2024-11-05
The 5th November is famous for the alleged plot to blow up the then Houses of Parliament.
I say "alleged" because as we constantly learn these days, similar events have a habit of turning out to be the opposite of the way they were presented.
Pearl Harbour was engineered to mould US public opinion to accept US involvement in the second world war, 9/11 was engineered to drag the US into the "war on terror", and so on.
So is it beyond the bounds of possibility that Guy Fawkes was the patsy who took the rap for an engineered plot to cement the Pope as the enemy of England in the minds of the English people? As far back as Queen Elizabeth I, the monarch was known to have a capable spymaster whose job, much like the spy agencies of today, was to collect information and spread disinformation.
The dark arts have a very long history.
So how to survive, prosper, and overcome a world of dog-eats-dog?
Martin Geddes shares his analysis.
