Politicians... And Their Victims

By Dorothy Davies

Politicians are involved in every aspect of our lives - but how much do we know about them? What private thoughts are shared by the Prime Minister and the Queen during their weekly visit? They brave the regular walks on the stage given to them by the press which invariably ends up destroying reputations and sometimes their future life, too. It follows that the burning ambition must be hot indeed and the results must be worth it... It's a given that egos are involved from the start and it is egos which come through clearest of all in this book. The messages are short, precise as a question to be read at Prime Minister's Question Time, meaningful as the statements in the Queen's Speech with the difference, these politicians have nothing to lose any more. Or do they?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fiction4All
• Release date: May 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005418687

Dorothy Davies

Dorothy Davies, writer, medium, editor, lives on the Isle of Wight in an old property which has its own resident ghosts. All this adds to her historical and horror writing.

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Introduction

On the 30th October 2000 my friend, companion and spirit guide, Daniel, gave me a long message. This is part of it.

I will be bringing people to you to hear their stories, perhaps to relate their stories, to put them into a book as well, a book of sadness with the message that there is life eternal, for the stories will come from this side and not from your side.

And in doing this, as the beautiful lady said, you will release others who are earthbound at the moment.

And in doing this, the service you do will be incalculable, my sister.

(The beautiful lady Daniel mentions is the talented medium Hazel Butterworth, sadly no longer on this side of life. Daniel worked with both of us.)

Many who cross over to the spirit world go with unfinished business and no easy way of putting things right – their side of the story, if you like. My ‘message’ books give well known people a chance to do just that, or simply to say thank you to those who supported them throughout their careers, whatever they were, musicians, writers, explorers, people from distant history... and there are many more to come.

This book is different. Politicians are universally disliked, it would seem, but, they too have their stories, their messages, they too are entitled to their opportunity to right wrongs. For example, the work had only just begun when I welcomed Dr David Kelly. It was then I realised the book had an extra section - ‘and their victims.’ They soon began making themselves known, Stephen Ward called his name and in December 2010, Earl Mountbatten kept calling until his name was in the book. More have come, including the difficult ones such as Airey Neave, politician and victim of politics. Sadly there are a lot of them,

I’m working on several multi-topic books which all have their reasons to exist. This one is proving to be essential to many people. When you hear a spirit say ‘thank you, now I can move on’, you appreciate how important the book is and will continue to be, for its words have many miles to travel and many to touch; this platform for often overlooked people who at some time in their lives had the misfortune to be politicians. It’s a special calling; one so fraught with temptation from every side, it’s a wonder anything ever gets done…

We have to live with the past, which we well know is a different country. Accept, understand these people are of their time and have come with that background to give their message to you. Don’t throw away the chance to understand the way it was, it helps to keep a balance against the way it is now. Above all, remember how fragile the link is most of the time, that accord which holds me here to take dictation from the politicians there. Whichever way you look at it, we’re doing our best for them – and for you. From these brief glimpse into the past comes greater understanding and are as valuable as any archaeological discoveries. Come to the messages with an open mind, leave with greater understanding.

This book has been a long time coming together, but at last I can invite you to walk into the murky world of Politicians and read the words of those who have nothing to lose by telling you the truth. Having said that, you should ask yourself whether, even in these final messages, all the truth has been told or whether there still a great deal that could be revealed… and probably never will be. We can do no more than take what we can and speculate on the rest…

