David T has a post up at Harry’s Place, describing the influence of the SWP in the University teachers’ trade union. There have been repeated attempts there to start some kind of boycott of Israel, and the SWP has been … Continue reading
Tim Worstall has been getting annoyed with Tony Makara, who wrote a piece at the Conservative Home site defending trade protectionism. Tim’s right to be annoyed, of course. Protectionism has a terrible history. But it isn’t surprising to see a … Continue reading
Don’t open them, at least not if you’re a Tibetan dissident: Here’s an email that was mailed to a pro-Tibet mailing list three days ago. It looked like it was coming from the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO). However, … Continue reading
It’s such a pleasure to read a really well constructed argument.
So claims the National Black Republican Association: From its founding in 1854 as the anti-slavery party until today, the Republican Party has championed freedom and civil rights for blacks. And as one pundit so succinctly stated, the Democrat Party is … Continue reading
From Yahoo Answers: Tax is so depressing does anyone feel like committing suicide ? Best Answer – Chosen by VotersI used to work for Inland Revenue (now HMRC) and that’s certainly how I felt. Tax should be voluntary.
Something about these three posts from three left of centre bloggers makes my flesh creep. They have discovered that Paul Staines, aka Guido Fawkes, went bankrupt in 2003. The fig leaf for this irrelevant exposé is that Guido complains about … Continue reading
Two excellent pieces on the security mindset, with a focus on IT security. Bruce Schneier and a response by Colin Percival.
Religious protests are hardly surprising: One of Britain’s leading Catholics has criticised Gordon Brown over his Government’s “monstrous” plans for embryo research and compared them to the creation of Frankenstein’s monster. Cardinal Keith O’Brien will use his Easter Sunday sermon … Continue reading
From a regular of this blog – Counting Cats in Zanzibar. Check it out.