THE LAST DITCH
Link: Rival parties unite to fight for a bill of rights | Politics | The Observer.
This is the most encouraging story of what has been a dreadful year for those who care about civil liberties. Let’s hope it sets the tone for a splendid 2007. I wish all of you a happy, free and prosperous New Year.
It’s encouraging news at the last moment of 2006. Have a Happy New Year, Tom. See you next year.
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And what, pray, becomes of the extant Bill of Rights of 1689?
Impliedly repealed?
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That’s good news, coming into the new year. Happy New Year, Tom and may your table be full. Our first fireworks went off just as I wrote.
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Two comments on one post, James? My cup runneth over. There’s no immediate danger of a an unfull table as my family and I are preparing to venture out in celebratory mode into the Parisian night. I hope we can see the fireworks from our restaurant. Happy New Year to you too.
Cranmer, I am Graced by your presence. I would miss the 1689 version too, but it has proved a sorry guarantee of our rights to date. I am worried that the new version will be weighed down with surplus verbiage and spurious “rights” but it has to be good news that a coalition of opposition forces is seeking to hinder Labour’s march to a police state. At least, it makes a welcome change from their outflanking each other as eco-fascists.
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Here, here! Happy New Year to you.
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felice anno 2007
happy new year
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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