Bruneï's brutal regime restores MP's faith in religion and patriotism

6.55 7.25 8.15 9.55 10.05 6.15 9.05 9.55 10.40 10.55 11.00 6.05 6.15 7.00 7.25 REMEMBER our exclusive article showing the horrific campaign by the British army in Brunei during the early 1960s?

The articles detailed some of the atrocities which the army inflicted on the local insurgents. Undertrained and using primitive weapons, the guerrilla forces were trying to break the iron grip of the filthy rich oil sultan and his family.

The sultan, backed by his British-armed guard and units of the British army, still reigns in Brunei.

Dozens of political prisoners languish in jail and any sign of opposition is ruthlessly dealt But in this item from the right-wing Daily Telegraph', of life in Brunei is given.

It says:

A BRITISH M.P. has recently returned from a visit to Brunei to what he calls SONGS OF PRAISE. THE GOOD OLD DAYS. Leonard Sachs, Danny La FILM: 'DOCTOR IN DISTRESS'. Dirk Bogarde, Samantha Eggar, James Robertson Justice. NEWS and weather.

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ON THE BUSES. 11.00 Mor ad. 12.55 ilenge. 2.1 den Shot. 'these increasingly decadent islands' Writing in the 'Liverpool Daily Post', , he can hardly find language fulsome enough to describe that small Sultanate which forms part of Borneo:

*Patriotism burns as brightly as the summer sun over there. It illuminates the national scene. Pride in the past, matched by eager resolve to add to its lustre inspires the whole country.

"They put us to shame. No country in the world has greater cause for pride in its heritage than we have. Yet patriotism has become a dirty word in our affluent society.

'When well-paid workers filling key jobs use their national importance as a weapon to force even bigger rewards for themselves they behave like blackmailers. Pride in national achievement leaves them cold. Such people would gain much from a visit to the unsophisticated inhabitants of Brunei where values are linked both with religion and with patriotism.

Whose words are these?

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1.25 Dog Many.

Walt Taylor, Elizabeth 1 Luxton Service. of Towr g Matct Intrude 7.55 9.50 10.00 10.15 11.15 11.45 Knight, Tory MP for Birmingham? Sir Gerald Nabarro, perhaps?

Or Col Blimp himself?

No, wrong on all three counts.

The words are from George Thomas, Labour MP for Cardiff W, and former Secretary for Wales in the Wilson government.

During his term in the Cabinet Thomas was one of Wilson's most slavish admirers.

When Wilson was at the nadir of his popularity as Prime Minister, it was this man who made the suggestion that the 'people' of the Welsh valleys 'loved' their leader.

His remark engéndered contempt or outraged mirth from most Welsh workers, many of whom had spent a lifetime fighting for the labour movement in Wales, only to see their efforts dissipated.

If Labour is elected in the next few years Thomas will again take his position in the Cabinet. It is clear he would also fight for the restoration of the 'values of religion 'and patriotism'Brunei-style.

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