreign policy, binding on the British (and their UN veto). They are buying European politicians with the proceeds from the fraud at Lloyds of London, and the primary conduits are Kinnock and Patten. After all, it was back in November 1995 that I issued my main warning to the Ambassadors of all EU countries. That’s six and a half extra years of secrecy to achieve their megalomaniacal fantasies, and maybe it is already too late. Yours sincerely, John Cleary BSc.MA MBA Enc. Cleary to Cook 5 June 2002 (with attachments)<hr></blockquote>

by **antiaristo** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:56 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Police raid offices of minister's husband Antony Barnett Sunday February 12, 2006 The Observer Detectives raided the London offices of David Mills, the husband of the Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, as part of an investigation into claims that he was paid a bribe to lie in court for the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Metropolitan Police officers seized computer equipment and files on Friday from the office of corporate lawyer David Mills, who once acted as Berlusconi's legal adviser. Mills has strenuously denied any accusations of impropriety. Italian prosecutors allege that Mills was given around £400,000 in 1997 to give false testimony in two trials involving the controversial Italian leader. In one trial Berlusconi was accused of bribing tax officials to obtain favourable audits for companies belonging to his media group, Fininvest. In the second trial in 1998, Berlusconi was accused of funnelling money through his holding company, All Iberian, to the Socialist party of former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi in 1991, and of false bookkeeping. It is claimed that one of Berlusconi's aides paid the money into Mills's Swiss bank account so he would lie in court. Mills has admitted receiving the money but claims it came from a different client and was not a bribe. Mills said: 'They are convinced that I am holding the Crown Jewels and hopefully they will now be able to prove that I haven't got any such thing.' Berlusconi was acquitted in 2001 in the Fininvest case and cleared in the All Iberian case because of a time limit, while false bookkeeping has been decriminalised.<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1708126,00.html">observer.guardian.co.uk/p...26,00.html</a>

by **antiaristo** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:30 pm

I'm not saying that it's connected. But, y'know Television Finance Government Freemasonry Crime...... And I did say earlier on that Hollick had been slated to become the British Berlusconi. I report, YOU decide. <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Berlusconi: I'm Christ of politics Sunday, February 12, 2006; Posted: 11:44 a.m. EST (16:44 GMT) ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- First it was Napoleon. Now it is Jesus Christ. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has compared himself to both, prompting the open scorn of his political opponents and even the quietly raised eyebrows of his coalition partners. "I am the Jesus Christ of politics," Italian media quoted him as saying at a dinner with supporters on Saturday night. "I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone." Giuseppe Giulietti, a leftist parliamentarian, joked that he was sure that "God the Father and the rest of Jesus' family did not take this very well." Marco Rizzo, a communist parliamentarian, called it a "grotesque comparison." Pierferdinando Casini, a sometimes uneasy Berlusconi ally and outgoing speaker of parliament, distanced himself. "I live on Earth. I don't want to mix foolish things with serious things," the Ansa news agency quoted him as saying when asked about Berlusconi's Christ comments. On Friday, Berlusconi compared himself to Napoleon, saying only the French emperor had done more for his country. Berlusconi will be competing against center-left opposition leader Romano Prodi in the April 9-10 general elections.<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/12/italy.berlusconi.reut/index.html">www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/eu...index.html</a>

by **antiaristo** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:59 am

Heh heh heh First, the Vampire and his werewolves at KKR are OUT!! Second, the price is way down because they will have to fund the pensions. Looks to me like they'll be lucky to get a billion, versus "over 1.5 billion" at the outset. Oh, and Mr Murdoch. FUCK YOU; SONNY <blockquote>Quote:<hr>DMGT's final-salary plan holds key to saleBy Dan Sabbagh, Media Editor DAILY Mail and General Trust’s pension fund will have a crucial role in coming days in determining the outcome of the hotly contested auction for its £1.3 billion regional newspaper division, Northcliffe Newspapers. Greenhill, the bank handling the auction, is presenting details of the bids to the trustees, who will decide how much they would like the new buyer to put into the regional newspaper pension scheme — one of the few remaining open final-salary schemes in the country. The fund is £100 million in deficit using new FRS17 pension accounting standards, but the trustees are expected to demand a greater contribution if they deem that the bid vehicle has a lot of debt or if they expect the group to be broken up. Some bidders say that as much as £300 million extra could be required. That could favour Gannett, the American group behind USA Today, which is the only remaining trade bidder. The other bidders for Northcliffe are venture capital groups — a strongly fancied consortium led by Candover and CVC, plus a separate bid from Providence. Venture capital groups will want to inject leverage and will probably break up the newspaper portfolio in due course. Either of these scenarios could worry the trustees because they reduce the long-term economic viability of the company that is supporting the pension fund. DMGT’s pension fund is a separate operation, with its own offices in Covent Garden. It boasts property investments, including an Argyll forest and an Iceland store in Newmarket. A formal decision on the outcome of the auction is not expected until next week<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-2039385,00.html">business.timesonline.co.u...85,00.html</a>

