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Continue reading →: The War on Truth continues…
h/t Old Holborn, and big H/T to the creator of this little YouTube gem, AlexMasterley, who is (as far as I know, no relation to my favourite cartoon character).
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Continue reading →: Booze crisis?
The booze crisis!. Hie thee over to Tim Worstall's blog for an interesting (and sometimes scary) discussion on the extent to which it is right to use state power to achieve social goals. "Jacob" began the discussion on Tim's post about the economics of alcohol consumption, by saying; I’m not…
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Continue reading →: The man with the first telephone
I remember having email when no-one else I knew (or wanted to know) did. It was the electronic equivalent, for a while, of the bean can telephones linked by string that we played with as children. I also had one of the first mobile phones in Poland, during the testing…
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Continue reading →: Data losses are inevitable, perhaps. But is injustice?
PM admits data losses may be inevitable | Politics | The Guardian. There is truth in what the PM says, as sometimes happens. To err is human and errors are "inevitable" as long as people are involved. But that's not the point. Forget the data stick. What about the papers…
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Continue reading →: Is the BBC biased?
This is the most boring question in British political blogging. Usually all sides answer "yes", but say it is biased against them. The BBC's defenders regard this as evidence that the correct answer is "no". With apologies, I must ask it again. Internet radio allows Mrs Paine to listen to…
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Continue reading →: This is the state we are in
Ambush Predator: Just When You Think They've Sunk As Low As They Can Go…. I have nothing to add to JuliaM's uncharacteristically restrained comments on this horror story. I can imagine what torment it is to this poor man. To know his son is "out there" and in desperate need…
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Continue reading →: Who speaks sooth?
BBC NEWS | UK | Minister 'horrified' by SAS claim. Hmm. Whom to believe? An officer and a gentleman or a petty politician who turned his coat in the hope of office, after many years of failure? Tough call.
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Continue reading →: The Lives (we hope) of Others.
Leben der Anderen, Das (2006). I have not commented here (though I did at his blog) on the arrogance and ignorance of Glasgow South MP, Tom Harris. Please go to his site and read his post about the copy of 1984 he received a few days too soon. Further…
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Continue reading →: SAS chief quits
Exclusive: SAS chief quits over 'negligence that killed his troops' – Telegraph. New Labour doesn't go to war for military reasons. It goes to war to toughen the image of its leader. Its real troops don't approve of the armed forces. It does not care if our soldiers live or…
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Continue reading →: Who the LibDems really are
Barclays' Middle Eastern fundraising under fire | Business | guardian.co.uk. Vince Cable has inadvertently revealed just how little the Liberal Democrats are entitled to the first part of their name. Barclays has managed to stay independent. It has not resorted to taxpayers' money. Its shares have risen 10% on the…
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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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