Comments on: 1968: when Britain's Daily Mirror tried to overthrow Parliament http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rusty Idols http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1187290 Rusty Idols Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1187290 Actually this is even more blatantly part of the source material for the book and TV miniseries 'A Very British Coup'. This story is a major plot element in it. Actually this is even more blatantly part of the source material for the book and TV miniseries ‘A Very British Coup’. This story is a major plot element in it.

]]> By: Xof http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186994 Xof Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186994 Tomorrow Never Dies' villain was rather transparently patterned on Murdoch, who was busily trying to get the Chinese government to allow him broadcasting rights for Sky. I have to mention the ur-source for the "Cecil King conspires with MI5 to bring down the Wilson government" story, "Spycatcher" by Peter Wilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spycatcher). Don't miss Leon Rosselson's attempt to get tried for breaching the gag order against the book, "Ballad of a Spycatcher." Tomorrow Never Dies’ villain was rather transparently patterned on Murdoch, who was busily trying to get the Chinese government to allow him broadcasting rights for Sky.

I have to mention the ur-source for the “Cecil King conspires with MI5 to bring down the Wilson government” story, “Spycatcher” by Peter Wilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spycatcher). Don’t miss Leon Rosselson’s attempt to get tried for breaching the gag order against the book, “Ballad of a Spycatcher.”

]]> By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186541 miasm Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186541 If you've ever wondered how some upper-class English can get away with using the word 'what' to end a statement; look no further than this man's face. If you’ve ever wondered how some upper-class English can get away with using the word ‘what’ to end a statement; look no further than this man’s face.

]]> By: Wil St. Hill http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186493 Wil St. Hill Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186493 Strange.... I thought we usually put dynamite under parliament when we didn't agree with it rather than doing complicated French things like coups. Mind you the '60s was famous for some mind-boggling megalomaniacs... Strange…. I thought we usually put dynamite under parliament when we didn’t agree with it rather than doing complicated French things like coups. Mind you the ’60s was famous for some mind-boggling megalomaniacs…

]]> By: GreenJello http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186469 GreenJello Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186469 <blockquote>who wanted to force the Labour government to slash the financial deficit.</blockquote> Sounds like the S&P here in the states.

who wanted to force the Labour government to slash the financial deficit.

Sounds like the S&P here in the states.

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186464 Just_Ok Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186464 upon the dunghill upon the dunghill

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186462 dculberson Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186462 Ohhh, so THAT'S what dour faced means. Ohhh, so THAT’S what dour faced means.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186461 digi_owl Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186461 Using media to make the news rather then report it is as old as media itself. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/how-the-robber-barons-hijacked-the-victorian-internet.ars Using media to make the news rather then report it is as old as media itself.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/how-the-robber-barons-hijacked-the-victorian-internet.ars

]]> By: zweii http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186456 zweii Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186456 Sounds like the plot of Tomorrow never dies. Real life Bond villian? Sounds like the plot of Tomorrow never dies. Real life Bond villian?

]]> By: Richard_Kirk http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186452 Richard_Kirk Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186452 Before that, it was the 'Daily Mail'... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter Before that, it was the ‘Daily Mail’…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/1968-when-britains-daily-mirror-tried-to-overthrow-parliament.html#comment-1186422 awjt Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=113100#comment-1186422 Where's Oliver Cromwell when you need him? Where’s Oliver Cromwell when you need him?

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