by **antiaristo** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:57 pm

This is why they try to make us think we can do nothing. This is what happens when we have the courage to fight back. We win. Exhibit A <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Daily Mail group cancels regional papers sell-off By Hugo Duncan, PA Published: 17 February 2006 The media group Daily Mail & General Trust cancelled plans to sell regional newspaper group Northcliffe today. DMGT put Northcliffe up for sale at the end of November, sparking interest from private equity firms and rival news groups such as Newsquest owner Gannett and Yorkshire Post publisher Johnston Press. The business is thought to be worth more than £1.3 billion, but the company said the three offers it received for Northcliffe, as well as other proposals, "did not fully reflect the long-term value of the business" . "Consequently, the board has decided to retain Northcliffe," DMGT said in a statement. Northcliffe titles include the Aberdeen Press & Journal, Western Daily Press and Western Morning News. DMGT, which owns the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers, said the the value of offers for Northcliffe reflected the downturn in trading in the regional newspaper sector. UK regional newspaper publishers are struggling with declining readership numbers and falling advertising revenues on the back of a slowdown in the economy. But the company said a recent restructuring of Northcliffe, including plans to close presses at Exeter, Hull, Grimsby and Lincoln, demonstrated that the business had greater value within DMGT. The company said: "Having compared the value that others have put on the business with the value to DMGT of Northcliffe in a restructured format, the board is clear that the decision to retain Northcliffe will deliver greater value to shareholders than a sale in the current trading conditions."<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article346027.ece">news.independent.co.uk/me...346027.ece</a> Added on edit Exhibit B <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Jowell's husband in gift row David Mills denies receiving £350,000 from Italian PM in exchange for help in corruption trial Antony Barnett and Barbara McMahon in Rome Sunday February 19, 2006 The Observer An extraordinary letter written by the husband of the Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, reveals that he avoided telling the full truth about the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to keep the media tycoon out of a 'great deal of trouble'. Jowell's husband, David Mills, was a witness in an Italian trial that alleged Berlusconi had paid bribes and made secret political donations. Mills later received a £350,000 'gift' allegedly linked to a senior executive working for Berlusconi's media organisation. The letter, obtained by The Observer, was written by Mills on 2 February, 2004, and sent to his London accountant. Mills, who was Berlusconi's legal adviser, wrote: 'I kept in close touch with the B [Berlusconi] people... they also knew quite how much the way in which I had been able to give my evidence (I told no lies, but I turned some very tricky corners, to put it mildly) had kept Mr B out of a great deal of trouble I would have landed him in if I had said all I knew.' The letter was uncovered by Italian prosecutors who are set to charge Mills with corruption in connection with the alleged £350,000 payment. They allege the payment to Mills was made by Berlusconi as a bribe to give false evidence at the earlier trials - a claim that both Mills and Berlusconi have always strenuously refuted. Mills has always denied receiving the money from Berlusconi or anybody connected with the Italian leader, claiming that it came from another client. Yet the letter has been described as the 'smoking gun' in Italy because Mills appears to be admitting receiving the money from Berlusconi for his help. Mills's letter to his accountant, Bob Drennan at Rawlinson & Hunter, states: 'At around the end of 1999, I was told I would receive money, which I could treat as a long-term loan or a gift. $600,000 was put in a hedge fund and I was told it would be there if I needed it. (It was put in the fund because the person connected to the [Berlusconi] organisation was someone I had discussed this fund with on many occasions, and it was a roundabout way of making the money available.) 'For obvious reasons of their own (I was at that stage still a prosecution witness, but my evidence had been given), it needed to be done discreetly.' Mills added: 'I regarded the payment as a gift. What else could it be? I wasn't employed, I wasn't acting for them, I wasn't doing anything for them, I had already given my evidence, but there was certainly the risk of future legal costs... and a great deal of anxiety.' Yesterday Mills confirmed to The Observer that the letter was genuine, but repeated his assurance that he was innocent of all charges and that he was a 'pawn' in a politically inspired witchhunt ahead of the Italian election. He insists he has given prosecutors 'absolute proof' the money was not from Berlusconi or anybody connected with him. He said: 'My own private papers have been intercepted and grossly and maliciously misinterpreted by people with a motive to do it. I come back to the simple fact: these magistrates are accusing Berlusconi of corrupting me. They have to prove he paid me money and I received it... they know for a certain fact that that money did not come from anyone who had anything to do with Berlusconi. 'I am largely the author of my own misfortune in all of this, in writing the letter... At the end of the day I am innocent of being corrupted.' The Italian investigation centres on trials in 1997 and 1998 in which Berlusconi was accused, but not convicted, of bribing tax investigators and making secret political donations.<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1713145,00.html">observer.guardian.co.uk/p...45,00.html</a> Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antiaristo>antiaristo</A> at: 2/19/06 6:44 am

