Lifeless Labour’s MP’s anthrax revenge plot revealed in new ebook
Former Labour MP Simon Danczuk is ready to publish the paperback version of his political ebook “Scandal Featured in Dolphin Square” with a surprising revelation about one other former Labour MP.
Among the scandals recounted within the ebook is a narrative about former Labour whip Sir Ray Powell, the previous MP for Ogmore who died instantly in 2001.
Prioer to his dying it’s claimed that Powell had an acrimnious relationship with Jeff Jones, the then Labour chief of Bridgend County Council.
It is claimed that Powell despatched a threatening nameless letter to his celebration comrade purporting to incorporate anthrax.
The occasion was handled as a significant incident; the council places of work have been closed down and the police traced it by his handwriting again to Powell.
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The police have been about to arrest Powell however by full coincidence he died a day or two earlier than in his Dolphin Square flat.
Co-author, Simon Danczuk, stated: “Parliamentary Whips have a repute for being powerful, however this behaviour from Powell takes it to a different stage.
“One wonders what other antics he got up to whilst acting anonymously. He clearly knew how to take a grudge or vendetta to the next level but was also quite amateurish in that he’d addressed the threat letter in his own handwriting, which was leading to his arrest.”
Mr Danczuk continued: “Powell’s scandal is so extraordinary we just had to include it in the new version of our book. There were that many scandals to choose from we’ve had to limit it to the top 100 or so most outrageous.
“Powell’s definitely makes the minimize however there are numerous extra simply as loopy as his. I’ve lived within the Square for over six years now, and it’s honest to say there’s by no means a boring second!”
The ebook recounts how Powell’s alleged hoax “was at the height of the so-called anthrax scare after several media outlets and public figures were sent letters containing anthrax spores in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks in the USA.”
It added: “The council offices in Bridgend were duly evacuated, traumatised staff hosed down in the street, and word sent to the chemical and biological weapons experts at Porton Down.”
Research for the story was performed through interviews with Mr Jones the goal of the hoax, Martyn Jones the investigting police officer, and Powell’s daughter Janice Gregory.
The story is a brand new addition for the paperback model of the ebook which has a group of tales hooked up to Dolphin Square in Westminster the place many MPs reside whereas sitting in Parliament.
Mr Danczuk has co-authored the ebook with Daniel Smith with the brand new paperback version resulting from be revealed by the History Press tomorrow.