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Continue reading →: Emerging from behind the skirting boards…
Greenwald: If you choose to make enemies, what do you expect? | Trending Central. Get your thinking gear around this horrific tosh (emphasis added); As the elected representatives of the people, a government has far more moral legitimacy and indeed necessity than a newspaper like the Guardian, its hacks, or…
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Continue reading →: In which I praise the editor of The Guardian
David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face | Alan Rusbridger | Comment is free | The Guardian. Well said, Mr Rusbridger. I hope that your article will be seen as final proof that civil liberties are not a Right vs Left issue. I would love…
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Continue reading →: An answer to my question
On Politics « Samizdata. Perry Metzger over at the inestimable Samizdata seems to have answered the question I posed recently about whether I should join the Conservative Party as a libertarian entryist; The underlying problem is that people do not yet widely understand that the higher the political office, the…
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Continue reading →: Live free or die
New Hampshire BearCat Opposed; Marine Colonel Peter Martino Claims ‘We’re Building A Domestic Army’ (VIDEO) (UPDATED). It’s been a while since I had the energy to post more than once in a day, but I can’t resist commenting on this gem. Please compare and contrast this gentleman’s cheerfully robust approach with…
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Continue reading →: How the British state wastes your money
BBC News – Domestic abuse victim admits harassment charge. His “ex” tries to contact him on his release from prison. The women he abused so violently as to land him there. Does she call him repeatedly? Does she camp out on his doorstep and refuse to go away? No, she…
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Continue reading →: Reader poll
I am toying with the idea of re-joining the Conservative Party; an organisation for which I have very little current sympathy. It is a violent, statist party; interested far more in power than justice, honour or integrity. I have no doubt that I would feel rather soiled to be in…
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Continue reading →: A sad anniversary
It is two years today since Mrs Paine died. I visited her memorial this morning and reflected a little on that sad time. I don't think I fully appreciated then, in my grief, just how blessed I was to be so well supported by family, friends and even by my…
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Continue reading →: The Scouring of the Shire
I am striking a better balance now between online and offline. Having taken a blogging break after my Great American Tour, I have returned to a slimmed-down daily diet of blogs old and new, but am restricting consumption to once a day. This, and a serious attempt to get back…
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Continue reading →: Kill me. Just kill me now.
Or alternatively, head over to The Guardian's "Comment is Free" section to vote for sanity in the face of this madness. Having recently attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed and having heard reports from relatives who visited CarFest last weekend – not to mention the popularity of Top Gear with everyone…
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Continue reading →: A tale of two public pension problems
America’s Urban Distress: Why the Public Pension Problem Is Worse than You Think | Zero Hedge. The linked article is typical of two things. Firstly why I had to smile when, on my recent tour of their country, American Conservatives told me their country was turning "socialist." And secondly 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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