by **mother** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:50 pm

May God and His Holy Angels bless you and keep you and your family safe from spiritual and physical harm; may they aid you in becoming an instrument of His grace. + + +

by **antiaristo** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:30 am

Cross-posted from "stoopid North Americans" This is how the protection racket works. When someone is taking heat for doing her a favour, she showers them with awards. Lord Puttnam was one of the directors of Anglia Television. Look at my letter to Patricia Hewitt on the Vampire of Finance thread. I NAME PUTTNAM as one of the fraudsters. Same thing happened a couple of years ago when I last went after Hollick. The Old Cow made him Chairman of the South Bank Board. Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Puttnam will outshine stars on Bafta night David Smith Sunday February 19, 2006 The Observer Starstruck fans will gather tonight at the Orange British Film Awards to glimpse big-name actors and directors vying for prizes. But the Bafta Council's highest honour has already been decided - and will go to a producer. David Puttnam, whose credits include the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire, is to be awarded the Academy Fellowship in recognition of outstanding contribution to world cinema. It will be presented by the Bafta president, Lord Attenborough. Bafta chairman Duncan Kenworthy said that Lord Puttnam - who turns 65 this week - is one of the few producers whose name is known to audiences. He added: 'His extraordinary reputation rests as much on the inspirational appeal and intelligence of his films as on their production values - one suspects audiences come away changed as well as entertained.' After starting his career in advertising, Puttnam spent 30 years as an independent film producer. His credits include The Mission, The Killing Fields, Local Hero, Chariots of Fire, Bugsy Malone, Memphis Belle and Midnight Express. He was chairman and chief executive of Columbia Pictures from 1986 to 1988 - the only non-American ever to run a Hollywood studio. He retired from film production in 1998 and, while still involved in the industry, his focus is now primarily on education. The Orange British Academy Film Awards - known as the Baftas - is to be televised in Latin America for the first time, taking the global audience up to one billion. Just six years ago they were shown only in Britain. Britain's hopes are pinned on the adaptation of John le Carré's thriller The Constant Gardener, which has been nominated for 10 Baftas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1713071,00.html">observer.guardian.co.uk/u...71,00.html</a>

