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This three part story moves through my life experience from aged 13. At that time following my mothers death I fell out with the family and quickly developed a blind hatred of all my family and all authority.Part 1. ( The Adventurer)This part tells the story from my leaving the family home a mixed up full of hatred boy going to sea where my unbelievable life took me to war torn Cuba. From there I travelled to the wilds of Alaska to work on the Early warning system in a work force of hard men, where murder and crippling beatings were a daily occurrence. I then moved to Ontario to live on an Indian reservation for a period before entering the world of easy money, selling life insurance. Followed by a time in commercial radio prior to being deported back to the UK.Part 2. (The Criminal)Following my being deported my life as a criminal began, to my eventually being described in the national press as Scotland's Top Conman. (Not True)Following this interesting and great learning experience, I was offered a job as an International business trouble-shooter working for a well known QC and chairman of numerous public companies, introducing me into the world of finance and politics . (Back with the criminals) He contracted me out to top politicians and business gurus. (I did their dirty work)This included people such as Robert Maxwell, Margaret Thatcher, and many others including Charley Haughey the Irish premier. To the regret of many I found them out. (Where is the Maxwell pension fund?) I know !!!!Part 3. (The Honest Family Man)Following this period I then met the woman who was destined to take me under her wing and completely turn my crazy world around and to finally find peace and contentment in a family life, with my lovely wife Jean, my daughter Katrina, and of course our wee Yorkie Pepe.

How improbable, that a historical phrase which is often overlooked in modern times, would be the catalyst of a revolution which would be instrumental in shaping world history from that time forward? Equally unlikely was that a small group of men without a country to call their own, would be inspired by truths contained in the forgotten phrase to take dangerous and drastic actions. . These men would attempt without a trained army to prosecute a revolutionary war. For the sake of personal freedom they would struggle against Britain the super power of their time. These Underdogs, as we will call them, were inspired by a phrase that was well known in 1776 but dating back to classical Greece, Rome and ancient Israel. This now overlooked and forgotten phrase in recent times "The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" inspired a group of fifty six men to do what no other had dared to do. They established a nation in a single day with a declaration of freedom to the world, in the written form of "The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. July Fourth, 1776 was a day in which these Underdogs proclaimed to the world that the chains of tyranny and bondage could and would be broken. This precarious, dangerous and selfless act would give hope to the oppressed people around the world that personal freedom was possible for them too. Indeed, a David and Goliath Story.

Forgotten Cargo./ Edward's Loot This story is an alternative but possible true account of the reported sinking in 1942 of the ship S.S. Politician. The ship was loaded with cargo destined for Barbados this was the personal possessions of Edward, Prince of Wales and Mrs. Simpson. The original story was written by Sir Compton McKenzie who at that time was a member of the secret service. His book Whisky Galore, later a film of the same name, may have been a cover up. The Secret Service did in fact scupper the ship and many artefacts and valuables were unloaded from the ship prior to it being sunk, being part of the Windsor Protocol they were secretly stored in the crypt of a house on a large estate near Oban in Scotland and they were generally forgotten about until 2002 when they came to light and the establishment in London decided that they should be moved South. (This could be fiction ) (Just covering my back) Word of this leaked out to a group of Scottish nationalist politicians who decided to employ a well known figure in the Scottish criminal fraternity to put together a team of international mercenaries to intercept the treasure and keep it in Scotland. The violent outcome was reported as a large drugs bust of International Drug smugglers?

Story One, A Canadian crime story based on facts. A fast moving story of a Canadian Mounted Police Special Unit agent Jerry Scott, who back in the early 60's was given an assignment in a small town in Ontario called Midland. This began as more or less a routine investigation into possible insurance fraud by certain employers in the area. However during his enquiries he encounters exploitation of workers, corruption and the murder of at least one worker. The local work force was mostly made up of workers of mixed French and Indian origins who mostly resided in a neighbouring town called Penetang. The investigation then leads him into International Arms and Drug deals, the contraband being flown into Canada by seaplane from the USA by an organised crime syndicate operating out of Montreal. The organisation had strong connections with terrorist groups throughout the world but most of the contraband ended up in the hands of the Irish Republican Army and the Ulster defence Force. Story TwoA Scottish crime story based on facts.A Scottish immigrant and known paedophile living in Canada, who was suspected of having been involved in a burglary in Toronto where an elderly lady died. Escaped arrest and returned to his hometown Hawick, situated in the Scottish Borders. The Canadian Mounted Police special investigation unit were determined to bring him back onto Canadian soil by any means possible within or out with the Scottish or International legal processes. Their top agent Jerry Scott was sent over to Scotland to complete this task. Jerry, believing that he may have relatives living in the Scottish Border country hoped to Uncover any possible clues to any family background whilst he was in Scotland. However he soon learned that the Scottish Border area held many surprises and unexpected answers to his inquires. Did he get his man, and who was he

