Friday, August 6, 2010
Literally: New Foreign Office chief Simon Fraser left job over love affair with PLO official
Having provoked anger with his description of Gaza as a "prison camp", David Cameron's latest appointment is likely to raise further suspicions among supporters of Israel about the direction of his policy in the Middle East.
Mandrake can disclose that the new head of the Foreign Office, Simon Fraser, left his post working for a minister in the last Conservative government after he became romantically involved with an official of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which was considered to be a terrorist organisation at the time.
Fraser, 52, left his position as private secretary to William Waldegrave, a Foreign Office minister in John Major's government, after just one year. His colleagues are, however, keen to deny that he was sacked.
"Simon established a cohabiting relationship with a Palestinian woman who was an official of the PLO," confirms his colleague. "Simon considered his position and decided that this relationship, which was a loving one [All together now, "Awwwwww..."], could cause problems among the government and in his professional life.
"He then went to Waldegrave, of his own volition, explained his position and decided it was sensible to stand down. He has since gone on to enjoy a stellar career."
The mandarin is now married to Shireen Fraser, by whom he has two daughters. He resigned in 1990, three years before the PLO formally rejected "violence and terrorism"...
He resigned in 1990, three years before the PLO formally rejected "violence and terrorism"...
That's a hoot, as they say. Nearly spilled my coffee - PLO formally rejected "violence and terrorism".
Still a long time to April 1.
Supposedly peter jennings, late of ABC News was a paramour of the plo spokeswhore hanan asharwi.
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It's all about british compassion for libyan oil contracts.
Unfortunately the facts are incorrect, the Shireen that he married is not the same as the PLO official, so articles like this have incorrectly named an innocent person, his wife. Everyone who has reprinted exerts from the original Telegraph have put two and two together and come up with five....The original article never suggested that he married the same person, this seems to be a conclusion incorrectly drawn just because his wife has a persian name.