Abu Hamza and Nick Griffin
Abu Hamza and Nick Griffin are unlikely compatriots. Yet they share the same fate – both are being prosecuted for speaking their minds. One could […]
Instant Justice
As with the recent “Respect” nonsense from the right dishonourable Tony Blair, the latest populist twaddle is being criticised in the blogsphere. Instant justice sounds […]
ID Cards Bill in the Lords
While out of the headlines for a while, the ID Cards Bill is trundling through the political process. The current stage is its reading in […]
MPs Bugged
The Spyblog picks up on a story in the Independent today regarding the Wilson Doctrine. Tony Blair is preparing to scrap a 40-year ban on […]
Freedom Of Speech
I recall as a young child being told by my father that I lived in a land where free speech was not only allowed, but […]
A Dangerous Piece of Legislation – Again
Nigel Sedgwick takes me to task on my comments. Rather that reply to them via the comments box, I believe that it is worth responding […]
Respect – Or Not
There’s much frisson in the blogsphere following the speech by Tony Blair to launch his Respect [sic] agenda. Talk Politics has an excellent deconstruction that […]
More Newspeak
From Hansard comes this little gem by Lord Gould of Brookwood: “Both the previous speakers—the latter with great emotion—were arguing for freedom. We have to […]
Consumer Power
If you check out any of the NEPCO sites; MyDV, Garden Ready, nepine.co.uk, oztool or PSP Universe, you will get the following: Sorry, the shop […]
Spin, Lies and “Voluntary”
When Neu Labour uses words that most of us who can use a dictionary think we understand, we have to realise that the dictionary we […]