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Continue reading →: Give City’s bonuses to the poor, urges Hain | Uk News | News | Telegraph
Link: Give City’s bonuses to the poor, urges Hain | Uk News | News | Telegraph. Who is this moron? I see he doesn’t suggest that the peoples’ heroes should give up their earnings. But he thinks the City’s top flight, who generate much of the tax which feeds New…
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Continue reading →: Show of Hands
This, apparently, is number 6 in the HMV download charts. Give it a listen, playing close attention to the lyrics. That this should be popular gives me hope that England may yet awaken. It is for sale at iTunes and HMV. H/T Andrew Ian Dodge
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Continue reading →: Thomas Paine Bicentenary Celebrations
Ellee Seymour very kindly sent me the following story from her local paper, the Eastern Daily Press, which appeared on 26th January. Plans are moving forward to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of one of Norfolk’s most famous sons. Town leaders in Thetford have put together a committee to…
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Continue reading →: Councillor Terry Kelly
Link: Councillor Terry Kelly: BLOGGING FOR SOME STRANGE KIND OF PEOPLE – IT’S LIFE BUT NOT AS WE’VE KNOWN IT. If you haven’t found Cllr Terry’s Blog, you really should visit. Nowhere will you find better evidence of the intellectual degeneracy that is the modern Labour Party. Terry, whose witty…
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Continue reading →: Comments moderation off
Various readers have gently complained about the comments moderation system. As an experiment, I have turned it off. Please enjoy responsibly!
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Continue reading →: 18 Doughty Street : Politics for Adults | TALK TV
Link: 18 Doughty Street : Politics for Adults | TALK TV. I am delighted to report that I have access to 18 Doughty Street Talk TV again. I don’t know what their techies have done, but all is well. I have been watching back episodes of Blogger TV with great…
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Continue reading →: I prefer Sun Tzu
You Are Somewhat Machiavellian You’re not going to mow over everyone to get ahead… But you’re also powerful enough to make things happen for yourself. You understand how the world works, even when it’s an ugly place. You just don’t get ugly yourself – unless you have to! How Machiavellian…
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Continue reading →: Aargh!
You Are Most Like John F. Kennedy You live a fairy tale life that most people envy. And while you may have a few dark secrets, few people know them. What Modern US President Are You Most Like? h/t Daily Referendum
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Continue reading →: What Price Justice?
Link: Law Society of England and Wales – Hot topics. The Law Society of England & Wales is to be relieved by Parliament of its regulatory functions, so English solicitors will no longer, in my view, be a profession. An independent legal profession is a key element of a free…
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Continue reading →: The Conventional Wisdom
Ex-Guardianista Will Hutton is currently addressing the conference I am attending in Paris and challenging the conventional wisdom that Europe is an economic, political and demographic basket case. In particular he dismisses the idea that India and China are tiger economies which will change the world, says that the USA’s…
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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.
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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…
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