Perfect Timing – or What?
Oscar Wildebeest picks up rather neatly on the blatant hypocrisy in the media. The story he comments on is this: Two Britons and an Australian, […]
The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day
87 Years ago at 11 o’clock, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. The war to end all wars ceased. A generation of young […]
False Identities
Christopher Edward Buckingham is starting a jail sentence for obtaining a passport using a false identity. Actually, he isn’t Christopher Edward Buckingham at all. We […]
A Sensitive Subject
It seems that I have inadvertently stirred up a hornet’s nest… A throwaway comment spread to a blog entry by Libertine on the subject of […]
Introverts
I was browsing over at Samizdata when I came across this article on introversion by Jonathan Rauch. “Do you know someone who needs hours alone […]
Caveat Emptor
I ordered a camcorder from a company called MyDv a couple of weeks ago. They promise fast, free delivery. Indeed, their website offers this promise: […]
Evil or Just Amoral?
I notice that the Devil’s Kitchen is becoming increasingly despairing of Neil Harding’s evermore illogical defence of the ID Cards Bill. Like DK, I have […]
90 Days… or not.
This afternoon, government is debating the anti-terror legislation that will empower the police to detain a terrorist suspect for 90 days without charge. That is, […]
Stick at NO2ID
Those of you who have looked at my Tag Board may be wondering what Nigel Sedgwick is on about regarding me getting stick over at […]
The Fall of Blunkett
When David Blunkett fell from grace last year, I (along with others opposed to his illiberal agenda) was pleased at the result. It wasn’t pretty […]