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On arriving at Libertarianism from a Quaker viewpoint.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 17, 2010

I realise that I shall probably come in for some shtick for even mentioning any form of spiritual faith in the same breath as Libertarianism, Hey Ho!

One of my readers picked up on the fact that I

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She Is A Lovely Girl And All That Stuff But….

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by Andrew P Withers on November 16, 2010

………. I have already got Royal Wedding fatigue.

I am trying hard to fight it, because I do think this is not the usual Windsor family botch up, where Charles Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was forced to marry the

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The Woolas Affair: Should MPs Be Above The Law?

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by Gildas the Monk on November 16, 2010

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

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Our Recidivist MPs.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 16, 2010

Like old lags skilfully picking the pocket of the prison officer about to release them from prison – our MPs just cannot resist the opportunity to have one last dip into the taxpayer’s wallet.

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The right to hate

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by SadButMadLad on November 15, 2010

Where I go all Predator like.

Nothing I said on the Nicky Campbell show was so outrageous that it should provoke

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The Right to Hate! The Right to Bluddy Hate? A Riposte from Anna!

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by Anna Raccoon on November 15, 2010

This harness is uncomfortable – but necessary. I have had to be tethered to the ground this morning for fear that I might blast off into cyberspace – 3,000 feet and rising! Mr G, ever the practical

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Sic Transit Gloria

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by Andrew P Withers on November 14, 2010

Such was the slaughter on the Western Front in the First World War I have no doubt that

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++Exclusive++Mug of the Year++Exclusive++

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by Daedalus X Parrot on November 13, 2010

A boxed and certificated mug dating to 2010 exclusively available from the Raccoon shopping centre.

Features a background of the Houses of Parliament in Asian sepia overlaid with a commemorative portrait in full colour of

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I Present The Anarcho-Dandyist Ball

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by Andrew P Withers on November 12, 2010

Gentlefolk, The Chap Magazine, in association with Bourne & Hollingsworth, puts its best
brogue forward to stage the year’s most dapper shindig. This “night of a
thousand waistcoats” will give followers of

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Are We Nearly Scared Yet ?

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by Andrew P Withers on November 12, 2010

Tonight’s documentary Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story was a real eye opener. I knew most of the economic points it made in advance, but having them laid out so simply and

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HSBC – Love ‘em or Leave ‘em?

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by Anna Raccoon on November 12, 2010

The telephone disturbed the afternoon peace a few minutes ago. The line echoed in the manner of a Skype call; I had answered in French naturally, and the caller sounded hesitant.

‘Ms Raccoon’ said

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The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month

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by Anna Raccoon on November 11, 2010

In a forest in Northern France lies the little town of Compiègne. There you will find an exact replica of the historic railway carriage where Foch and Erzberger signed the agreement which ended the terrible

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Playing the numbers game

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by SadButMadLad on November 11, 2010

From reading AdvertisingBollocks I had a little perusal of the ASA FAQs to see why they would be so perverse as to make a decision to ban an advert shown mistakenly at a ungoddly hour of the morning

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Libel reform campaign petition

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by SadButMadLad on November 11, 2010

From Jack of Kent comes news that a petition is being drawn up to reform the libel laws.

English libel laws are some of the most unfair in the world. Unfair to writers and bloggers who are unable to freely express

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The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

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by Andrew P Withers on November 10, 2010

Kalahari bushmen spend about a day gathering ten days of food by hunting and gathering, they then do what Kalahari bushmen do for the next nine days, which is pretty much what they

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Not Another ‘Stop Police , Bastards’ Fly On The Wall

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by Andrew on November 9, 2010

Yesterday evening a new ‘fly on the wall’ documentary started on TV called ‘Coppers’, as an expose of the work of the Police it was very effective as various twitter comments started pouring in in support

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Blogito, ergo sum.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 9, 2010

Abject apologies for the abysmal appearance of the Raccoon blog over the past month.

It has been a month to forget, or should have been, were it not for the many individuals who offered unexpected advice

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Who is in charge of H&S?

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by SadButMadLad on November 8, 2010

The Health & Safety Executive is the government department that decides what are the main aims of H&S. They decide what the rules and guidelines are. They are the ones that enforce any punishments for breaches

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Well His Name Is Not Jim Hamza Is It

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by Philpott on November 5, 2010

I put my ‘ illegal’ pipe of tobacco down in disbelief that this bloke has been allowed to keep a British passport this morning. In all of my seventy nine years I

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The British Free State

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by Andrew P Withers on November 5, 2010

All members of the Libertarian Party have received the following circular this morning Why I believe that the Party needs to campaign for a Swiss style Constitution. 1. Power is concentrated

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Management buzzword bingo

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by SadButMadLad on November 5, 2010

Management speak – don’t you just hate them? Here are some to get your emotions running wild over the weekend.

  • Going forward
  • Idea showers
  • Product evangelist
  • Platform atheists
  • Incentivise

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Why Are We Relying On The French For Defence

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by Philpott on November 4, 2010

President of the Republic reviews the new Anglo-French rapid reaction force, Brits to the left, French to the Right This is not to to go well on past performance irrespective of the fact that we

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Tweet Storm- Gary McKinnon November 5th

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by Guthrum on November 4, 2010

Now that we have a supposedly pro civil liberties inclined government in power it will be interesting to see whether they keep to all their promises regarding Gary McKinnon and his extradition to the USA

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Parish Notice

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by Guthrum on November 3, 2010

We are being moved to another server by Bluehosts because of the repeated going off line. Hopefully this will be resolved shortly.

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