British Politicians

Winston Churchill

Nancy Astor

Clement Atlee

Stanley Baldwin

Nye Bevan

Elizabeth (Bessie) Braddock

James Callaghan

Barbara Castle

Neville Chamberlain

Robin Cook

Jo Cox

Benjamin Disraeli

Alec Douglas-Home

Anthony Eden

Michael Foot

Hugh Gaitskell

William Gladstone

Ted Heath

David Lloyd George

Ramsay Macdonald

Harold Macmillan

David Penhaligon

William Pitt the Younger

John Profumo

Bobby Sands

Cyril Smith

John Smith

Richard Stafford Cripps

John Stonehouse

Margaret Thatcher

Jeremy Thorpe

Harold Wilson

World Politicians

Konrad Adenaeur

Fidel Castro

Spiro Agnew

Michael Collins

Charles de Gaulle

Francisco Franco

Indira Gandhi

Emperor Hirohito

Robert Kennedy

Nelson Mandela

Benito Mussolini

Ian Smith

Gough Whitlam

Boris Yeltsin

Victims

Steve Biko

George Perry Floyd Jnr

Dag Hammarskjold

Dr David Kelly

Stephen Lawrence

Alexander Litvinenko

Jean Charles de Menezes

Earl Louis Mountbatten

Airey Neave

Czar Nicolas Romanov

Stephen Ward

The 96 fans from the Liverpool Football Club

The dead of Tiananmen Square

The dead of Srebrenica

The dead of Grenfell Tower,

Brest – Belarus = 1214 Holocaust victims

And of every atrocity in every country around this world.

There are still mass graves to be discovered.

Part 1 – British Politicians

Winston Churchill

Nancy Astor

Clement Atlee

Stanley Baldwin

Nye Bevan

Elizabeth (Bessie) Braddock

James Callaghan

Barbara Castle

Neville Chamberlain

Robin Cook

Jo Cox

Benjamin Disraeli

Alec Douglas-Home

Anthony Eden

Michael Foot

Hugh Gaitskell

William Gladstone

Ted Heath

David Lloyd George

Ramsay Macdonald

Harold Macmillan

David Penhaligon

William Pitt the Younger

John Profumo

Bobby Sands

Cyril Smith

John Smith

Richard Stafford Cripps

John Stonehouse

Margaret Thatcher

Jeremy Thorpe

Harold Wilson

Sir Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister who needs no introduction

Term of office 1940 to 1945

and again from 1951 to 1955

(30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)

Nothing has been said but ‘someone’ decided this would be a good message book to work on, and they were right, the response has been amazing, especially from overseas politicians who have given me some of their time. Winston goes further than that, he worked very hard to get my attention many years ago, including but not limited to the time he overshadowed a medium to give me a personal message, not just a ‘normal’ reading. He told me then he was my Big Man and he has stayed in touch with me ever since. For that reason, he has been placed first in the book. I know you’ll understand…

Winston says:

There isn’t much I can say that hasn’t already been said about me, but I’ll be damned if there’s going to be a book by politicians without me in it!

Right, having said that, what can I say that has not been said already by me in one of my many books or in turn the books written about me? My funeral. I never got to talk about that, did I?

What a performance! What a ceremonial performance, all that ‘coffin being put on the barge and going down the Thames and the great cranes lowering themselves as it went by and all the people and the solemn commentary’ and –

You’re half expecting me to say it was all bunk, aren’t you? I’m not going to. It was wonderful. My organisation but it came out better than I hoped, it was more than I expected or believed or dreamed of. The cranes…the sheer numbers of people… It was truly wonderful. For someone who had been vilified, scorned, slandered, insulted, you name it I suffered it over the years, to see that outpouring of grief was amazing. I watched the whole thing from this side of life first with open mouth and then the biggest smile you can imagine.

It was a good life, if with more ups and downs than the next person, with more worry than the next person, knowing what rested on me during the war years and having the strength to see it through, then being discarded when it was all over, when we celebrated the peace by throwing out the old and bringing in the new. Well, I expected that and it happened, so it was not a surprise.

But you have my words, my books, my paintings and my giant reputation to look back on. Few men can say that. If my ego was large before, then that funeral increased it a hundred-fold. As I said, I am not decrying it, just grateful for it.

And for the ongoing remembrance of me, thank you.

Nancy Astor

First woman voted into Parliament

She held the seat between 1919 and 1945

(19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964)

It’s been quite a while since Nancy called her name to be included in this book. I had been hoping she would not change her mind, but she didn’t, she’s here now with a message for today’s female MPs, rather than talking about her time in Parliament.

Nancy says:

The years I spent as MP are written elsewhere if anyone really