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Archive for June, 2007
Libertarian UK Launch Drinks
Friday, June 29th, 2007 Posted in liberal democrats, liberalism, libertarian uk, libertarianism | 4 Comments »
Last nigh I went along to the launch drinks of Libertarian UK. Libertarian UK was put together by Chris Mounsey who is better known as Devil's Kitchen. The aim is to provide ... Read more..Good riddance
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 Posted in blair, brown, politicians | 2 Comments »
But may it perhaps be a case of out of the frying pan into the fire? I've been waiting for the day when Blair will be gone for a long time. ... Read more..Government interception of emails?
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 Posted in government, security | No Comments »
Spy Blog has drawn some worrying conclusions from recent attempts to discredit Ross Anderson a security expert from Cambridge University. The allegation is the information being used to try and discredit ... Read more..Smoking
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 Posted in liberalism, liberty, smoking | 3 Comments »
With the smoking ban coming into effect soon, Tim Harford destructs the so-called economic arguments for the ban. The irony that the ban is in 'public spaces' yet forces people out ... Read more..Science and Race Nationality
Friday, June 22nd, 2007 Posted in liberalism | No Comments »
A worrying article from The Register here. Quoting Lord Triesman, the Prime minister's Special Envoy for Returns: In my role as the PM's Special Envoy for Returns, I have been giving a ... Read more..Power
Friday, June 22nd, 2007 Posted in cato, liberalism, liberty, power | No Comments »
Our old radical friend Cato had some very wise things to say about power and its nature: We know, by infinite examples and experience, that men possessed of power, rather than ... Read more..BBC Bias
Thursday, June 21st, 2007 Posted in BBC, bbc bias, media | 2 Comments »
I think it should be taken for granted that the BBC is biased, its bound to be, its virtually impossible not to be biased. I disagree with how many people say ... Read more..Pacts with Labour
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 Posted in coalition, labour, liberal democrats | 3 Comments »
I am glad that the Grauniad is now reporting that Ming has ruled out LibDems in Brown's cabinet. I do wonder what this has all been about. The mess with his ... Read more..The problem of politics
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 Posted in liberal democrats, liberalism, politics | No Comments »
There's a huge problem in politics. Its the relationship between people and politicians and our expectations of politicians and what politicians want to do. It's best described as the 'something must ... Read more..Thatcher’s worst legacy:
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in liberal democrats, liberalism, libertarianism, thatcher | 6 Comments »
Thatcher's worst legacy to me was to associate economic liberalism with Toryism. Too often, sound economics and measures designed to increase liberty are rejected out of hand as 'Thatcherite' or 'right ... Read more..