Synopsis: Roy Chalmers a recently retired professional criminal was relaxing in the early evening as he sat on the deck of his launch moored at the marina in Mentone in the South of France. As what had been normal for him over the past few months he was much the worst of the wine and beer he had been consuming for most of the day. And also as was the norm, his mind was forever on Margo and the guilt that now possessed him, he knew that he and only he was the cause of the accident a few months earlier that had left his girlfriend Margo lying in a coma in the local hospital. His thoughts were disturbed as Thomas the commodore of the marina a now retired Hong Kong police inspector came aboard to join him for a drink. In the conversation that followed he suggested to Roy that the excessive drinking and gambling that he was doing was not helping him or Margo and that as he had obviously lost the place, his advice was that Roy should go back over his life and find out where he had gone wrong. Roy spent the rest of the evening doing just that which took him back over the years to his most recent lucrative activity in Scotland and through this how Margo had come into his life.He had come out of prison after finishing a three year term and had contacted an old friend and partner in crime Ken Anderson who as it turned out was now deeply involved with an International Drugs operation run by another old acquaintance Don Hay a well known underworld figure and at that time unknown to him also had an involvement with an Irish Republican Unit and it was because of his meeting up with Ken that Don had paid Margo a working prostitute to get close to him and report all his and Ken's movements.Don at the orders of his superiors decides to replace Ken and he eventually offered Roy a lucrative place within the organisation loaning him a large amount of cash to get himself settled. Roy then found himself torn between his loyalties to Ken and his natural self-interest. Having built up a relationship with Margo and her confessing her involvement with Don and to her being a call girl, he and Margo then decide that as they had a great deal in common, they would go away together and not get involved with Don and the drugs. Unfortunately unknown to them Roy had been under surveillance by the National Drugs Squad from the day he had come out of prison and met up with Ken. The pair planned their disappearance well but within a day the drugs squad visited them in their hotel room and Roy was simply blackmailed into returning to Edinburgh and accepting the position he had been offered by Don and was now expected to become a police informer. Roy now had to play the dangerous game of being a friend to all the players yet protecting him and Margo at all times. Did he succeed?

A True Crime Biography of a team of top UK Conmen. Vic a Scottish professional criminal and leader of an exclusive team of professional con-men is forced to sell his environment polluting chemicals business. The national press and the Scottish police are investigating his pay-offs to government and lochs authority buyers and also his involvement in the dumping of hazardous waste beneath buildings under construction in the Edinburgh area and around Scotland. The following day he meets up with the other members of the club. (The Notorious Barn Club.) As each member is encountered in this story it goes back in time through their history and the various swindles and cons. Vic advises them of his decision to sell up and go into hiding.The group decide to disband but first they agree to plan and carry out one large final con against the establishment. This was the removal of valuable paintings belonging to the Scottish Art Gallery in Edinburgh. The job goes well and the group separate for a period, then again get together when they are asked by some European politicians to remove valuable pieces of military items originally stolen by the Germans during WW 2, from a Scottish army regiment headquarters in Scotland. This goes well and they disband but then two of the members decide to go into the business of supplying babies to infertile couples.Vic settles in Mentone in the South of France.

In this fiercely intelligent memoir, Bill Graham - Canada's minister of foreign affairs and minister of defence during the tumultuous years following 9/11 - takes us on a personal journey through a period of upheaval in global and domestic politics, arguing that global institutions based on international law offer the best hope for a safer, more prosperous, and just world.

The national best-selling autobiography of Bill Graham, the colorful, larger-than-life architect of the modern concert industry