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Continue reading →: Ministers set out plan for waste
Link: BBC NEWS | Politics | Ministers set out plan for waste. Hope springs eternal. When I read this headline I briefly thought the era of spin was over. Sadly not. It’s just tedious stuff about the Landfill Directive. Ho hum.
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Continue reading →: Major energy policy shake-up
Link: Major energy policy shake-up in parliament | Top News | Reuters.co.uk. This is only about 10 years late. Of course the criminalisation of fox-hunting (and about 3,000 other activities) was far more urgent. It is good to see anthropogenic climate change theory serve a useful purpose. It is a…
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Continue reading →: It’s time to find that role
Britain has a habit of command, born of centuries of Empire. It is ironic that the Left accuses the Right of imperial nostalgia, because it is the Left which is most afflicted. Why do we think that the citizens of a small archipelago off the European coast have the right…
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Continue reading →: So much freedom lost…
Link: So much freedom lost…and on my watch | St Opinion | Opinion | Telegraph. Shami Chakrabarti has undoubtedly done her best, but I share her disappointment at the losses "on her watch." I think Liberty (which she leads and of which I am a member) went astray when it…
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Continue reading →: Truth and illusion in Vegas
I don’t know why, but the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas makes me sad. It’s a tribute, in its way, to the most beautiful city in the world but something about it is troubling. Imagine the chutzpah of building a "Grand Canal" on the first floor. Very Vegas. It would…
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Continue reading →: Edukashun, Edookayshen, Education
Link: Willetts must have known it would horrify Party | Dt Opinion | Opinion | Telegraph. All three comment pieces in the Daily Telegraph today were about the Tory Party and grammar schools. Alice Thomson says it best however, with these words The Tories seem to have ditched what they…
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Continue reading →: Las Vegas
I am visiting this remarkable place for the first time, attending a conference and staying in the Venetian Hotel. It is a strange combination of elegance and crassness. To get to my room from reception involves walking through a sea of slot machines, with (as far as I can tell)…
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Continue reading →: Tories to ‘sever links’ with academic selection
Link: Tories to ‘sever links’ with academic selection | Uk News | News | Telegraph. Perhaps to a shadow education secretary who went to the King Edward’s School in Birmingham and a leader of the Opposition who went to Eton College this makes some sense. Perhaps to them, embracing the…
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Continue reading →: Churches incensed by ‘stop smoking’ signs
Link: Churches incensed by ‘stop smoking’ signs | Uk News | News | Telegraph. This is a tiny story, not particularly significant in itself, but the final sentence is chilling. A Department of Health spokesman said the Government was anxious to work with religious organisations to ensure that their responsibilities…
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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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I’m generally against more laws but would make an exception for this. Goose, Gander, etc. We should be using their…
I like it and agree. I’m not sure how many others would! 😎
That’s a modern “more law” approach — and certainly consistent with our Establishment’s current aggressive approach. However I don’t want…
Maybe they should be legally required to only provide halal to muslims or those that request it. If you are…
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Remove the exception is my preference. Prove that it is only consumed by those following the relevant faith is unwieldy.…