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Continue reading →: Public Drunkenness and Pomposity
Public Drunkenness Can Never Be a Social Norm – Iain Dale – Dale & Co.. Apropos of my previous post and the widespread delusion that candid photography is against the law, Iain Dale is busy digging himself deeper into a hole after an ill-advised photographic tweet on his way home…
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Continue reading →: Stick to your knitting madam
Sarah Duncan Knitwear – SDK – 01225 333730 – sdkbath.com. If you are in the market for mumsy knitwear in Bath, might I respectfully suggest that you steer clear of this particular shop? The owner, as can be seen here, is a nasty piece of work. That she is a…
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Continue reading →: If your body does not belong to you, what does?
VM — Should Participation in Vaccine Clinical Trials be Mandated?, Jan 12 … Virtual Mentor I find it hard to believe this is genuine, but it seems to be. Already it seems mad progressives have 'progressed' from claiming ownership of your dead body, to discussing whether they can claim ownership…
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Continue reading →: Of panic and progressives
It seems Captain Schettino panicked. Who's to say you wouldn't? | Bruce Hood | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk. There's an interesting (and rather heated) discussion of the linked Guardian contribution to the discussion of Captain Schettino's conduct over at Harry's Place. Libby T asks the provocative and amusing question…
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Continue reading →: Why Wikipedia is dark today
We could all be dark if this legislation goes ahead. This is a classic example of Big Government treading on the people in the interests of Big Business. Please spread this video (or create your own content on your blog, Facebook page or Twitter) to get the message out.…
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Continue reading →: Lady Astor’s Roller and other old stuff in my head
Rolls Royce used by Churchill restored to former glory after sitting in garage for decades (and it's now worth £250,000) | Mail Online. Nothing to do with civil liberties, I know, but this article makes me smile for a petrol-headed reason. The car belonged to my great uncle and I…
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Continue reading →: Addled thinking on allowing and approving
UK secretly allowed pirate ransoms | The Australian. The linked story says a lot about how lost we are to liberty. The government, under various pretexts, monitors how we spend the small portion of our own money it does not wrench from us to squander. For example, I recently had…
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Continue reading →: An end to racism
The issue of the week in England was racism. The three stories that brought the topic to the fore were the trial of two of Stephen Lawrence's murderers, the eight match ban handed out to Luis Suarez of Liverpool FC by the FA and Diane Abbott's tweet denouncing all white…
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Continue reading →: The Prime Directive of male/female relationships
Arlo and Janis Comic Strip on GoComics.com (click to enlarge) A happy new year to all. May all we men be as prudent as this guy in 2012.
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Continue reading →: Joining the dots
There are two key stories in the news today and my question is this. Why does no-one see the connection between one and the other? How can a government that continues to spend a greater and greater proportion of the money it takes from the productive by force find it…
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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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