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Continue reading →: A glimpse into the envious minds of Britain
A glimpse into the modern home of David and Samantha 'two kitchens' Cameron | Mail Online. Mrs P. alerted me to the linked Daily Mail article because she was upset by its envious tone (and even more so that of some of the reader comments). She's right. The Cameron's new…
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Continue reading →: Fiona Pilkington and justice. Shall the twain meet?
Fiona Pilkington case: police face misconduct proceedings | UK news | guardian.co.uk. I am not arguing with the findings of the IPCC. I don't know enough to do so. Nor am I belittling these tragic deaths. These women were as entitled as you or me to a life untroubled by…
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Continue reading →: April’s fools?
Government borrowing hits April record | Business | guardian.co.uk. David Cameron is still rebranding the Conservative Party by his odd technique of never doing anything that Labour might not also have done. This makes life hard for Milliband, who is reduced to attacking what everyone knows would have been his…
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Continue reading →: Criminals suck
Apart from the anti-intellectualism of my Northern school-mates, the worst thing about my school was the way the bad children set the rules. Not that misbehaviour was rife. Those were the early days of the comprehensive fiasco. My "high school" had been a tough secondary modern a year before I…
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Continue reading →: When is a rape not a rape?
When is a rape not a rape? SHOCK « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG. Inspector Gadget is a brave man. His post today will set off a stampede of sacred cows. I sincerely hope he doesn't get trampled. Regardless of the inevitable synthetic fury from the luvvies, I believe him. I am…
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Continue reading →: The last banner?
There is a new masthead for The Last Ditch today. It's overdue as I moved to London almost a month ago. I now live in an apartment near the hospital where Mrs P is being treated. My days as a professional nomad are over and the battered passport in the…
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Continue reading →: To the barricades
Why do people in Britain not rise up in arms against the farce that is the NHS? Mrs P just called for a GP appointment and was told the earliest available is in TWO WEEKS. What kind of medical service is that!? And the joke is the doctor called *her*…
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Continue reading →: Rally Against Debt!
Rally Against Debt | The TaxPayers' Alliance. I wish I could be there, but Mrs P and I will be in transit from Venice. I hope there is a good turnout. Someone, in the face of public servants now earning on average (and taking account of their pension provision) 43%…
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Continue reading →: The French equivalents of the EDL?
From our hotel balcony in Paris this morning, Mrs P. and I had a view of an interesting demonstration against "mondalisation". Assorted nationalists (including, amusingly, a French skinhead wearing a biker jacket with a Union Flag on the back) expressed their concerns about Islam. A black bandana obscuring the face…
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Continue reading →: A Very Disconnected Elite
If he expected the outcome to the referendum to be such a massacre, he would never have bargained for it. First past the post implies, nay demands, a two party system. So what little point there ever was to the LibDems (and – by the way – UKIP) is gone.…
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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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