Dave <dwickf...@yahoo.com>

Yes, Usenet, personal contacts, or radio-ham is the most reliable
source of news.

In the UK, the whole idea of civil defence is to preserve the
government and local government.

A recent example of lies was the London bombing on 07/07/2005.  I was
in Liverpool Street station at two minutes past nine, and it was
obvious that some "big shit" had happened,  I decided not to walk past
Tower 42 (Nat West Tower) as usual in case it was next to be blown up.
I saw convoys of police vans going along Victoria Street, and other
emergency vehicles in a panic.  When I got to work I was told the
incident was due to a power surge, and found it hard to swallow.