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Continue reading →: Light blogging alert
I shall be attending a real estate industry fair in Cannes this week. My social life will be more than usually hectic and blogging will be correspondingly light.
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Continue reading →: Ask David
I have posted a question to the WebCameron site about the reported contents of the Conservative Party’s "Greener Skies" paper. I would really appreciate it if you could please head over there and vote for Mr Cameron to answer the question. Thanks.
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Continue reading →: Cameron considers tax hikes on air travel
Link: Cameron considers tax hikes on air travel | Uk News | News | Telegraph. I may be about to set a record for the shortest membership of a political party. This week, David Cameron having recently announced a policy I agreed with, I sent off my form to join…
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Continue reading →: Blair aides ‘plotted’ to foil police
Link: Blair aides ‘plotted’ to foil police-News-Politics-TimesOnline. I am beginning to feel sorry for these people. Who in their right minds would write down a conversation like this? ‘Lord Levy, Tony Blair’s chief fundraiser, allegedly asked the prime minister’s most senior advisers to lie to police by telling detectives he…
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Continue reading →: Africans still waiting for ‘chief’ Geldof’s help
Link: Africans still waiting for ‘chief’ Geldof’s help | International News | News | Telegraph. Bob says there’s a misunderstanding, and he’s right. The African villagers thought he was a philanthropist. He’s actually just a has-been pop star. It’s one thing swearily to demand that Governments expropriate money from their…
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Continue reading →: So who did write the “brilliant” letter?
From the Daily Telegraph online letters page: "Correction: In yesterday’s paper, we published a letter purporting to come from Mike Hallissey, a consultant surgeon in Birmingham. In fact, the letter was not written by Mr Hallissey and did not reflect his views. We apologise unreservedly for the embarrassment this will…
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Continue reading →: Brilliant letter from Mr Mike Hallissey?
Link: NHS Blog Doctor: Brilliant letter from Mr Mike Hallissey. It tells you everything you need to know about today’s NHS that people cannot decide if the letter referred to in this post by Dr. John Crippen over at NHS Blog Doctor is (a) for real, (b) a brilliant spoof…
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Continue reading →: The Army’s view of Patrick Mercer
Link: British Army Rumour Service > > Forums > > The Serious Bit > > Current Affairs, News and Analysis > > Tory Frontbencher sacked over comments about racism in army. It is with great regret that I judge Dave Cameron to have done the right thing in dismissing Patrick…
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Continue reading →: Listen with Mother
Link: Mother speaks out about Ruth Turner’s ‘harrowing’ ordeal | the Daily Mail. Ah, diddums. My mother is made of sterner stuff and would tell me, in poor Ruthie’s place, that if I wasn’t ready for the heat, I shouldn’t have been so eager for a job in the kitchen.…
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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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