M`I`5 Pers.ecution.7c (ev1) - Dimbleby / John Major, April 1997

Dimbleby / John Major, April 1997

Certainty level: 90%

Dimbleby interviews John Major during the election campaign. Here is the exchange, regarding Neil Hamilton, the 'sleazy' Tory candidate;

Dimbleby: 'It's a direct quotation from what he said to Sir Gordon Downey and what he said to his local newspaper, the Knutsford Guardian'. Major: 'Well, heaven forfend that I should doubt what the Knutsford Guardian actually said' Dimbleby: 'Well I should hope so' Major: 'Absolutely, it would be quite unforgivable to doubt the Knutsford Guardian'

What I find in this segment is an assonance between 'Knutsford' and 'Nut' or 'Nuts'. I think Dimbleby deliberately invents the play on words, and says it clearly enough for Major to pick it up and repeat it. You can gauge Dimbleby's intent from his facial expression of false honesty when he uses the words 'Knutsford Guardian'; and Major's reaction follows from his recognition of Dimbleby's intent; Major smiles and says it would be 'unforgivable to doubt the Knutsford Guardian'. These are much clearer on the original video than on this Quicktime clip.

I am sure Tony Blair would also agree you are nuts, just to be fair and balanced about it.

Security Service tried to kill me two years ago, and Blunkett is supposed to be in charge of them. So that makes him at least accessory to murder.

Just goes to show how inept they are if you're still here. Incidentally, why is there never any new stuff about your 'persecution' - it all dates back 4/5 years ago.

There so subtle these days he can't prove they're doing it.

Having seen his past 'proof', I don't suppose that matters much