that is the level of what he sold out in effect. he went into a national coalition, a government of national unity, as it was called. and he thought that the left had sold out. and a soon after he went to to austria. ah, he then later went to spain and he was just very fired up and he thought, democratic so for democracy doesn t, doesn t do the job. and he saw the, the rise of hitler in germany and of course, mussolini, and franklin s initially and franco in spain. and he did see the soviet union as a bulwark against coming against against fascism and the whole block later life. he visited cuba when he there were defected by that. well yes indeed indeed. but i think he, he, he was an idealist. he was an ideological zealot. ah, and he had no, you know, he just alt democratic politics is not gonna is not gonna stand up for the working close to no less ideological. then the people that say, theoretically, were his best friends, although he was cheating on them as it were, who we
james bond. well, i thought i thought we all know that ho, restore it s been done to death, but actually i, i looked into the pit because i got some credit. some stuff from a former colleague, bron soule ah, a by about the circumstances in which who be left perry and i started looking into it and actually i didn t know this. i didn t know this about the american wife. i didn t, and there was loads of stuff i thought, and he s one of those figures who s in the sort of public consciousness. but actually, once i ve, i certainly i find, i d forgotten an enormous amount about it. mindful there was so many new elements to it, especially, i know, brown, sewell and former art critic of london paper who knew entity, blunt. so you have the queen s, a hanger of pictures as it were. but i mean, we had an delaney on about his book on fill, be in his as reachable recently. and you echo his view and other views. this is a huge clos dimension to this. he was protected, defacto, protected as
to it, especially on a brown soule and former odd critic of london paper who knew entity blunt. so you have the queen s a hanger of pictures as it were. but i mean, we had andrew lonnie on about his book on philby and his as reasonable recently. and you echo his view and other views. this is a huge class dimension to this. he was protected, defacto, protected as a soviet age into the highest echelons of britons intelligence services because of his class. well, that s right. yes. of course they didn t know he was. he was ever since by bed, but everybody assumed that he was a nice chap and his father had been, was well established and been to cambridge. and he d known lots of people to cambridge the song. and it was assumed he was a nice guy and he was very likable, very polite, very kind or quite charismatic. i think very charismatic, is women loved him? certainly. i mean, he was, for somebody said he had an order of sexual suggestiveness about it when you walked road. and jus
women loved him. certainly. i mean, he was, for somebody said he had an order of sexual suggestiveness about him when he walked into a room. and just to remind us about why he turned to communism, i think many people will have seen books if they know about philby, about him being a traitor. and it s full of vitriol against the people that died because he was a spy for the soviet. i don t think i ve ever read in a british book about philby. he had a social conscience load. his parents, boss, close friends, being corrupted out of them by money, had seen other social democratic left vacillated, shrank for failure to confront fascism and the moderation of principles of his youth with the selling out just as the labor party had done, the ramsey mcdonnell left i do know some people i say the kissed armor left austerity of yeah, yeah, there was, there was britain when through a most of europe went through a terrible time in the late twenty s early thirty s. and he was horrified that
from moscow so far this monday evening. thanks for watching. i m calling bray. i ll be back with the next update on the half an hour from now with with i m action or events in your watching, going underground, 24 hours ahead of a meeting of nato foreign ministers, and as israel lebanon relations, a disgust of the un security council, lebanon has long been a key front in the cold war, conflicts, and arguably still is the capital bay ruge would play host to the most successful communist known to penetrate the british secret services. kim fil, be a new book about his time in beirut, not only explores the life and loves of the legendary double agent, but also scrutinizes the role class played in britain s cold war defeats. and it s all the former deputy editor of the independent on sunday or in britain, james hanning joins me now. james, welcome to going undergrad. so tell me about what s new. i mean, so everyone knew about kim fil, be the most famous of british by after james bo