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Continue reading →: No-one should have anything better than mine
Left Watch | Conservative Home. They never learn and they will never stop until they have laid waste to all that is good. The Labour Party is the greatest enemy of the British people, bar none. Education on the other hand is the greatest hope of our (and any) people.…
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Continue reading →: Britain ranks poorly in global ‘fairness’ league. So?
Britain ranks poorly in global 'fairness' league | Society | The Guardian. A left-wing newspaper reports that some left-wingers at a German think tank report that Britain is not left-wing enough. Colour me astounded. Life in Britain is not 'fair.' As every properly-raised child will have heard a thousand times…
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Continue reading →: The Peoples Pledge
Peoples Pledge – Home. I spent yesterday at the congress of The People's Pledge at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. The campaign has a simple aim which unites people across Britain's political continuum; it asks voters publicly to register the following pledge; I am voting for an in-out referendum…
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Continue reading →: London’s Pub Cats: Tom Paine
London’s Pub Cats | Londonist. If you were wondering where I was… (click to enlarge and read tag). The ruff is the wrong period though, isn't it?
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Continue reading →: STOP PRESS: Robert Peston has a good idea
Robert Peston sends star speakers to state schools | Education | guardian.co.uk. One of the things I most enjoyed about Cheltenham Ladies' College, my daughters' private school, was Speech Day. Partly because the then Principal had a wicked sense of humour and gave an hilarious, but still informative, account of…
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Continue reading →: RIP Steve
Tributes to Steve Jobs | Technology | The Guardian. Steve Jobs managed to live just two years longer than Mrs Paine. Cancer cut him down in the end though his wealth gave him unrestricted access to the best medical care in the world. I feel for his family today. They…
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Continue reading →: The Boy King’s Speech
Conservative Party conference 2011: David Cameron's speech in full – Telegraph. I could quibble about some of his sentiments; on the importance of government leadership for example, but essentially I agree with every word of David Cameron's conference speech. The problem is I don't believe he does. At least, he…
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Continue reading →: Not ‘Christian rights’ but ‘human rights’
Iranian Pastor Sentenced to Death: Nadarkhani Refuses to Convert – International Business Times. Why does this story gain so little traction in the media? Why do only 'Christian rights' groups seem interested in the plight of a pastor who will not – even to save his life – renounce his…
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Continue reading →: What kind of country has Britain become? (Part II)
Teenage sisters sentenced over plot to kill their grandfather, 89 | UK news | guardian.co.uk. This beggars belief. As for the judge's concerns about the would-be murderers' youth and immaturity, my only question is this; how much 'maturity' does it take to know it's wrong to batter your granddad with…
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Continue reading →: Another nGram: Charity vs Social Security
Any thoughts about this one? (click to enlarge)
THE 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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