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Liberty’s new hero: David Davis
Read more: Liberty’s new hero: David DavisDavid Davis has resigned as an MP in order to fight a by-election on the issue of detention without trial. His speech is well worth watching. No doubt he will face a barrage of accusations for this. All…
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Hazel Blears: Immigration fuels social tension
Read more: Hazel Blears: Immigration fuels social tensionNot quite up to “Salmonella in eggs shock!”, but close. This realization lags the Conservatives by around 30 months. read more | digg story
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EU to act over UK budget deficit
Read more: EU to act over UK budget deficitAt once dreadful and magnificent. Dreadful that we are in this mess, particularly after so many years of listening to talk of prudence. Magnificent in its illustration of how our great country is now subject to foreign powers.…
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Telegraph: “We will foot the bill for banks’ excesses”
Read more: Telegraph: “We will foot the bill for banks’ excesses”Is it time for ordinary people to ask how the world’s system of money works? Consider the words of Wright Patman, a US democratic congressman and Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency, 1963-1975: I have never…
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A practical burden of regulation
Read more: A practical burden of regulationThe cost of Beth’s GMC registration in 1999: £80. The cost today of Beth’s GMC registration: £390. What does Beth get for this? Messed about. What does the taxpayer get? Questionably, more effective regulation of doctors, but they…
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42-day detention: the threat to our liberty | John Major
Read more: 42-day detention: the threat to our liberty | John MajorThank goodness for John Major. If only 42-day detention stood alone in trespassing on our liberty. I just learned that the UK’s oldest man is 112 today – sharing my birthday – and that he fought at the…
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Classic Liberalism, by Lew Rockwell
Read more: Classic Liberalism, by Lew RockwellEvery four years, as the November presidential election draws near, I have the same daydream: that I don’t know or care who the president of the United States is. More importantly, I don’t need to know or care.…
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Charge or Release
Read more: Charge or ReleaseLiberty’s campaign continues, describing Britain’s powers as an international disgrace. Some snippets from their latest campaign email: Not Genuine Emergency Powers: The proposal has been dressed up with more language about ‘grave and exceptional terrorist threats’, but there…
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“Difficult is worth doing”
Read more: “Difficult is worth doing”Well done them! My jumps from those planes were rather less sophisticated. Difficult is worth doing, and not just in the air.