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Continue reading →: Are UK Immigration authorities racist…
… or is rape a less serious offence than insider dealing? Or perhaps UK law enforcers simply like soft targets? Or maybe the people planning to meet one American visitor are less likely to vote Labour than those planning to meet the other one? Or perhaps they care less about…
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Continue reading →: Emma Watson on Education – aargh.
Link: Chanel: ‘No contract’ for Harry Potter’s Emma Watson – Telegraph. These are the saddest words I have read this week and should disqualify the young actress who uttered them from a place at any serious University. "I feel it’s terribly important to continue with my education," she said. "In…
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Continue reading →: “The noble Lord would say that, wouldn’t he?”
Link: Mr Eugenides: "The noble Lord would say that, wouldn’t he?". If it is true that the holders of EU pensions "… can lose them if they fail to uphold the EU’s interests or bring the EU into disrepute" the interesting question is "why?" What on Earth goes on in…
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Continue reading →: Democracy?
A YouGov survey, conducted for Open Europe this week, shows that 14 per cent thought the Government should ratify the Lisbon Treaty. Indeed, only 29% of British people even want to stay in the European Union. So what does "our" Parliament do….? On a lighter note an Irish MEP reminds…
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Continue reading →: Wordle
Link: Wordle – Clarke. "Wordle" is a web toy by Jonathan Feinberg, which turns any text into a strangely beautiful word cloud. Here is a recent post of mine wordled (click to see it full size at the wordle site) h/t Ted
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Continue reading →: 4 David Davis 4 Freedom: Terrorism -vs- Freedom
Link: 4 David Davis 4 Freedom: Terrorism -vs- Freedom. I am happy to have been invited to post at the 4 David Davis 4 Freedom blog. The linked article is my first contribution.
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Continue reading →: Romanian town elects dead man as mayor
Link: Romanian town elects dead man as mayor | World news | guardian.co.uk. This seems a sensible political choice to me. He won’t be doing this or this or this, will he?
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Continue reading →: A new blogger for Liberty
Link: David Davis – Home. It is a pleasure to welcome to the soon to be ex-Member for Haltemprice & Howden to the libertarian blogosphere. Something tells me we shall be hearing a lot from him.
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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