Tony Blair’s recent assaults on our civil liberties have finally got me reading a bit of political philosophy again. To wit, some pertinent quotes from John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, Ch.II – “Let us suppose… that the government is entirely … Continue reading →

Having problems finding a plumber? Well those kindly souls over in Brussels are trying to save you from your misery with the Services Directive, allowing the Daily Mail the joy of umpteen thousand headlines about German Garbage collectors stealing our … Continue reading →

Today at Prime Minister’s Questions, responding to ex-Tory leader William Hague, Tony Blair said “He and I stood in a democratic election in 2001 and I… remember the result” The obvious implication, of course, is that in a democratic vote, … Continue reading →

For all those maniacs who think the BBC is biased: “World Television produces the fake news, but its efforts are entirely funded by the Foreign Office, which spent �340m on propaganda activities in the UK alone in 2001. A comprehensive … Continue reading →

ID cards to be forced on us? Check. Pointlessly over-riding the market in an utterly hypocritical PR move? Check. Final step – attempt to introduce thoughtcrime. Won’t somebody rid me of this troublesome government? Update: This. Update 2: Also this … Continue reading →

Total ban on smoking in public places by 200-odd votes? BASTARDS. That’s it, this country is beyond redemption.

Tony Blair achieves stage one in his attempt to force me to emigrate. Stage two to follow later today. Of course, now that they’re going to tie passports in to ID cards and force us all to have the buggers, … Continue reading →

Time to start updating blogrolls, folks – BlogCode is up and running, a handy new tool for finding blogs similar to those you like from Mr Ireland. Used in conjunction with Wikablog it could end up rather useful for discovering … Continue reading →

We all know Gordon’s rather good at pretending the economy’s doing better than it is; I must, however, admit to having been duped into thinking he was better than the usual Charles Clarke/David Blunkett/John Reid New Labour bullshitter. Apparently not: … Continue reading →

It’s the one year anniversary issue of the Britblog Roundup. Hurrah. And in an utterly unscientific manner, one of mine got named joint post of the year – which considering the subject of mine and who the other one’s from … Continue reading →

As predicted, Defence Secretary John Reid’s rather odd comments about how our brave boys should be cut some slack and allowed to commit war crimes come in for less scrutiny in the face of a non-regular enemy were indeed attempting … Continue reading →