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Madeleine McCann

‘Ere we go…….

September 8, 2009
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The indigestion suffered after Lord Mandelson has been dinning and whining (sic) with the rich and famous is widespread, and not confined to just those round the table.
The latest bout has enveloped the music industry, after Mandelon’s cosy ‘Port-side’ chat with multi-millionaire David Geffen resulted in Mandelson suddenly reversing Government policy and announcing that he [...]

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Libertarianism and the Doctrine of Free Speech.

August 18, 2009
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Nothing exercises the Libertarian sense of impending moral outrage so much as those two little words ‘Free Speech’. It is said by some to be the very definition of Libertarianism.
I consider myself to be a Libertarian; I believe that I possess a free will and that I should be free to do whatever I wish [...]

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Facts by themselves can often feed the flame of Maddie-ness,

June 20, 2009
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Photograph of Gerry McCann – June 16th 2007 .

Facts by themselves can often feed the flame of madness, because sanity is a spirit.

G.K. CHESTERTON, “On the Classics,” Selected Essays
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The parallel worlds of the McCann’s private investigation to prove that anybody, other than themselves, was culpable in the disappearance of their daughter, and the official British [...]

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Death rattles from the ongoing Colin Port saga…..

June 11, 2009
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John Ozimek in The Register has an exclusive interview today with Jim Bates, the man firmly in the sights of  Operation Ore Ire. I am reproducing it in full here for the benefit of those who won’t be reading the ‘other side’ of the story in their daily newspapers.
There are those who say (generally from [...]

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There be ‘Ore’ in them thar Irish Hills.

May 21, 2009
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They say if you stand still in Piccadilly Circus for long enough, eventually everyone in the world will pass by. Rummaging in the murky depths of ‘Operation Ore’ is beginning to acquire the same quality.
I wrote on Tuesday of the Chief Constable who was preparing to defy the writ of the High Court in the [...]

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First the Speaker, now the Chief Constable…….

May 19, 2009
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It is said of the Law that it is the glue which holds the fabric of society together – if that is so, we are in danger of unravelling fast.
The High Court appears to be losing – or rather ‘relinquishing’ – its authority. If the High Court doesn’t stamp its foot and cry ‘contempt of [...]

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Watching us, watching them…….

May 15, 2009
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The less than transparent Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has published its SOCA Annual Report 2008/09 (.pdf) (72 pages)
Telephone intercept intelligence and communications data played a role in all significant SOCA operations, and in many where SOCA provided support to other agencies’ criminal justice casework. This was notably the case with police forces throughout England [...]

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