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Too Stupid for Sex – Episode 2.

February 6, 2012
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Mention the name Enoch Powell, and within minutes someone will reference his ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech. Arguably, and sadly, that speech did nothing to change the marching speed of the progressives. It was not the only speech Enoch made, another, that had a dramatic effect on the British social history, is rarely mentioned. Enoch was [...]

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The Hillingdon “DOL” House – Part 2

January 14, 2012
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The Hillingdon “DOL” House Part 2 By Gildas The Monk And so where were we…? Oh yes! It is October 2010. Hillingdon Council have now detained the vulnerable Steven Neary, against his wishes and the wishes of his father Mark, for nearly 10 months. In view of the rather irritating refusal of his father to [...]

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Hillingdon DOL House

January 11, 2012
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The final curtain falls at the Hillingdon “DOL” House By Gildas The Monk The case of the unlawful detention of Steven Neary by Hillingdon Council in 2010 is a topic upon which our learned editor Anna Raccoon has campaigned and blogged about before. The case has now reached another stage with the decision about the [...]

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Court of Appeal Abolishes Magna Carta?

January 2, 2012
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As 2011 draws to a close I felt it time for me to put pen to paper and write about the Cheshire West case. This is another unfortunate ‘Deprivation of Liberty Case’ in which the Court of Appeal felt the need to hold forth on the merits of locking up women (or anyone) without the [...]

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Public Sector Perks.

November 30, 2011
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The Devil is always in the detail. Time was when the only civil service ‘perk’ was the tea trolley merrily clanging its way along the corridors of power; they have become much more sophisticated at accruing ‘value’ to themselves. From ergonomically designed chairs to ease the pressure of sitting there all day dreaming up new [...]

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Hyperventilating Over Paedophilia

August 24, 2011
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Paedophilia is an emotive subject; banned in ‘polite’ media circles, it has become virtually the exclusive province of the Blogosphere. Every day – as Matt Wardman discovered when he took over my e-mail account whilst I was indisposed! – I receive long emotive e-mails, apparently addressed to half the world; Her Majesty the Queen, the [...]

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Autism revisited

August 19, 2011
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One of the defining features of Autism is the obsessive nature of repeat actions. Autistic children are quite capable of maintaining a week long smashing, grabbing, and screaming rage if they are prevented from carrying out some repetitive task that they have decided is essential to their well being. I am beginning to wonder whether [...]

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