The Ultimate Betrayal

“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

― William Blake



Betrayal is common for men with no conscience. It must, therefore, be concluded that Kevin Chesham has no conscience.  Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Do not allow them take that from you. 

Confucius wisely stated: "It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them." 

I was certainly deceived by Kevin Chesham and Beverley Mason. I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back. They not only stabbed me, but also my wife and all our mutual acquaintances. A friend is someone who stands by one in times of weakness or need (Proverbs 17: 17). They are there to laugh with us when we are happy and cry with us when we are sad. We may expect danger from all manner of places, but not from a friend. That is why betrayal of this sort is the worst. It is despicable beyond measure. It is the ultimate betrayal 

One of the best known stories in the Bible is that of Judas and his betrayal of Our Lord who was destined to suffer and die. There was a prophecy that He would be betrayed (Psalm 41: 9). That Judas planned ahead of time is evidenced by his going to the priests seeking the thirty silver coins for his deed (Zechariah 11: 13
; Matthew 26: 14
,15). It pained Jesus that Judas betrayed Him with a kiss of friendship, recognition and brotherhood (Luke 22: 48). Betrayal by someone who is close and whom you trust is far more painful than if an enemy appeared and brought you harm. Betrayal by a friend is the worst type of betrayal imaginable.

There is no way to God by betraying others. The most shocking aspect of the betrayal my wife and I have suffered at the hands of Chehsam and Mason is their dishonesty; their willingness to lie about everything. The Devil is described, more than anything else, as a liar; indeed, the father of lies. He has no power to defeat God, but he is skilled at lying, and convincing people to listen to his lies.

If I had always followed my better judgement, my life would have been a great deal duller. Yet I do not judge folk if I can possibly help it. I have met and befriended such wonderful people who took actions and held views so very different to my own. I feel it is more important to be true to oneself. That is all we can ask of our friends. Those who are not and aim to deceive I would usually ignore and advise others to do the same. Kevin Chesham and Beverley Mason are a case apart because their actions place others in considerable danger.

I do not attack Chesham for any beliefs or opinions he holds, political or otherwise. It is because of his behaviour, which includes bearing false witness and lying in the full knowledge that he is lying. His actions, therefore, are made a thousand times worse because he does not believe in his own rectitude. In that sense he is far worse than someone who sincerely believes in what he or she is doing. Chesham and his wife know they engage in malicious falsehood. There is no room to reason with such people. Had I known what I have come to know about them subsequent to 2007, I would obviously not have provided either of them with character references for employment. Neither are especially intelligent. Chesham is poorly educated and his employment at local government leisure establishments has not been anything to become overtly concerned over, but the thought of his wife teaching children, much less being a head teacher, is enough to send a shiver down anyone's spine.

For the record, I have at no time owed allegiance to any political party. The only time I stood as a prospective candidate in the political process, which was at local government level, was on an independent platform on the single issue of preserving a woodland cemetery that formed part of the Great Northern London Cemetery. This did not involve party politics; though I was supported at the time by the then Ecology Party which later evolved into the Green Party, and various individuals of all political backgrounds. My other campaigning against nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, the arms trade and such wars as my country deemed fit to engage itself in  attracted people from all parts of the political spectrum and none. I have personally known people, even leaders, at both extremes of party politics and quite a few in the middle. All attempts to involve me in party politics in the past have utterly failed. I have absolutely no faith in the political system, a view held more now than ever before by many people, and suspect I would be found unacceptable to most parties making an approach as my allegiance is not to Caesar but to God. Moreover, I would not want to be found acceptable to those who are driven by power, greed and corruption as I believe are the majority of politicians. This has always been my position. We are probably all "political," however, in the sense that we hold opinions that make us so, but this is a far cry from belonging to a political party.

Had anyone asked me if I thought Kevin Chesham was an ideological Fascist or a National Socialist in the first three decades of my knowing him, I would have said definitely not. But if the same people were to have asked me the same question in the last couple of decades, I would have been obliged to answer in the affirmative. He shared with many people of a certain vintage a deep fascination with British Fascism and German National Socialism. This was obvious from the moment I first met him when he told of how he enjoyed listening to the old Nazi marching songs in beer cellars when he visited Berlin, and his enthusiastic collecting of such vintage anthems for his own personal enjoyment. Nobody thought much of it, but I believe he became drawn to me because I had actually met Sir Oswald and Lady Diana Mosley in the early 1960s and, like Kevin, found their incarceration without trial during the Second World War unwarranted and unjust. Mosley opposed another world war, having seen the devastation caused by the first world war in which he served. During my life I have met all sorts of people, including those on the far left such as Lord Fenner Brockway who personally supported some of my peace initiatives when I was the north London regional co-ordinator for CND.  I have also met the left-wing Viscount Stanhope (aka Tony Benn) and personally supported Viscount Weymouth (subsequently the Marquis of Bath) when my support was solicited by him for his Wessex regionalist campaign. His father, of course, was an admirer of Adolf Hitler, as were a number of the aristocracy both before and after World War II, which back in the days I knew them did not create the outcry it certainly would today. Most of my celebrity friends in show business and the music world hold what would have to be described as liberal-left ideals, but not all of them. I consider myself a friend and admirer of Brigitte Bardot for her animal welfare activism. She supports Le Pen's National Front. My close friend Sylvaine Charlet (pictured below with me at the end of the 1970s) similarly holds some opinions that most people would regard as extreme right. I was also a friend and supporter of the late Susannah York who held extreme left wing views. I do not judge people by their beliefs, opinions and ideas. It is how they behave and how true they are that matters.