Corruption In High Places
By Max Musson: I am reminded of a fictional character, US Senator Pat Geary, who is portrayed by G. D. Spradlin in the film ‘The Godfather Part II’. In this film Senator Geary is initially seen attending the communion celebration for Anthony Corleone, the son of Michael Corleone the head of the Corleone crime family around whom the film is centred. Geary publicly accepts a substantial contribution in Anthony’s name as a donation for a local university, but while speaking before the…
Money-Power, Money and Power
By Max Musson: During the last few years before the British National Party (BNP) went into its current state of decline, Nick Griffin the chairman of that party engaged a professional fundraiser to help the party raise funds and by all accounts a sum in excess of £2m was raised, which later seemed to evaporate without any lasting tangible benefit. Rumours have abounded, meetings have been held and discussion forums have from time to time…
The Nature of Democracy
By Max Musson: The democratic process and the principle of ‘one man, one vote’, is one of the foundation stones of liberal democracy and is seen by liberals, Marxists and social democrats as an institutional reaffirmation of their ‘sacred’ principle of human equality. Even so, the implementation and the practice of democracy and the practice of one man, one vote, has throughout history, not been without its problems and without detractors. Critics have pointed to…