by **antiaristo** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:58 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Berlusconi hits out at Tessa Jowell's husband · Italian prime minister denies providing 'gift' · I'm innocent, says lawyer facing corruption inquiry John Hooper in Rome Monday February 20, 2006 The Guardian David Mills, the husband of the culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, came under attack at the weekend from the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, over an alleged "hush money" scandal in which both men risk being tried for corruption. Mr Mills said the affair, which is threatening to dominate the Italian elections, had become "hideously embarrassing". But he insisted "I know I am innocent of these charges". In the first sign of a rift between the two co-accused, Mr Berlusconi told a rally in Verona: "Someone has taken advantage of my name." He did not name anyone, but his remarks clearly referred to the publication on Saturday of a letter written by Mr Mills in which he said court testimony he gave in Italy had "kept Mr B out of a great deal of trouble". Mr Mills, an international corporate lawyer, wrote that $600,000 was later put into a fund for him with help from a "person connected to the B organisation". He added: "It needed to be done discreetly. And this was a roundabout way." Mr Mills has since changed his position and says he invented the story about Mr Berlusconi to get tax advice without revealing the identity of another Italian client. Mr Mills helped Mr Berlusconi set up a network of offshore companies before the Italian magnate entered politics. Italian prosecutors later claimed it was used for illegal activities, including tax evasion, clandestine political funding and the bribing of judges. Mr Mills's corporate creations have figured in some of Italy's most high-profile recent political controversies. The British lawyer has always maintained his role was strictly that of a professional adviser, and the use Mr Berlusconi made of the companies was his affair. He has testified for the prosecution against Mr Berlusconi in two trials. Neither they, nor any other involving his offshore empire, has led to a conviction. The situation began to change only in 2003, when prosecutors started probing the use of offshore companies to trade film rights for Mr Berlusconi's TV networks. They concluded that Mr Mills was actively involved in running companies he set up, and that while collaborating with investigators on previous investigations he had withheld information which could have damaged Mr Berlusconi. Mr Mills vigorously denies both allegations. Last April, prosecutors asked for him to be put on trial with 12 others including Mr Berlusconi, charged with tax evasion and money laundering. On Friday, it was learned they also planned to have Mr Mills and Mr Berlusconi charged with corruption over the payment mentioned in the letter published at the weekend. It was written by Mr Mills to his accountants in February 2004. Four months later, after being shown the letter by prosecutors, Mr Mills signed a statement broadly confirming its contents. However, he has subsequently retracted that statement. In November 2004, he said yesterday, his lawyers presented the prosecutors with a dossier which "gave the true account". He said that he had only signed his earlier statement after 10 hours of "relentlessly hostile" interrogation. By the end, he was "grateful for the small mercy of having the interview come to an end and being still at liberty". According to his revised version, he had written to his accountants because he needed advice on the tax status of "a large sum of money from a client, who had also become a close friend". For confidentiality, he decided "not to use my client's real name, but that of another friend and former client", a Berlusconi executive. Mr Berlusconi, however, offered yet another explanation at the weekend. The tycoon turned politician, whose business interests are largely co-ordinated by a holding firm, Fininvest, said: "So as not to have to tell his partners in his legal practice what he had banked, he [Mills] could find no better solution than to say: 'It was a gift from Fininvest'." Mr Mills denied the accusation: "I paid the tax on this." The rift between the two men widened further when Mr Mills contradicted an assertion by Mr Berlusconi that they had never met. He said: "I met him once for about an hour at Arcore [Mr Berlusconi's villa near Milan] in 1995." According to the British lawyer, the true source of the money was not Mr Berlusconi, but a Neapolitan businessman, Diego Attanasio. He said: "In the summer of 2005, I was able to get hold of irrefutable third party documentary evidence of the true source of the money, which was forwarded to the prosecutors." So why do they still want to charge him? According to Italian press reports yesterday, it is because Mr Attanasio denies Mr Mills's new version of events. Corriere della Sera said that last December 22 Mr Attanasio gave a statement that he could not have paid Mr Mills because he was in jail at the time, charged with corruption. Mr Mills said yesterday that that was nonsense. "He wasn't in prison at the time. It was in July 1997, just before he was arrested and put in the cooler for three months. I've got nine different bits of paper to show that he paid it." Mr Mills's business interests have been a target for the tabloids since Labour first came to office, as his wife's career has taken her to a high profile cabinet role. Charges of conflict of interest involving ministerial spouses are taken seriously by MPs, and sometimes levelled unfairly for party advantage. There is no such suggestion in the Berlusconi affair, which is potentially more damaging to Mr Blair, as a political ally of the rightwing Italian prime minister, than to Ms Jowell. But the drip-drip of headlines will not be helpful in her Olympic role.<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,1713489,00.html">politics.guardian.co.uk/l...89,00.html</a>

by **madeupname452** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:23 am

<a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article346691.ece"> Businessmen deny giving Jowell's husband cash in bribery case</a> <blockquote>Quote:<hr>The controversy surrounding Tessa Jowell's husband deepened yesterday after three prominent Italian businessmen denied his claims that they were the source of an alleged $600,000 (£346,000) bribe. ... "Attanasio said, 'I never gave him [the money], but I can't exclude the possibility that Mills took it'," Mr Ghedini said. Asked whether he considered Mr Mills dishonest or merely an idiot, he said: "Neither one nor the other ... I would simply define him as a person who was very frightened."<hr></blockquote>

