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Continue reading →: Terror alert
Link: Terror alert – Comment – Times Online. Much as I sympathise with the Brigadier’s annoyance, I have to say he was foolish to accept a caution. He now has a criminal record for carrying an offensive weapon. If caught in such a situation, you should insist on being charged…
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Continue reading →: A Free Society?
Link: Faith, fundamentalism and the fight for students’ souls – Britain – Times Online. From this story about legal action to contest the ban, I have belatedly discovered that my old student union, among others, has banned the University’s 77 year old Christian Union from meeting on its premises and…
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Continue reading →: Doctors face prison for denying right to die | the Daily Mail
Link: Doctors face prison for denying right to die | the Daily Mail. First the Labour Party denied us the right to free speech, criminalising what we say. Then, by penalising “hate crimes” more severely than others, they made clear that some lives are more valuable than others. Then they…
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Continue reading →: Rowdy families could be kicked out of their homes
Link: Telegraph | News | Rowdy families could be kicked out of their homes . John Reid’s approach to property rights does not seem to have changed much since his days as an overt Communist. Had Britain a written constitution, it would almost certainly protect the right to private property…
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Continue reading →: How English?
You are 97% English. Congratulations! You may now take your place as a subject of Her Majesty. “And did those feet In ancient times, Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God In England’s pleasant pastures seen?” Well, no, but it’s a cracking good tune.…
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Continue reading →: EU Referendum
Link: EU Referendum. This post is well-researched, well-written and scary. We should all be concerned at the rise in popularity of the BNP. When all conventional parties are “triangulating” each others’ marginal voters, this may be how those they take for granted strike back. I grew up in the Labour…
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Continue reading →: Wrong problem, wrong solution
Link: Telegraph | News | Wrong problem, wrong solution. This is fascinating stuff. Read it while you still can. According to the author, “On Thursday, Margaret Beckett, the Foreign Secretary, compared climate sceptics to advocates of Islamic terror. Neither, she said, should have access to the media.” If that is…
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Continue reading →: Bel is thinking …: Nick Griffin – the right verdict
Link: Bel is thinking …: Nick Griffin – the right verdict. Bel responds in a thoughtful, intelligent way to the Nick Griffin verdict. I worry about where we go from here. As a libertarian, I would leave the likes of Griffin free to say what he likes, however disgusting. Just…
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Continue reading →: The Devil’s Kitchen: ChipPin’ away at fraud
Link: The Devil’s Kitchen: ChipPin’ away at fraud. DK’s mum is on the campaign trail. She has discovered that chip and pin details are retained in the store machine’s memory for 40 minutes after your transaction. This is, supposedly, to allow the store to make late charges and corrections discovered…
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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.…