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I'm going back to London to see my mother today.<br>Flying Iberia via Madrid.<br>Coming back the same way on September 4.<br>I'll confirm safe return on that day.<br><br>Please excuse this self-indulgence.<br><br>But it does make me feel better. <p></p><i></i>

Hello to you...Mr. 'antiaristo'. Best wishes. <p></p><i></i>

<br> You've been missed, John.<br><br> Hope you'll return to posting in September (or before).<br><br> Safe trip & all....<br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

good to see the name pop up <p></p><i></i>

Anti- where the hell you been?<br><br>good luck in jolly ole...err, bloody ole England.<br><br> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Mystery Babylon <br>Your queendom a falling<br>Tumbling down <br>Rahab, Ethiopia's calling<br>Mystery Babylon<br>Your queendom a falling<br>Down to the ground<br>Rahab, Ethiopia's calling<br><br> Gimme back me gold, me ruby and diamond<br>Gimme back me gold, me ruby and me diamond<br><br>Send my sons and daughters back home<br>All them that are called of Jah-Jah name<br><br>Take back your pound, your shilling and your dollar<br>Take back your chink, your roach and mosquita<br>(Poisoning US)</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=onoi812>OnoI812</A> at: 8/17/06 2:59 am<br></i>

Good to hear from you John,<br><br>Have a safe trip. <p></p><i></i>

glad to hear from you. <p></p><i></i>

Good to know you are safe and sound, anti. <p></p><i></i>

Welcome home anti! I hope it's not as bad as you expect. <p></p><i></i>

Also wishing you all safety and every happiness on your visit, anti. Enjoy enjoy enjoy! <p></p><i></i>

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Back safely.<br><br>Mum was largely healed, and quite enjoying life.<br><br>Thank you all, each and every one.<br>(Tho' especially to the well-wisher caught in the middle of a war.)<br><br><br>I'm going to restrict myself to significant future invocations of the Treason Felony Act.<br><br>e.g. the Diana inquest<br>e.g. the Goldsmith "Opinion" <p></p><i></i>

<br> Welcome back John.<br><br> Shame you couldnt pop up and see us. <p></p><i></i>

Welcome back John,<br><br>On the Diana inquest, Shaphan has this post <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://shaphan.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/butlerslossed.html" target="top">here</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> (links therein)<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Butler-Slossed</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>When the name of Elizabeth Butler-Sloss was mooted as the judge to take on the inquest into the deaths of Diana POW and Dodi Fayed, I thought it an uncontroversial choice. Her background is in family law, she helped choose the new archbishop of Canterbury in 2002, and she's now retired to academia. But a posting on Usenet has alerted me to her former chairmanship of the Security Commission, which is an appendage of the Cabinet Office. <br><br>The Security Commission is a somewhat shadowy organ. The earliest recent list of members I can find was made public in 1998 in a written answer to a House of Lords question.<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Wednesday, 29th July 1998. Security Commission: Membership <br><br>Lord Davies of Coity asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the latest membership of the Security Commission. [HL3159]<br><br>The Leader of the House (Baroness Jay of Paddington): The Prime Minister has recently appointed Sir John Foley and Sir Clive Whitmore to serve as members of the Security Commission. They have succeeded Sir Derek Boorman and Sir Christopher Curwen. <br><br>The current membership of the Commission is: The Rt Hon The Lord Lloyd of Berwick (Chairman); The Rt Hon Lady Justice Butler-Sloss DBE (Alternative Chairman); Sir John Blelloch KCB; Sir John Foley KCB OBE MC; Lord Tombs of Brailes; Sir Clive Whitmore GCB CVO.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>Butler-Sloss stood down from the SC in the second half of 2005, so she served for at least seven years and perhaps longer. <br><br>The original remit of the commission was set in 1964, when it was founded by then-PM Alec Douglas-Hume.<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"If so requested by the Prime Minister[,] to investigate and report upon the circumstances in which a breach of security is known to have occurred in the public service, and upon any related failure of departmental security arrangements or neglect of duty; and, in the light of any such investigation, to advise whether any change in security arrangements is necessary or desirable."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br>It's only ever had to report to the PM roughly twenty times since '64. If, for example, a spy is unmasked, or allegedly unmasked , the SC will investigate and make recommendations. But its most well-reported work recently has been its role in re-shaping the security of the British royal family. This followed a series of trespasses on to royal property, such as a Fake Osama comedian gate-crashing a birthday party at Windsor. The most serious lapse was the discovery of an undercover journalist working as a footman in Buck Palace, just as GW Bush arrived for an official visit.<br><br>AN URGENT review of Royal security was ordered yesterday, after it emerged that an undercover reporter had bluffed his way into a job as a footman at Buckingham Palace and had been assigned to look after staff of the president of the United States during his state visit. (..)<br><br>So serious was the lapse that David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, made an emergency statement to parliament yesterday, in which he announced that he had handed over the investigation to an independent commission. (..)<br><br>"The Prime Minister, with the support of the Royal household, is therefore asking the Security Commission, an independent body responsible for overseeing breaches of security, to conduct a thorough review," he said. (..) [The Scotsman, 2003.11.20]<br><br>The SC published its report on royal security in May 2004. My point is that Butler-Sloss has been protecting the Crown for years, whether it's been the safety of the royal family itself or the security of its agencies such as MI6. Of all the judges who could take on the Diana inquest, is the one who is demonstrably so close to the Crown and MI6 really the one best suited for such a task? <br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>

slim, Byrne,<br>Thanks.<br>I spent the entire time with my mother.<br>She really appreciated that.<br><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Of all the judges who could take on the Diana inquest, is the one who is demonstrably so close to the Crown and MI6 really the one best suited for such a task?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <br><br><br>Heh, heh, heh!<br><br><br><br><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="font-size:medium;">The Oath of a Privy Counsellor</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--><br><br>You do swear by Almighty God to be a true and faithful Servant unto The Queen’s Majesty as one of Her Majesty’s Privy Council. You will not know or understand of any manner of thing to be attempted, done or spoken against Her Majesty’s Person, Honour, Crown or Dignity Royal, but you will lett and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power, and either cause it to be revealed to Her Majesty Herself, or to such of Her Privy Council as shall advertise Her Majesty of the same. You will in all things to be moved, treated and debated in Council, faithfully and truly declare your Mind and Opinion, according to your Heart and Conscience; and will keep secret all matters committed and revealed unto you, or that shall be treated of secretly in Council. And if any of the said Treaties or Counsels shall touch any of the Counsellors you will not reveal it unto him but will keep the same until such time as, by the consent of Her Majesty or of the Council, Publication shall be made thereof. You will to your uttermost bear Faith and Allegiance to the Queen’s Majesty; and will assist and defend all civil and temporal Jurisdictions, Pre-eminences, and Authorities, granted to Her Majesty and annexed to the Crown by Acts of Parliament, or otherwise, against all Foreign Princes, Persons, Prelates, States, or Potentates. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>And generally in all things you will do as a faithful and true Servant ought to do to Her Majesty<br></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>SO HELP YOU GOD<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/word/Privy%20Counsellor's%20Oath.doc">www.privy-council.org.uk/...20Oath.doc</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br>Not that much there about serving justice, or the people, or democracy, is there? <p></p><i></i>