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The Right to Roam

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by Thaddeus J. Wilson on August 10, 2010

“They must have moved Snaefell again…”

I must confess that I often find myself feeling like a stranger in a strange land, and never more so that when confronted by the curious

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Professional Roamers!

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by Anna Raccoon on August 10, 2010

Life in a very small and very rural French village can be surreal at times.

We are clustered round the 15th century church of St Felicien. It is a historic monument, Grade 1 listed

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Heads they win, tails you lose

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by Thaddeus J. Wilson on August 10, 2010


He would be so proud

There is little I can say that can convince you of the blind stupidity and wasteful cost of government as well as this little tale

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Imaginary numbers

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by Thaddeus J. Wilson on August 9, 2010

I was reading this excellent post by Ben Goldacre and it inspired me to reflect upon the curious nature of “prevention”. In this post, Ben says:


According to the Home Office, Sarah’s law – which

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Utopia Unplugged.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 9, 2010

Corajoud Park, Villeneuve.

Andrew Withers post on Sunday asking where it might be possible to construct a new existence struck a particular chord with me for here in France

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An open letter to Theresa May concerning the matter of Ian Huntley

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by Gildas the Monk on August 9, 2010

“Dear Home Secretary,

You seem very nice, and you have an interesting taste in shoes, which is a Good Thing in the eyes of the Lord. However, I understand that you have been a bit

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Where Is The English Free State ? or thoughts of a secessionist.

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by Andrew on August 8, 2010

That it has come to this,  that I have to ask this question, in the land of Hampden, Pym, Paine and Lilburne.

The Free State project movement in the States has always appealed, living amongst

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The Sunday Sermon

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by Gildas the Monk on August 8, 2010

Doctor Karen Woo’s death was reported yesterday, and will be extensively reported in the Sunday press. Another life claimed by the hopeless and sad quagmire that is Afghanistan. That Afghanistan has always been.

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Social Housing.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 8, 2010

The British Army operate a remarkably simple system for putting a

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading – Holiday Edition.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 7, 2010

JuliaM was right – the Donkey is a ringer…….

Not a Sheep on child free travel.

Subrosa on the failings of child protection.

Raedwald on the human cost of bastardy.

Longrider on Speed Cameras.

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Silly Season round up

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by Gildas the Monk on August 7, 2010

Here in the Abbey it is very quiet. Almost all the other monks gone off on holidays to somewhere called Aya Napa, but at least I have been able to hustle pool in the

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Integration and Minorities.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 7, 2010

The perceived wisdom of the man in the Snug is that immigrant populations should be the ones to integrate, change their ways, learn the language, adapt to the strange food. They are but a small

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Saving Every Ass Under The Sun.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 6, 2010

What is it with the Sun? They seem to have a thing about Asses. And things that dangle.

Last month a viral video showing an Ass strapped to a parasail dangling 150’ above a southern

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I have a box of matches or Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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by Andrew on August 6, 2010

I remember a fresh faced young man saying this on the 18th September 2006.

The Liberal Democrats pledged a bonfire of government laws today, with a promise to bring in a “great repeal act” scrapping supposedly illiberal legislation brought

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Some Step-Fathers Do Have ‘em.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 5, 2010

The Step-son from Hell…..

A FRAUDSTER who stole thousands of pounds from his stepfather’s building society account only days after being spared prison was yesterday locked up for six

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In Praise of Real Men.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 5, 2010

PC David Rathband has been in danger of losing the media fight for column inches. That will be redressed at 7.30 tonight on the ITV1 programme ‘In the Line of Fire’.

PC Rathband had the misfortune

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Marxism v. Capitalism.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 5, 2010

There is a superb article by Dr Eamonn Butler on the Adam Smith blog highlighting the current pressure from the Marxist left to ‘force’ the banks to lend, which has set my brain whirring for the day.

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The Law & The State

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by Andrew on August 4, 2010

“An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.” –Thomas Jefferson to George Hay, 1807. ME 11:341

“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all

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The Decline of Law and Order (part 2)

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by Thaddeus J. Wilson on August 4, 2010

In a curious parallel (that is almost certainly not related in any way, shape or form) to the decline of the police caring in the slightest about what happens to people and their property, there has been an astounding increase

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Lobby Jobbies…

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by Anna Raccoon on August 4, 2010

The Fourth Estate, with its continuum line from radical Grub Street through investigatory Fleet Street to compliant Canary Wharf, has no formal constitutional role, but is popularly supposed to hold Parliament and the government to account.

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Another Small Victory.

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by Jane Fae on August 3, 2010

Writer and sexual rights activist, Jane Fae, was today celebrating what she described as a “small but significant victory” for women, for the transgendered – and for anyone else who would like to

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Oh the lies! The lies!

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by Kevin on August 3, 2010

Frank Davis and Leg Iron are predicting a ban on E-cig sales based on a letter from Sussex Trading Standards written by a Helen Wade. In her letter Ms Wade said that e-cigs

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The Decline of Law and Order (part 1)

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by Thaddeus J. Wilson on August 3, 2010

It seems to me that things were a lot simpler when I was younger. Not younger as in being a child, but younger as in being in my twenties and thirties. Certain acts were criminal, and as long as you

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Health Economics.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 3, 2010

In Hereford there is a purpose built podiatric hospital. That’s a foot hospital for the benefit of those who cruise the Internet looking for any mention of paedophilia and get confused with paediatrics.

I

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The Drippy Fawcett Society.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 2, 2010

The determinedly ‘Ms’ Ceri Goddard is in the news again.

One of the guiding hands behind Harman’s feminista movement for equality legislation, she is the original dripping faucet on the subject of equality for women.

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A Tale of Two Egos.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 2, 2010

Michael Schumacher and Nigel Mansell were both on the move at the week-end.

Two men who have enjoyed the riches of Formula 1, the adulation of the world, and the good fortune to survive death and

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On the matter of Britain: 10 things to LIKE

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by Gildas the Monk on August 2, 2010

Now that I have completed my penance for the unfortunate incident with the rotary mower, and having emoted grievously on things that pain me in this Isle my humour is much restored. I feel

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Jerusalem! Hallelujah!

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by Anna Raccoon on August 1, 2010

Three former Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer facing expenses fraud allegations have lost appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution. Elliott Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine

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On the matter of Britain: 10 things NOT to like

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by Gildas the Monk on August 1, 2010

The Abbot has put me in detention after an unfortunate incident involving a bottle of White Lightning and a rotary mower. I am also to be denied the regular Saturday evening trip to play in the

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Jerusalem! Halleujah!

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by Anna Raccoon on August 1, 2010

Three former Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer facing expenses fraud allegations have lost appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution. Elliott Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield

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