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Continue reading →: Catalogue of abuse in NHS care homes | Social care | SocietyGuardian.co.uk
Link: Catalogue of abuse in NHS care homes | Social care | SocietyGuardian.co.uk. No-one will look after you if you are too old or disabled to do it yourself, except members of your family or those paid for by (and accountable to) them. Perhaps this should not be true, but…
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Continue reading →: Addicted to the ‘net? No.
59% Average@Internet-User.com (41% – 60%)You seem to have a healthy balance in your life when it comes to the internet and life away from the computer. You know enough to do what you want online without looking like an idiot (most of the time). You even have your own Yahoo club or…
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Continue reading →: MI6 and Blair at odds over Saudi deals | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
Link: MI6 and Blair at odds over Saudi deals | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited. So, if national security was not at stake – as the Attorney General claimed on behalf of the Prime Minister – what was? When a politician calls off an investigation into allegations of corruption on…
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Continue reading →: An unfortunate union
Today, as commentators everywhere are reminding us, is the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union (actually, there were two Acts) between England and Scotland. In recent days, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and others have been praising its success. They are wrong. The Act of Union has been an unmitigated…
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Continue reading →: How selfish are you?
You Are 53% Selfish You are quite balanced. You are able to compromise when it’s in the best interests of those involved. But you’re no pushover. If something is important to you, you’ll get it! How Selfish Are You?
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Continue reading →: Mais bien sûr
Your Inner European is French! Smart and sophisticated. You have the best of everything – at least, *you* think so. Who’s Your Inner European? Hat tip to Nourishing Obscurity.
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Continue reading →: Cruella-blog: Unbelievable…
Link: Cruella-blog: Unbelievable…. Hat tip to Dr Crippen for leading me to this delicious post. I entirely agree that we atheists should get priority for medical treatment over you religious types. We need to get the most out of this life as it’s all we have. Why should it be…
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Continue reading →: Who is Not Saussure? Blogpower Testimonial 7
Link: Not Saussure. Not Saussure is a newish blog (est. August 2006) and I could have read the posts from beginning to date quite quickly. I didn’t, because I became intrigued. Like most people, when I enjoy someone’s writing, I tend to become curious about the person behind it. There…
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Continue reading →: Take the Libertarian Purity Test
Link: Libertarian Purity Test. I scored 79, which apparently translates to: You are a medium-core libertarian, probably self-consciously so. Your friends probably encourage you to quit talking about your views so much. Damn. I was sure I would be hard core. He’s right about my friends though. Hat tip to…
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Continue reading →: In the dragons’ den
My recent long holiday allowed the luxury of catching up with old friends. One of them looks like Dylan Thomas and comes from the same neck of Milk Wood. His idea of fun was to fill his house with my bogeymen; NHS administrators, Welsh Office bureaucrats, Comprehensive School headmasters, Scots…
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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