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The ConDem’s greatest mistake so far.

July 30, 2010

Was not to cull the BBC on day two of the new government. Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance said as much in a speech a few years ago: “Have no doubt that we are engaged in a cultural battle for the soul of Britain. Failure to defeat the ‘last bastion of  Fabianism’ will lead [...]

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Do not pass “begin”

July 1, 2010

I see the politics of prison are back in the news again. As a fairly strict libertarian, I am faced with the apparent conundrum of having to support some agency, whether it be the state or some other agency depriving someone of their liberty. But the reality of it is that there is no conundrum [...]

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Organised Chaos.

May 17, 2010

A funny thing happened on the way to the blog this morning. There I was, pondering the media reports of our shambles of an election,  wondering where to start investigating how it should have been run, when I tripped over the very man who could tell me. No really. An acknowledged expert on these matters. [...]

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To the people of Cambridge.

May 5, 2010

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. Robert Louis Stevenson The last time a maverick thundered across the Cambridgeshire fens and requested the support of the good burgers of this city was in 1640. He was an outsider too. Oliver Cromwell. The people of Cambridge were brave enough to [...]

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Out of Africa.

April 17, 2010

The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) proudly calls itself ‘South Africa’s Leading Research and Policy Organisation’, so it is a little surprising that they ‘desisted from issuing a formal statement in the immediate aftermath of the killing of Terre Blanche’. They should have been in an excellent position to comment spontaneously on the [...]

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Joining the dots…

April 16, 2010

Good Lord – there are some interesting candidates standing for election in the Cambridge area alongside Old Holborn. One who particularly raised my eyebrows is Helene Davies-Green who is standing for UKIP in South Cambridgeshire. Possibly, no probably, no, emphatically, not a name that would be instantly familiar to you – unless you had taken [...]

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Prospective Labour Candidate branded unacceptable for speaking the truth…..

April 9, 2010

Stuart Maclennan, Labour’s ex-candidate for Moray branded House of Commons speaker John Bercow a “t**”, and “an opportunist little t***” and another claimed the Tory is “detested”. He also attacked the Lib Dem leader, saying Nick Clegg can “f*** right off if he thinks he’s in the same league as Brown and Cameron” in ‘Tweets’ [...]

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