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Continue reading →: The UK Daily Pundit: Chattering Classes Hijacking Democracy
Link: The UK Daily Pundit: Chattering Classes Hijacking Democracy. Exactly. And another thing the eco-fascists don’t tell you is how many would die as a consequence of scaling back modern civilisation to meet their emissions targets. Don’t worry. Those targets won’t be met anyway. Britain produces less that 2% of…
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Continue reading →: CredoThe author reflects on the decline of personal faith and societal values, acknowledging the positive impact of Christianity on morality and community. He critiques the current moral vacuum, suggesting that the absence of a coherent belief system has led to societal issues, including the rise of alternative faiths and extremism.…
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Continue reading →: In or out?
Travelling on business this week, I have spent a couple of days in Bucharest. Most of today will be spent, tediously, making my way back to Moscow. It was interesting to talk to Romanian colleagues yesterday about attitudes to the EU. Generally, Romanians are in favour of joining, but apparently…
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Continue reading →: Politics – Claim Scots suffer as more Poles need services
Link: Scotsman.com News – Politics – Claim Scots suffer as more Poles need services. What drivel! Why demonise the Polish workers for getting in the queue for Scottish benefits? I lived in Poland for over a decade. No government or local government information was available in anything but Polish. It…
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Continue reading →: When is it ok to speed?
Link: Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe: When is it ok to speed?. Wonderfully creative subversion in Australia. It gives one confidence that the people will always find ways to frustrate the police state.
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Continue reading →: Cameron’s approval ratings slide
Link: Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Cameron’s approval ratings slide. This is sad, but not surprising. The British people just don’t need another Tony Blair.
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Continue reading →: Muslim attitudes to Terrorism
Link: openDemocracy. This research was conducted in November 2004 and is very telling. Have a look at Table 2 which presents the percentage of respondents in national samples by Muslim country who labelled certain acts and events “terrorist”. Only 28% of Lebanese Muslims and 9% of Palestinian Muslims consider attacks…
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Continue reading →: More bad law?
If Mr Olbermann’s legal analysis is correct, then this new law is unconstitutional and, like the US PATRIOT Act, is just waiting for a concerned citizen to challenge it in the Supreme Court. The Constitution of the USA, perhaps the most perfect work of political man to date, says that…
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Continue reading →: A Secret Policeman Bawls
Link: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Britain implemented the EU’s Second Money Laundering Directive, partly by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, which was enacted on 24 February 2003 and partly by the Money Laundering Regulations 2003, made by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, which came into force on…
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Continue reading →: Aberfan is remembered 40 years on
The Aberfan disaster, attributed to the National Coal Board, resulted in no prosecutions despite a tribunal’s findings. Villagers fought for the tip’s removal, eventually costing them £150,000. The government later repaid this amount but with no interest. Criticism arose regarding the lack of accountability for corporate negligence in the tragedy.
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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.…