Secrets and lies

Jeremy Clarke reports on his low life

The Methodist church hall could have been a bit warmer. I chose a seat at the end of the row. Because I’d been kept awake for most of the previous night by rats scratching in the attic, I felt slightly more paranoid than usual. Scratch, scratch, scratch: whatever it was the rats were doing up there they were very determined about it. I’d lain awake staring up at the ceiling torn between indignation and profound admiration for the work ethic.

About a dozen had turned up on a wild night to hear ex-MI5 agent David Shayler promote his 9/11 Truth campaign. According to Mr Shayler, contrary to official reports about hijacked airliners and Islamic fundamentalists, the twin towers were actually demolished by Mossad secret agents working with a cabal of US arms manufacturers, the FBI, the CIA and the blessing of the US government.

Before we got on to that, though, he dished the dirt on the underhand activities of our own security services, of which he was once a member. He has no doubts, for example, that Diana was bumped off. Dr David Kelly ditto. Robin Cook probably as well. The rotten devils tried to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi of Libya, said Mr Shayler, but bungled the operation by placing the bomb under the wrong car.

What else? Oh, yes. He said that Tony Blair works for MI5. Even as Prime Minister he did as he was told. Frankly this last item surprised few (if any) of us because in hindsight it explained a lot. What a marvellously well placed source he’ll be when he becomes first President of Europe then the Antichrist.

Having presented his credentials in this way, Mr Shayler went on to present a film he’d made about 9/11.