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Continue reading →: It seems like the police knew which pathologist to call then?
Ian Tomlinson death: first pathologist once reprimanded about his professional conduct – Telegraph. …and they wonder why we are cynical.
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Continue reading →: “Spinning” a heart attack
Ian Tomlinson G20 protests death: police office faces manslaughter charge – Telegraph. There are so many questions to be answered, but they are not even being asked. Who conducted the first post mortem? On what basis did he form the very convenient view that Mr Tomlinson died of a heart…
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Continue reading →: The Telegraph as a propaganda organ
Middle-class drinkers to be targeted – Telegraph. This week, some journalists have come clean about the cozy relationship with the government under which they betrayed their "Fourth Estate" duties in return for "access" to ministers (and not being bullied by Campbell, McBride and Whelan). Alice Miles wrote, honourably if belatedly,…
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Continue reading →: The Squirrel and The Grasshopper
The Quarterback from Bucharest sent me the following reworking of an old fable doing the rounds on the internet in North America. Thank you, sir. Version One The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building and improving his house and laying up supplies for the winter. …
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Continue reading →: It’s not us. It’s you
The Melting Pot Project: Worst. Reporter. Ever. In a proper democracy, the people will be heard. Perhaps the worst political mistake Britain ever made was to break the connection between people and their taxes by inventing "Pay as you Earn." This is a system under which employers become unpaid tax…
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Continue reading →: Desert rats
L'Ombre de l'Olivier. http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/external/player.swf In the shade of the olive tree blog, there is often a mot juste to be appreciated. I particularly enjoyed the remark that here, in a shipyard, was a sinking Gordon deserting his rat. How glorious too was the PM's wonderful doublespeak; "I take full responsibility…
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Continue reading →: Tourorists?
Police delete London tourists' photos 'to prevent terrorism' | UK news | guardian.co.uk. For mercy's sake, New Labour and all your minions. Just go. You have humiliated us enough in the eyes of the world. Our economy lies in tatters after you – as the honourable people still left in…
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Continue reading →: The Baroness and the Badman – a fairy tale
renegadeparent.net | The Baroness and the Badman – a fairy tale. Damn it all. Why are other peoples' blog posts so much better than mine? Note to self: must try harder. Do go and read the whole thing. h/t Bishop Hill
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Continue reading →: How very interesting…
Derek Draper Labour spin doctor does a runner with his computer. – Mirror Images – James Vellacott – Mirror.co.uk. I wonder where that computer is now. Given that Labour has a predilection for confusing state resources with its own, I do hope our security services are not currently cleaning Mr…
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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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