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Standards?

March 14, 2021 Longrider 12

If they didn’t have two, they would have none. Look at this headline, for example. Met criticised over lockdown protest policing Oh, wait, no, that […]

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Smears in the Groan

January 17, 2021 Longrider 7

We really shouldn’t be surprised that the Guardian – a far left rag – would smear its political opponent. I think it’s the sheer lack […]

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The Idea

December 27, 2020 Longrider 10

The Idea of liberty. How soon have people forgotten. She was right then, she is still right now.

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War on Ideas

November 23, 2020 Longrider 7

I don’t like the press. I have experience of their manipulations and outright lies, not to mention ignorance. When you have been part of the […]

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Put That Light Out!

September 10, 2020 Longrider 10

Ask yourself this: Who is the kind of individual who would apply for such a role? BORIS Johnson has announced an army of “Covid marshalls” […]

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One Rule for Thee

August 31, 2020 Longrider 19

And one for me. Jeremy Corbyn‘s brother Piers has been handed the first £10,000 fine in London for an illegal gathering after he organised a march claiming coronavirus is […]

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Fuck Off Boris

August 2, 2020 Longrider 24

Can you tell that I’m back yet? For fuck’s sake! Millions of overs 50s could be given orders to stay at home as part of Boris […]

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Oh Dear

July 19, 2020 Longrider 2

On the one hand… Hundreds of activists have descended on Hyde Park in central London to protest the wearing of face coverings. Demonstrators raised signs reading ‘I […]

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This Could Get Interesting

May 2, 2020 Longrider 18

Suing the government over the lock down. A Monaco-based aviation tycoon worth £141million is suing the government over the Covid-19 lockdown describing it as ‘draconian’ and ‘wrecking […]

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So That’s It

March 23, 2020 Longrider 24

Back in 2004, I started this blog because I was worried about the rise in authoritarianism. That worry has waxed and waned over the intervening […]