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Continue reading →: Dr David Haslam
Link: National Obesity Forum – Dr David Haslam. Follow the link to see the face of the affable family doctor who believes the State has the right to assault your child. Speaking of a government survey on childhood obesity which has failed to gather enough data to be useful, David…
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Continue reading →: TIME Person of the Year: You
Link: TIME.com: Person of the Year: You — Dec. 25, 2006 — Page 1. I love America because its people are – on average – so positive. To a jaundiced European eye, it may appear that in making “You” the Time “Person of the Year”, the magazine’s editors are overstating…
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Continue reading →: Labour donor files shredded – Sunday Times – Times Online
Link: Labour donor files shredded – Sunday Times – Times Online. It seems that some of our leaders are more accomplished at covering their tracks than others. One wonders where they learn such skills. Is there a school somewhere?
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Continue reading →: Blair refuses to back Levy in Labour’s cash for honours scandal
Link: Telegraph | News | Blair refuses to back Levy in Labour’s cash for honours scandal. If I have learned one thing in my life, it is that nothing is more important than the care with which you select your friends. My heart goes out to Lord Levy as he…
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Continue reading →: A strenuous day
Yesterday I rose in Moscow at 0230 British time to catch an early plane to London. I finally reached my bed at 0230 this morning. After some shopping and other fun in London, I arrived at the Marquis of Granby pub just off Smith Square yesterday evening. In a function…
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Continue reading →: Motorists risk jail for using phones in car
Link: Motorists risk jail for using phones in car | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics. There is so much free space in British jails that the Government wants to fill them with mobile phone users. Not to mention people who have been involved in car accidents – even if…
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Continue reading →: Tories rethink A-list after ‘Londoncentric’ charge | the Daily Mail
Link: Tories rethink A-list after ‘Londoncentric’ charge | the Daily Mail. The A List is a constitutional issue. Why? The British Constitution is just three words long; "Parliament is sovereign." Whatever Parliament says, goes. Whether they want liberty or death camps or anything in between, the choice is with Members…
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Continue reading →: Bob Piper : Time to reflect
Link: Bob Piper : Time to reflect. Bob Piper is going to take a break from blogging. That is sad. Whether or not his republication of the “Ministry of Truth” satire was well-judged, those of us on the right still want Britain to be a free country. Free speech means…
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Continue reading →: Expulsions ‘fuelled by prejudice’
Link: BBC NEWS | Education | Expulsions ‘fuelled by prejudice’. Three times as many black children as white children are expelled from school. Allegedly, this is because of “institutional racism.” An Ofsted report in 1999 warned that many schools are “institutionally racist”, citing evidence that Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean and…
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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.…