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Continue reading →: Now this is what we were hoping for
Scrapping ID cards is a momentous step | Damian Green | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk. This is a beginning, at long last. Wouldn't it be interesting if someone Wikileaked the names of the people who signed up voluntarily to Labour's ID card scheme? After all, it would be a…
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Continue reading →: Yes, but why?
The Paine family is together in London this week. We are celebrating two birthdays. Mrs P's was yesterday and Miss P the Younger is having a 21st birthday party at a London club on Saturday night (though she actually shares her birthday with Jesus Christ). We are a family of…
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Continue reading →: An Extraordinary Speech
American Thinker: An Extraordinary Speech. One of the worst things for me about Britain today is the prevalence of casual anti-Americanism. The linked article should give those prone to that some cause for overdue thought. It cites a wonderful speech given on November 13th by Lieutenant General John F. Kelly…
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Continue reading →: Why don’t we have politicians like this?
I don't ask because of his policies but because of his honest, direct style. Since the days of Tebbit and Thatcher, there has been next-to-no honesty in our national debate, precisely because of the galvanising effect of their transparent honesty on the working-class electorate. Is it too much to…
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Continue reading →: This is what teaching them to write got for us
Imagine the benefits of paying for their higher education.
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Continue reading →: Julian Assange: which side are you on?
Julian Assange: Sweden issues fresh arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder | Media | The Guardian. The most interesting thing about the Wikileaks story is not the information published (was anyone really naieve enough to be surprised?) but the responses of state power everywhere. Totalitarians, kleptocrats, democrats; their angry reactions barely…
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Continue reading →: Public is not realistic
Public is not realistic about terrorism, Scotland Yard chief says – Telegraph. Isn't it odd that the police regularly tell us that our fear of crime is irrational but now also say we are not afraid enough of terrorism? If we are wimps, surely we would be overly afraid of…
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Continue reading →: This is what “equality” looks like…
In Entitlement America, The Head Of A Household Of Four Making Minimum Wage Has More Disposable Income Than A Family Making $60,000 A Year | zero hedge. It's not just in Britain that the Welfare State has become a quagmire of perverse incentives. Consider this chart (click to enlarge); Does…
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Continue reading →: The Liberty Cabal
With blogger after blogger throwing in the towel of late, it's good to be able to report a new venture. The Liberty Cabal is a new site where a selection of writers "from the humanitarian sphere" will publish their thoughts. I urge you to head over there and check 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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