THE FIRST YEAR
THE SECOND MILLENNIUM
THE THIRD WAY

ABOUT AIRSTRIP ONE AND GEMINEYE

In the spring of 1999 the concept of Gemineye was born. There was little on the web at that time that seemed to acknowledge the kind of direction that the Eu was going in - most of them, to my amazement, seem to follow the line that it was all about a change of name for our currency. But if you looked hard there were web sites that revealed the true dangers presented by the EU.

Put simply, Gemineye was an easy to read hook to lure readers to more in-depth sites as well as a way getting a lot off my chest!

Airstrip One was a monthly magazine - an even more lurid hook - that existed within the Gemineye website for a year.

The beginning and end of Airstrip One
Airstrip was a dynamic site, it was constantly under construction. Each edition started with an explanation of why it was called Airstrip One. There are a few other Airstrip One's out there on the web, but the only other Airstrip One that would be of interest to Eurosceptics is the one belonging to Antiwar. Written by someone called Emmanuel Goldstein. Goldstein was the figure to which all hate was directed in George Orwell's 1984. He usually has something interesting to say. Goldstein's articles are no longer current, but available at Antiwar's archive.

On the Tripod members pages, Airstrip One has become frozen in time - The Archive includes all the Airstrips as they appeared in Gemineye. Some of the links that appear may no longer work and are there simply for the record. The Jim's Attic icon simply pointed to the Airstrip One archive - which contained edited editions, not complete months as this archive does.

Gemineye ends in 2006
Due to the move to broadband, my free-online account was closed in 2006, so links to the Gemineye website are no longer valid. The archived website can still be viewed and downloaded in PDF format from the index page.

So, if you think your year is a duff one, take a look at the year 2000 - then remember that most of the Bills mentioned in Airstrip One have probably now passed into British law.