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Brussels Underground
The governed have a right to know what their governments are capable of and seriousabuses of power should not remain unreported or be condoned, as has been the case withthe cover up in the trawler Gaul public inquiry. For, if ignored, such acts will continue to be perpetrated and the erosion of democracy and the rule of law will become irreversible.It is for this reason that we are now going to recount one of the more recent episodes inthe Gaul saga, one which was played in the picturesque city of Brussels and in which,either willingly or unwillingly, several EU bodies played a partBetween 2000 and 2006 a notable shift took place at the heart of Europe: the EU power elite gradually became aware of the fact that the federal Superstate, which they had longdreamed of and aspired to, had become an achievable prospect. The world was changing, power was shifting and the argument that a single European entity could be bigger andstronger than the sum of its member states was starting to make some kind of sense tomore people. For a long time opposition from Britain, the national interests and the ‘vivela difference’ attitude of others had undermined the federalists’ expansionist aims.However, things were now looking different, new alliances were being forged betweenEurope’s new leaders, and Tony Blair was identified by the EU power brokers as the manwho could deliver British assent to the new order – at a price
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.In 2005, when it was feared that the truth about the FV Gaul inquiry could emerge,Britain’s Tony Blair was approaching a critical stage in his mission to deliver anemasculated Britain to the EU. A high-level and wide-ranging scandal, which would haveexposed the state of moral dissolution within the echelons of Britain’s New-Labour establishment would have embarrassed and compromised the credibility of PrimeMinister Blair, and thus his ability to fulfil the EU power elite’s agenda and his personalambitions of grandeur. Such a mishap could not be countenanced. Anything to preventthis from happening was to be done, and this was all too easily possible.Promptly, out of the woodwork, came all sorts of creatures who, zombie-like, wouldopenly stalk us on the streets, in restaurants and cafes, public transport, shops and at theworkplace - to pry, physically intimidate and proffer threats – on a continuous basis.In public places, no matter where we sat, individuals would tag along, and sit themselvesclosely around us, conspicuously staring at us all the time. They would tail our car or follow us on public transport, in a manner designed to let us know they were there. Wewere bumped and jostled on the platforms of underground stations in such a way so as togive the impression that they were going to push us in front of the incoming train.
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Tony Blair is now set to become the first President of the European Council
 
 Thugs, haggard looking and bedraggled, like illegal immigrants after a long and rough journey to the West or ex-convicts recently released from jail, would walk past us on thestreet and abruptly turn around to proffer insults and threats - warning that we wouldsoon be homeless, jobless, disabled or dead.Various individuals loitered outside our Brussels home; flashlights were shone at our windows at night.On returning home after outings there was sometimes a feeling that someone had beenthere in our absence and, on a number of occasions, we found that objects inside our house had inexplicably been broken or displaced.Sometimes what we discussed inside (or outside) our house, no matter how personal,certain ‘work colleagues’ would also discuss the next day. They would repeat, almostword for word, fragments of the conversations we had exchanged in the privacy of our home, and even poke fun at some of our topics and at the surprise that their ‘telepathicqualities’ aroused. Details of our car journeys, including deviations from the route or halts taken would also be mentioned or hinted at, in passing.Personal biographies were uncovered and thrashed out without courtesy or discretion bythe same individuals. Smears were circulated in the background. Being conspicuous andoffensive must have been, we reckon, a key part of their role.Our car was tampered with, and only by a stroke of luck unpleasant consequences wereaverted.Our communications were crudely monitored, as we ourselves could hear, and, in someinstances, our phone calls and mail were diverted.
 
Our acquaintances, friends and family were also intruded upon and, at work, we were placed within a buffer of chosen and trusted ‘friends’, while the rest of our work colleagues somehow knew they had to keep their distance, as if we had been under strictquarantine for some highly contagious illness.Some of the locally hired domestic help and service contractors, after gaining access toour home, took the opportunity to snoop around and, on a few occasions, attempted toopenly bully or intimidate us.Even some of our friends were made to deliver thinly veiled warnings so as to convinceus to remain silent.All of a sudden, food poisoning became a frequent occurrence; medical tests would startto go wrong and be unnecessarily painful, we would be more often mistakenlyovercharged for the cost of services and utilities, and every little enterprise we wereengaged in would become ever more difficult and stressful.A well-coordinated campaign of harassment by work associates, public bodies andvarious others was conducted with - though in some rare laudable cases without - zeal.“
 Everybody can be bought 
”, one insider intimated referring to what was going on.We wondered how much this charade was costing and who was able to sponsor such anextensive operation; “
 Zee Inglish pay
”, another insider jovially informed us.Eventually, we discovered that these measures had not merely been sanctioned, but wereinstigated from within the highest levels of the British administration.We considered making appeal to the law, but that was not going to be easy.Conversations with our solicitor were also crudely monitored, and then, one day, hedecided abruptly to drop us as clients
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