Difference between revisions of "Airey Neave"
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|birth_name=Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave | |birth_name=Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave | ||
|birth_place=Knightsbridge, London | |birth_place=Knightsbridge, London | ||
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|death_place=Westminster Hospital, London | |death_place=Westminster Hospital, London | ||
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| − | '''Airey Neave''' was | + | '''Airey Neave''' was friend and key advisor to [[Margaret Thatcher]] who "had learned all there is to learn about intrigue, deception and the political Black Arts"<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2136997/Time-new-Airey-Neave-save-Tories-dismal-Dave.html</ref> he was assassinated - allegedly by the [[IRA]] - in [[1979]] just before her successful election campaign. |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | Neave was a [[barrister]].<ref name=rte>https://www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2019/0328/1039118-the-life-and-death-of-british-spy-turned-politician-airey-neave/</ref> | + | Neave was a [[barrister]].<ref name=rte>https://www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2019/0328/1039118-the-life-and-death-of-british-spy-turned-politician-airey-neave/</ref> |
| − | "During [[World War II]], he "worked for [[MI9]], a subsidiary of [[MI6]], later holding the rank of commanding officer of the Intelligence School 9, Territorial Army (TA)."<ref name=rte/> | + | "During [[World War II]], he "worked for [[MI9]], a subsidiary of [[MI6]], later holding the rank of commanding officer of the Intelligence School 9, Territorial Army (TA)."<ref name=rte/> |
Neave became [[Conservative Party]] MP for Abington in 1953. He has been called "the most senior politician ever to have been [[assassinated]]". He was a close friend of [[Margaret Thatcher]] and managed her campaign to become [[leader of the Conservative party]]. He ran a "“psy-ops” campaign, drawing on intelligence experience".<ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatchers-advisor-airey-neave-14205986</ref> | Neave became [[Conservative Party]] MP for Abington in 1953. He has been called "the most senior politician ever to have been [[assassinated]]". He was a close friend of [[Margaret Thatcher]] and managed her campaign to become [[leader of the Conservative party]]. He ran a "“psy-ops” campaign, drawing on intelligence experience".<ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatchers-advisor-airey-neave-14205986</ref> | ||
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 Airey Neave     (lawyer, spook, politician) | |
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| Born | Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave 23 January 1916 Knightsbridge, London |
| Died | 30 March 1979 (Age 63) Westminster Hospital, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Children | 3 |
| Spouse | Diana Neave |
| Victim of | assassination |
| Party | Conservative |
Airey Neave was friend and key advisor to Margaret Thatcher who "had learned all there is to learn about intrigue, deception and the political Black Arts"[1] he was assassinated - allegedly by the IRA - in 1979 just before her successful election campaign.
Career
"During World War II, he "worked for MI9, a subsidiary of MI6, later holding the rank of commanding officer of the Intelligence School 9, Territorial Army (TA)."[2]
Neave became Conservative Party MP for Abington in 1953. He has been called "the most senior politician ever to have been assassinated". He was a close friend of Margaret Thatcher and managed her campaign to become leader of the Conservative party. He ran a "“psy-ops” campaign, drawing on intelligence experience".[3]
Assassination
On 30th March 1979 Neave was injured in Whitehall by a car bomb. "He was quickly taken to Westminster Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. But it was too late and he died on the operating table."[2][4]
Perpetrators
The Provisional Irish Republican Army reportedly claimed responsibility for the bombing,[2] though it was later attributed to the INLA. Others have suggested that it was an attack by the UK deep state who were concerned about by his plans to restructure MI5 and MI6. He is reputed to have remarked that "There has been serious corruption" and that "there is going to be cleaning of the stables".[citation needed]
The commercially-controlled media condemned a drama Utopia which suggested that he was not killed by the INLA as the official narrative states.[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2136997/Time-new-Airey-Neave-save-Tories-dismal-Dave.html
- ↑ a b c d https://www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2019/0328/1039118-the-life-and-death-of-british-spy-turned-politician-airey-neave/
- ↑ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatchers-advisor-airey-neave-14205986
- ↑ http://www.indymedia.ie/article/104511
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2690039/Fury-Channel-4-insult-MP-killed-IRA-Family-war-hero-Airey-Neave-demand-TV-series-axed.html
