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Continue reading →: Justice -vs- Social Justice
Groucho Marx said that military justice bore the same relationship to justice that military music bore to music. One might also say that social justice bears the same relationship to justice as social housing bears to housing (or social security to financial security). Individual justice has always been about equality…
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Continue reading →: Who? Whom? That is the only question.
A request to snoop on public every 60 seconds – Telegraph. The British electorate has taken its eye off the ball. More precisely, it has taken its eye off its political and administrative classes. It has failed in that eternal vigilance that is the price of liberty. This blog and…
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Continue reading →: Blue meanies?
The Osterley Times: Abbey Road 40th Anniversary – London. There was much coverage yesterday of the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' Abbey Road album cover. In some ways it was a classic "silly season" story, but as can be seen from the linked post, many really wanted to celebrate. And…
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Continue reading →: Change? Yes, we can. But will we?
120 Labour MPs plan to stand down at next general election | Politics | The Observer. This could be good news. In our parliamentary democracy, unbounded by constitutional limits, everything depends on the quality of our Members of Parliament. Leaving the expenses scandal aside, the present crew has failed us…
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Continue reading →: A damn close run thing
Poll: What's the best TV show of the decade 2000-09? | Media | guardian.co.uk. Beaten into second place (click to enlarge) but the Guardianistas can hardly enjoy the fact that their most-hated TV show came second with 43.3% of the votes. Thank you to all those readers who voted.
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Continue reading →: Back in the PMR
Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Pridnestrovie). Via A Fistful of Euros, I discovered the existence of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (aka Transnistria). Its website is, as he says; Like glimpsing an alternate universe where the USSR survived into the age of the internet It's hard to believe the whole…
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Continue reading →: War and Peace
What I Learned From My Old Dad – Washington Rebel. Do please click the above link to read a very touching piece about "Washington Rebel's" father's experiences on Omaha Beach, and how they affected the rest of his life. He explained to me how do-gooders and reformers were little Stalins…
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Continue reading →: If there are Libertarians here, they must be everywhere…
North West Libertarians: How did you know?. I am honoured to have been invited to contribute to the least likely blog in British politics (if you've lived there you'll know why) – North West Libertarians. The link above will take you to my first post there.
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Continue reading →: Guardian TV poll: let’s keep up the pressure
Poll: What's the best TV show of the decade 2000-09? | Media | guardian.co.uk. Come on, ladies and gentlemen, please click on the link above and infuriate the Guardianistas who are posting such exasperated comments as; Top Gear is not fit to grace any list that has the likes of…
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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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