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Continue reading →: British politics explained
Prodicus: 'In place of strife – Unite!' Mrs Dromey announces her candidacy. Prodicus is on form. Do read the whole thing, but here's the nub of his thesis: So, to recap, the deputy leader of the Labour Party is sleeping with the Hon. Treasurer of the Party who is a…
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Continue reading →: Live by the sword, perish by the sword
Speed camera boss caught doing 102mph on a 70mph road – Telegraph Have at you, Tom Riall, you varlet. I hope your shareholders are vigilant enough to ensure you don't circumvent your punishment by charging a chauffeur, taxis or other forms of transport to the company (and therefore, given tbe…
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Continue reading →: Debate frappé
Labour peer Baroness Uddin claims £100,000 expenses on empty flat – Times Online. The facts of this story seem simple enough and (subject to their being confirmed by due process) the legal conclusions quite clear. Perhaps a more interesting aspect of the story is how difficult it is to discuss…
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Continue reading →: A new kind of policy reannouncement
DNA profiles of innocent citizens on police databases to be destroyed – Telegraph. One of New Labour's routine deceptions has been, if it had something "good" to announce, to do so again and again. Contemptuously, it thinks us such mugs that we will remember only the "good" headlines, not their…
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Continue reading →: Just over 4,000 to go…
Petition to: resign. | Number10.gov.uk. … to get the petition for Gordon Brown to resign to over 50,000 signatures. Are there any friends and family you can direct to it this Bank Holiday weekend?
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Continue reading →: A video to promote THAT petition
THE CROWN BLOGSPOT: Video – petition for Gordon Brown to resign. Kudos to The Crown Blogspot. Now please urge everyone you know to click on this link and arm David Cameron with the best PMQ question ever:
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Continue reading →: You had to be there.
You had to be there to grasp the scale of Margaret Thatcher's revolution – Telegraph Can that brave new dawn have really been almost thirty years ago? So much hope, followed by so much despair. Simon Heffer is a grumpy old so-and-so and annoys as often as he pleases, but…
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Continue reading →: 20,000 sign “resign!” petition
20,000 sign petition calling for resignation of Gordon Brown – Telegraph. It seems like Guido's prediction was on the money. I wonder if he does racing tips?
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Continue reading →: Analysis as the precursor of action
nourishing obscurity: [education destroyed] one of the root causes. The 1970's were an exciting time in politics, because they were a turning point. The academics at my university were just as left-wing as today, of course, but they were despondent. "Progressive" thought was in retreat. Labour had trashed the economy…
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Continue reading →: The mash-ups of others
Do check out the original film. As I have blogged before, it's brilliant. h/t Iain Dale
THE LAST DITCH
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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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