Archive for April, 2007

Ill concieved ideas number 1524

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in environment, idiotic ideas, london assembly, mike tuffrey | 1 Comment »

I was rudely dragged into awakefulness this morning whilst checking my email to find an email from Mike Tuffrey suggesting that the London Assembly should institute a reward card to ... Read more..

Look forward to the future

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in globalisation institute, the future | 1 Comment »

The Globalisation Institute blog has been running a series of posts 'Quote unquote' which have had some excellent liberal quotations as well as many on development issues. Today's is very perceptive: This ... Read more..

One of the best comebacks ever:

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in guns, humour, iain dale | 1 Comment »

Over at Iain Dale's (he is worth reading occasionally ;) ) Read more..

A defense of Free Speech

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in denial, free speech, freedom, holocaust, liberalism, libertarian alliance, libertarianism, sean gabb | No Comments »

Sean Gabb, director of the Libertarian Alliance has written a very good article attacking censorship in general and specifically the recent attempt at outlawing holocaust denial. He asserts the purpose of ... Read more..

Sex Discrimination in the US

Sunday, April 29th, 2007 Posted in US, discrimination, economics, tariffs, trade | No Comments »

The New York Times reports on a strange instance of sex discrimination in the US. It isn't a simple matter of discrimination against women, but affects both sexes at different ... Read more..

Another quotation

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in cato, liberalism, protectionism, quotations | No Comments »

Following on from the previous quotation, the same letter goes on to discuss Queen Elizabeth's actions in declaring patents given null and void at the request of the lower house: But ... Read more..

Quotation of the day:

Monday, April 23rd, 2007 Posted in cato, corruption, politicians, politics, quotations | No Comments »

There is not in politicks a more established rule, than, That when a corrupt and wicked ministry intend to pillage a nation, they make use of vile and contemptible instruments, ... Read more..

The EU: When is it time to give up?

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 Posted in EU, liberal democrats, liberalism | 7 Comments »

The European Union offers great opportunities to expand liberalism and to liberalise Europe for the benefit of Europeans and the rest of the world. However, the EU appears to be ... Read more..

More on the BNP

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 Posted in bnp, conservatives, labour, liberal democrats, liberalism | 6 Comments »

There have been quite a few very instructive responses to mt recent post on the BNP, and they've caused me to review my position. The BNP are the most blatent anti-liberal ... Read more..

Milliband, nipples, hair and balloons

Friday, April 20th, 2007 Posted in have i got news for you, milliband, nipples, politicians | 1 Comment »

Last night I went to see the recording of Have I Got News For You. It was good, and very funny (although I did appear to be the only person ... Read more..

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