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Sugar and Spice and Puppy Dog Tales…

June 6, 2012 28 comments
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What is our role as parents? Is it to protect our children from the harsh reality of the cruel world out there, to preserve a Disney varnished version of My Little Pony, La La Po and Tinky Winky until the law says they are old enough to get bladdered in the gutter – or are [...]

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Hyper-injunctions | The Secret Misery.

March 19, 2011 80 comments
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On Thursday afternoon, in a back room of Parliament, history was made.  A few MPs found themselves a backbone; they found a way in which they could exercise their Freedom of Speech and perform their ancient duty, drawn from the Bill of Rights 1688, of redressing the grievances of the citizens who rely on them. [...]

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When you’re Feeling Blue.

March 18, 2011 19 comments
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Bristol is desperately in need of a truly Libertarian spirit on its local council. Back in 2008, the council decided that the self employed taxi drivers who ply their trade running tourists round the city were in need of more regulations. It was not enough that the drivers had all been forced to buy new [...]

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Twats Twittering T’Will Extend Privilege?

January 20, 2011 9 comments

Standing head and shoulders above the privileges enjoyed by our MPs, is the legal immunity against defamation relating to statements made within the grounds of the Palace of Westminster.  It allows them to speak freely without fear of legal action on the grounds of slander, contempt of court or breaching the Official Secrets Act. Yesterday [...]

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The Migration Cap.

November 24, 2010 9 comments

If ‘the cap fits, wear it’ goes the saying – but this cap will fit less than 12% of those seeking to enter the United Kingdom. In her Commons statement yesterday, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced a cap of 21,700 on the number of skilled workers from outside the EU. It was a good [...]

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The Woolas Affair: Should MPs Be Above The Law?

November 16, 2010 19 comments

On 5th November a specially convened electoral court handed down a judgment in which it declared that Phil Woolas had knowingly made untruthful statements in the course of his campaign to be re-elected as MP for Oldham and Saddleworth East. As a result the election has been declared void and Mr Woolas’ status as MP [...]

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Judicial Tsunami.

June 30, 2010 18 comments

A megawave of tsunami proportions is slowly backing up and preparing to wash over the judicial system. Today there are a scant couple of regional journalists standing on what used to be the shore line, scanning the horizon and wondering what it all means. Sarfraz Ibrahim is the name on the apparently insignificant eruption in [...]

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