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Continue reading →: Riots over Hungarian PM’s ‘lies’
Link: BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Riots over Hungarian PM’s ‘lies’ Imagine if British voters were to riot every time they learned their Prime Minister had lied.
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Continue reading →: BBC blames US for Iranian Air Crashes – Again
Link: Drinking From Home: BBC blames US for Iranian Air Crashes – Again Drinking from home is doing good work in identifying particular examples of BBC bias, in this case the BBC’s Tehran correspondent, Frances Harrison, trying to blame an aviation accident in Iran on US sanctions. It’s as ludicrous…
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Continue reading →: SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Ministers move to stop ‘safe’ convictions of criminals being quashed on appeal
Link: SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Ministers move to stop ‘safe’ convictions of criminals being quashed on appeal. Once again, John Reid talks of “rebalancing in favour of the victim”. Yet, like it or not, the “victim” is not part of the trial process. It is vile spin to identify the…
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Continue reading →: Sunday at the Mall in Moscow
Only in Moscow could you find a swimming pool (for demonstrating swimwear), a classic Jaguar, an antique shop selling a World War II machine gun and more staff than shoppers in a shopping centre on a Sunday afternoon.
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Continue reading →: CNN.com – Blair wife quizzed on pretend slap – Sep 17, 2006
Link: CNN.com – Blair wife quizzed on pretend slap – Sep 17, 2006. A shopkeeper makes a citizen’s arrest of a thief on a Saturday afternoon. She calls the police and they say the earliest they can attend to take a statement is next Wednesday. “What shall I do with…
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Continue reading →: WELCOME
This blog began in March 2005 on Blogger and archives of the first 18 months can still be found at The Blogspot 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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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.…