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The Peer and the Gangster

A Very British Cover Up

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The Peer and the Gangster

By: Dan Smith
Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
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In July 1964, the Sunday Mirror ran a front-page story headlined: Peer and a Gangster: Yard Enquiry. While withholding the names of the principal subjects, the newspaper reported that the Metropolitan Police had ordered an investigation into an alleged homosexual relationship between ‘a household name’ from the House of Lords and a leading London underworld figure. Bob Boothby was the Conservative lord in question and Ronnie Kray the gangster. 

The story threatened a scandal more explosive than that of the previous year’s Profumo affair, which had brought an end to Macmillan’s premiership. So began one of the most extraordinary cover-ups in British history - a rapid rearguard action involving eminent figures from the political firmament (including the then prime minister and home secretary), the Security Service, the Metropolitan Police, the legal profession and the media. Within a couple of weeks the story had been killed off. Now, for the first time, the full saga of the cover-up - and its far-reaching consequences - can be revealed.

©2020 Dan Smith (P)2020 W. F. Howes Biographies & Memoirs Europe Great Britain
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Excellant book, going back to recent policak history and crime.Great listen without doubt.
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Great book

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This shows that reform is needed they all have the morals of alley cats and it will always be one law for them and one law for us

How the other half live!

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A gangsta, a peer and a the cover up….well it’s the establishment ain’t it! A couple of loathsome guys if ever there were any. The usual money,greed and sex involved. Bought as a BOGOF.

The Establishment…

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Very well researched showing how many establishment figures got away with criminal activities. Makes some of today's activities seem slightly trivial but perhaps it's history repeating itself somewhat and maybe we don't find out the full story now too. Well narrated and interesting from start to finish.

Establishment figures and their secret crimes

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It would be hard to believe that people got away with what they got away with in the 1960 s, but for the fact that nothing has changed.
A measured and reasonable account of events, that still manages to be staggering.

Plus ca change...

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