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On 20 October 1994 The Guardian published David Hencke's evidence-free 'cash for questions' article, accusing London's top lobbyist Ian Greer of bribing Conservative MPs.  Later that same day, Ian Greer and Conservative minister Neil Hamilton both served the newspaper with libel writs.  Within hours The Guardian's editor Peter Preston undertook his first act in what would become an audacious cover-up involving several senior Guardian staff; The Guardian's solicitor; and Mohamed Al Fayed.  Then, two years later, when their concocted defence fell apart just before the trial, the conspiracy grew to embroil The Guardian's barrister and several Fayed employees.  Another three years later it grew again to involve yet more journalists and Fayed staff.
    The documents listed here show how The Guardian came to publish its false story, covered-up, and then used its influence over the British media to brainwash the nation, destroy its enemies, and escape redress.
    For an understanding of The Guardian's conspiracy and corrupt journalism, the first document listed below - "The concise true story of the 'cash for questions' affair" - is absolutely essential reading.  The next document, "The brainwashing of a democratic state", is a definitive chronology of events and examination of evidence that proves The Guardian's conspiracy.  These documents should be read in conjunction with the one/two page documents featured in "Section Three: The Guardian's liars and their lies".

This is a simplified rendition of the events that led to the publication of The Guardian's original 'cash for questions' article accusing lobbyist Ian Greer of paying Conservative MPs, and The Guardian's subsequent cover-up.  It is a disturbing tale of corrupt journalism, lies, indoctrination, conspiracy, witch-hunt, and censorship, within Britain's modern, media-subservient democracy.

No.1: The concise true story of the 'cash for questions' affair
(4,400 words)

A detailed five-part chronology of the events and evidence surrounding The Guardian's 'cash for questions' campaign, showing how The Guardian published its original 'cash for questions' article after ten years of disenchantment over the rising influence of professional parliamentary lobbyists at Westminster, combined with five years of suspicions about commission payments that top lobbyist Ian Greer had granted MPs when they introduced new clients to his company. 
    The events cited here map out how The Guardian's suspicions about Ian Greer developed from their origins in May 1984 through to the paper's flawed and inconclusive investigation nine years later in July 1993; the publication of its erroneous 'cash for questions' story fifteen months later; and its cynical cover-up thereafter, by which, using its influence as the British media's favourite newspaper, The Guardian succeeded in perverting the functions of the British Parliament, legal system, and democratic process; resulting in the brainwashing of the entire nation.

No.2: The Brainwashing of a Democratic State (28,000 words)

In late 1993, in the midst of the events chronicled in the above two documents, The Guardian persuaded Central TV's "The Cook Report" investigative programme to set up a "sting" operation on Ian Greer's lobbying firm, in an effort to prove The Guardian's belief that Greer bribed Tory MPs to do his clients' bidding.  The sting failed to achieve any of its objectives and the programme was aborted.  However, in its determination to bring down the lobbyist The Guardian then used disingenuous journalism and its influence within the British media to create the universal false impression that the programme had been a success, and that Central TV management had censored it out of consideration for the Conservative  Party. 
    This is the fully evidenced, untold, true story showing just how easy it was for The Guardian to have another of its false stories accepted as truth throughout Britain.

No.3: The One That Got Away: The Guardian's embroilment of The Cook Report TV programme.
(22,000 words)

On 17 October 1994, blind with rage over a £5m tax bill, Mohamed 'Al' Fayed finally agreed to The Guardian's long standing request to endorse an article alleging that his lobbyist Ian Greer had bribed his former supporters on the Tory back-benches.  Within days The Guardian rushed into print alleging, on Fayed's evidence-free word alone, that Ian Greer bribed Neil Hamilton and another Tory MP to table parliamentary questions. 
    This is a point-by-point breakdown of that original 'cash for questions' article, which The Guardian published as a front-page splash on 20 October 1994.

No.4: The Guardian's 'cash for questions' article - dismembered

In January 1997, after a three month delay caused by The Guardian's failure to submit its complaint, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Sir Gordon Downey, began investigating the paper's longstanding allegations of October 1994 that lobbyist Ian Greer had bribed Neil Hamilton and another MP.  Six months later Sir Gordon released his report, clearing Greer of all of The Guardian's allegations.  However, and bizarrely, Downey concluded that Hamilton had taken cash from Fayed directly, processed by Fayed's staff - allegations that were made for the first time just days before Hamilton had asked Downey to investigate .
    In October 1998 Jonathan Boyd Hunt wrote to Sir Gordon, listing 43 questions under 25 headings about his handling of the inquiry.  Sir Gordon's reply, reproduced at the end of Hunt's letter, fails to address a single question.

No.5 - J B Hunt's letter to Sir Gordon Downey - and Downey's side-stepping reply

To create the impression that Conservative MP Neil Hamilton was receiving bribes from the lobbyist Ian Greer, and later Mohamed Al Fayed, The Guardian has implied that Hamilton undertook copious Parliamentary activity in support of Fayed's acquisition of Harrods.  The facts, revealed here, show differently.

No.6: Parliamentary activity re: Fayed's acquisition of Harrods

Following the issue of libel writs by lobbyist Ian Greer and Neil Hamilton against The Guardian over its allegations that Greer bribed Hamilton and another MP to support Mohamed 'Al' Fayed in Parliament, Fayed and The Guardian made several additional allegations against Greer and Hamilton.  This one-page chart lists those shifting allegations.

No.7 - Chronology of the shifting allegations

A few interesting statistics about Hunt & Keith-Hill's investigation

No.8 - Number Crunching