Hands to the rescue: Question in the House of Commons yesterday. Greg Hands: […]I note that there is one Member who has spoken here only once since the election, has tabled
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Hands to the rescue: Question in the House of Commons yesterday. From Flight to Reality.
It wasn’t Howard Flight’s ‘first’ acknowledged gaffe – that was his statement in 2005 that an incoming Conservative government would make deeper cuts than those publicly announced. Michael Howard removed him as a Conservative candidate for that transgression.
Wiki Popbitch.
The Blogosphere is gorging itself on the Wikileaks banquet this morning; a triumph of style over substance. The Cuisine Minceur of the electorate’s fight for transparency from our political masters.
Wikileaks is a masterpiece in media manipulation. It
Continue reading →Rearranging Deckchairs on the MV Public Guardian. Court of Protection.
Few stewards in the service of the public can have been asked to rearrange the deckchairs as many times as those employed on board the currently named ‘Public Guardian’.
The Office of the Public
Continue reading →Doing the Lambeth Piss-take.
As a prior long term resident of Brixton, London, I thought myself beyond surprise at any of the antics of Lambeth Town Hall. My experience harks back to the days of Red Ken flying the
Continue reading →Child safety
Proof that child safety is more about protecting children from the perceived extreme risk of pedophiles and similar abuse than about protecting them from accidents is shown by this quote from the CoE policy document on
Continue reading →Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
When Irish Eyes Stopped Smiling Edition.
A Libertarian assessment of the Irish crisis. Let Them Eat Children. Blackswans
Continue reading →A New Leader For The Libertarian Party.
I would like to thank the Party for the confidence that it has shown in electing me as
Continue reading →Bábógbaby
Invented by Irish entrepeneur, Adrain Devane, the toy is set to be a hit amongst English parents anxious to convey
Continue reading →Can life get any worse for the Irish?
Indeed it can! Pearse Doherty, Gerry Adams’ ‘made man’, otherwise known as the Sinn Féin candidate in the Donegal South West By-election is leading by a stunning majority.
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuiness were this afternoon
Continue reading →It’s all done with Smoke and Errors……
Being frightened of Aids is so last year – the great and the good now climb over each other in the rush to clasp Aids carriers to their bosom, nothing to be frightened of there
Continue reading →A Tale of Two Teens.
Johnny, the 17-year-old, is upstairs with a horrific cold. No wonder: he spent the whole of Wednesday out on the street in sub-zero temperatures, being “kettled” by the
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Curriculum for a Spartan Society?
In “The Telegraph” Miss Leah Ward, a student at a Macclesfield College wrote a piece about it HERE from which I extract
Continue reading →Medical Negligence Victims Denied Access to Justice!
That is such an emotive headline – and such has been the response in certain areas of the lucrative Personal Injury legal profession.
In his speech to the Commons, Kenneth Clarke detailed the extent to which the Legal
Continue reading →The Plumber’s Tale.
My aim in life when growing up was to learn a trade,
A bricklayer or a plumber that would have me made,
I wanted all the trappings my earnings would then bring,
A lovely wife and children, a home where Continue reading →
A bricklayer or a plumber that would have me made,
I wanted all the trappings my earnings would then bring,
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The Migration Cap.
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
Continue reading →Political Suicide.
A decidedly dark subject today, but one that we need to face up to.
Regular readers will be aware that I have long taken an interest in the local politics of Vera Baird’s old constituency of Redcar and
Continue reading →Strive for failure
All around you people are striving to avoid failure. In all
Continue reading →Once Upon A Time.
Gawd Bless’em Guv’nor and no mistake……
You’d need a heart of stone not to laugh. I’ve tried getting angry, tried to rant – I can’t. They are like winsome toddlers taking their first steps – they fall, they tumble backwards, they
Continue reading →Have Faith in the Fridge!
In the light of Anna’s recent piece “On Arriving at Libertariansm from a Quaker point of view,” this week I was prompted to reflect on the nature of faith.
About ten years ago
Continue reading →Happiness
So the goverment wants to find out how happy the country is via statistics. Dry statistics will never show the state of happiness of the country. It it is too ephemeral.
Happiness is
Continue reading →Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
Matt Taibbi with a superb article on the background to the sub-prime market. Dick Puddlecote in Prague. Simon Cooke on the permanence of Continue reading → Coming Soon to an Airport Near You!
Sexual Politics | Storm in a C cup.
The massed nipples at Mumsnet are rigid with indignation, Twitoris ablaze with passion. The ‘beyondretrograde’ (Oh the irony!) blog has thrown up a genuine old fashioned feminist scandal.
A woman’s nipple was shown in
Continue reading →Parochial Headline of the Week.
A bonus prize today for the Liverpool Echo with their headline:
“Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney’s divorce lawyer to go to House of Lords.”
No doubt the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Standard will be firing back with:
“Charles Wales’
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Sgt Mark Andrews vs Pamela Somerville
The news has been released that Mark Andrews was not guilty of assult against Pamela Somerville. He was initially jailed for 6 months but released after 6 days and placed on bail as he lodged an
Continue reading →I Am A Lib Dem Minister, I Am Not Responsible
Ed Davey– I don’t want to get involved
Yesterday was one of those days when you know that being a Libertarian is the right thing to be, and
Continue reading →Tears Before Bedtime.
The Benchmark for Job Cuts.
In the crowded field of the economically suicidal, Liverpudlian councils are renown for their ability to rise above the common herd and lead by example.
The local MP is Bill Esterson, an ex-Medway Councillor, who the
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