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Continue reading →: BNP ballerina defies rising clamour to sack her
Link: BNP ballerina defies rising clamour to sack her | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics. I have two questions. Firstly, what right does an employer have to police the political views of its employees? Secondly, when Inayat Bunglawala, of the Muslim Council of Britain says that: Questions need to…
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Continue reading →: Rival parties unite to fight for a bill of rights | Politics | The Observer
Link: Rival parties unite to fight for a bill of rights | Politics | The Observer. This is the most encouraging story of what has been a dreadful year for those who care about civil liberties. Let’s hope it sets the tone for a splendid 2007. I wish all of…
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Continue reading →: Ritzy Justice
An Irish judge in the 19th century, Sir James Mathew (1830-1908) is supposed to have said “In England, justice is open to all – like the Ritz Hotel.” Learning from our mistakes, the French have done their best to improve their own access to justice, as these pictures demonstrate.
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Continue reading →: German politician tells heckler to shave
Link: Telegraph | News | German politician tells heckler to shave . To me, the interesting aspect of this story is that a left-wing German politician could say what would be politically-unthinkable in Britain, where “the most vulnerable members of society” are, in truth, those who work for a living…
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Continue reading →: Burning our money: Honouring Failure
Link: Burning our money: Honouring Failure. I am off to enjoy Paris with my family. I can do no better than recommend you to Wat Tyler’s post about the New Year’s Honours List. Nothing could tell you more about our Government’s warped view of the world.
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Continue reading →: A rare example of justice
Link: Saddam Hussein executed | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited. Most of the world’s tyrants die in their beds; their lives an encouragement to others to try their wicked path to wealth and power. Saddam Hussein did no good in his life. Perhaps, by the manner of his death, he may…
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Continue reading →: Cabinet minister joins protest over hospital | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Link: Cabinet minister joins protest over hospital | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics. Among the many things the chipmunk doesn’t understand, apparently, is Cabinet responsibility. Who will rid us of these idiots?
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Continue reading →: The key’s rusted in the lock now, but apparently this is how it worked.
The Keys to Your Heart You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you’re told that you’re loved. You’d like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring. You would be forced to…
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Continue reading →: An Englishman’s Castle: Tory Top Twelve
Link: An Englishman’s Castle: Tory Top Twelve. The Englishman has posted the “Tory Top Twelve” of heroes, commenting critically on the selections and inviting other nominations. What fun for Boxing Day! He has been kind enough not to tag his fellow-bloggers with it so, on a purely voluntary basis, why…
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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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