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Continue reading →: My authoritarianism is better than your authoritarianism?
Ken Clarke refuses to rule out retention of control orders | Alan Travis | Politics | guardian.co.uk. The founding principle of Western civilisation – and England's greatest contribution to it – is "the rule of law." I hate it when journalists describe political contests in terms of deciding who "rules"…
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Continue reading →: Navigator no more
As I drove to the Cotswolds on Friday night, I feared the weekend would be a disaster. The weather was disgusting, the roads congested and the journey took twice as long as it should. However, I had a great time. Cutesy though the Cotswolds can be (and oppressive though I…
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Continue reading →: Sick green fantasies
Old Holborn: 10:10 Kill the HERETICS It is hard to believe that anyone could have thought (a) that this would be persuasive and (b) that it would be funny. It is incredibly revealing as to the mentality of eco-fascists. As, for that matter, is the tone of the apology when…
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Continue reading →: Time to move on?
When it comes to race, the move-on brigade can't dismiss the problems | Aditya Chakrabortty | Comment is free | The Guardian. Not according to Aditya Chakrabortty, who is keen to hold onto the race card. Let's try not to suspect it's because he has few others in his hand.…
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Continue reading →: Quote of the day
OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? That’s what happens if you read PPE at Oxford, but never learn to think Gildas the Monk, chez Anna Raccoon Do please read the rest and enjoy.
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Continue reading →: Mrs P and Social Justice
We took a walk in Manchester city centre yesterday and found it amusing to see the party of the people surrounded by scruffy barricades and police protection. One plum-voiced young Jonty hanging around the perimeter of the Labour shanty-town was ill-advised enough to offer Mrs P. "a leaflet about social…
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Continue reading →: Mr Eugenides on form
Mr Eugenides: The geek inherits the scorched earth. I enjoyed the title, but my favourite part has to be; Say what you like about David Cameron, but at least he's the most talented politician in his family. Do read the whole thing and enjoy. I do begin to wonder though…
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Continue reading →: Result!!
Ed Miliband – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From the point of view of anti-socialist, freedom-loving voters, this is the third best possible outcome to the Labour leadership contest. It is the best one we could reasonably have hoped for. The unions' choice has prevailed and Labour is now led by…
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Continue reading →: Quote of the day
Progressivism is about selling fantastic dreams - work less, earn more, play more, become more attractive, be more admired by your peers, end hunger, end poverty, create world peace, abolish cancer, save the whales, save the planet all by simply voting once every few years and telling people, hey, I…
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Continue reading →: I am tired of the rich
I am tired of the rich, but not the same ones as Dr. Cable. Good luck to the City "spivs", I say. No-one has to give them their money to invest. Every fee they make is paid by choice. Every trade they organise is between volunteers. If either party to…
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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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