by **madeupname452** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:43 pm

some more background <a href="http://www.dumpblair.co.uk/bmafia.html">www.dumpblair.co.uk/bmafia.html</a> 21.02.2003 In a little noticed report last Sunday, The Observer (London) has exposed more mafia links at the heart of New Labour. The devastating information was uncovered by the respected investigative journalist Anthony Barnett, but the pro-Blair newspaper downplayed the damning story, relegating it to page 14. Today Blair visits Italian PM Berlusconi, his key ally in Europe and head of a coalition which includes neofascists and the racist devolutionists of the Northern League. Berlusconi was the first premier in Europe to back the Perle/Sharon War against Islam project in the wake of 911, at a time when Blair was claiming to carry a copy of the Koran on every foreign trip. Blair will be hoping that the media ignores Berlusconi and concentrates instead on his audience with the Pope, designed to underline Blair's sincerity. David Mills, husband of 'Blair Babe' and key political ally Tessa Jowell and brother of Barbara Mills ex-head of the Serious Fraud Office, is now under criminal investigation by Italian magistrates for money laundering on behalf of Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi. Mills has been co-operating as a witness in the Berlusconi investigation for several years. The Observer describes Mills as the accountant who helped set up Berlusconi's financial empire over many years. Recent supergrass evidence in Italy has pointed the finger at Berlusconi as the mafia's man there. Berlusconi enjoyed a meteoric rise to power after magistrates exposed the ruling coalition of Christian Democrats and Blair type 'socialists' as virtually a front for the mafia. This is not an isolated case of Blair/Jowell sleaze. Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone was famously given privileged access to the new Prime Minister in 1997 and achieved a change in government policy on tobacco advertising in return for a massive secret donation to Blair's New Labour. Jowell was the health minister who tore up Labour Party Policy for Ecclestone's benefit and Jowell's husband David Mills was a director of one of Ecclestone's key companies. Jowell is currently pushing the Communications Bill through Parliament, which will allow foreign media owners to buy up tv channels in the UK. As the saying goes, once is happenstance twice is co-incidence, three times is downright sinister. In Blair's case the mafia sleaze links get worse. Step in Enron and their bent accountants Arthur Anderson. Enron was one of the key backers of the New Labour takeover of the Labour Party, sponsoring them openly and providing more funds in secret. Enron accountants Arthur Anderson (now liquidated) were New Labour's favorites when it came to stitching up the lucrative PFI (quasi-privatisation) deals which made a packet for New Labour henchmen in their less publicised role as predatory company directors. Anderson were so suspect that even the sleaze ridden Conservative government had banned them from government contracts. Anderson recruits were told it was company policy to write notes in pencil (so that they could be falsified). Anderson executives are facing criminal charges for destroying evidence in the Enron affair. The Enron affair has been misrepresented in the pro-Blair pro-US corporate media in the UK. It was not an accounting scandal like Worldcom where expenditures were booked as investment and investors misled. It was an outright mafia style theft. Enron was used as a shell company to suck cash out of the US financial system. The cash was deposited in bogus companies in tax havens where it was untraceable, and then stolen by persons unknown. When Labour Chancellor Gordon Brown proposed a tightening up of money laundering havens in the wake of the 911 attacks he was ignored by the Bush regime who preferred to attack Afghanistan and now Iraq. How they must have laughed at Brown's naivety. The Enron accountant who might have spilt the beans died in an unexpected and highly suspicious 'suicide' shortly before he was to give evidence. The UK media has been remarkably silent on the fate of another Enron accountant, leading Conservative politician John Wakeham who sat on the committee supervising Enron's accounting and now faces a criminal investigation. Blair has never explained why he appointed Wakeham, a political enemy, to oversee the reform of the House of Lords. At Blair's prompting Wakeham proposed a mostly +unelected+ second chamber. Blair's original manifesto as a candidate for Labour leader emphasised that he would fight for an elected House of Lords. Enron had even closer links with the third member of the Blair/Berlusconi friends of the mafia: George Bush Jr. Enron helped bankroll Bush's campaign for President and paid for thugs to be flown into Florida from Washington to disrupt the recounts. This made it possible for the Jeb Bush administration to declare that brother George Bush had carried Florida. George Bush's third brother Neil Bush disappeared from public view after being implicated in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars from a Savings and Loan corporation in the early nineties. Another Bush brother Marvin has been identified as the man who held the keys to the World Trade Centre. His company installed access systems, knowledge of which would have made it possible to plant the bombs which reporters and firemen believe they heard shortly before the WTC towers collapsed. Enron's links to Bush are so close that Bush saw necessary to lie about them in public. He stated that Enron boss Ken 'Kenny Boy' Lay had only been an acquaintance and only since the mid nineties. In fact Lay and Bush were buddies at least in the late eighties. Andrew Rawnsley, one of the many Blair acolytes on the Observer, quotes Blair as saying during the Ecclestone affair: 'they'll have us for this'. Blair has made clear he will use the Royal Prerogative to order British troops to commit war crimes by invading Iraq in defiance of the UN. The British public are currently mystified as to why Blair should back George Bush to such an extent in flagrant defiance of (according to opinion polls) up to 90 percent of UK opinion. Perhaps the answer is that Blair does not have any choice.

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