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Privatised Health services. 24 Aug 2013 | 04:41 pm
This is a tale of two sets of injections. Two on the NHS, for a fee, of £120, and a two in the private sector which cost £145. The price points are near enough to think this isn't about "you get what...
Politics as Self-Identification: Cuts, Fracking and the Military. 18 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
There are two tribes of politics, the left and right, who are almost impossible to define in policy terms. They correlate imperfectly with Labour and Tory in the UK who, yes, in the short-run do look ...
A Simple Policy to make the UK Happier... 15 Aug 2013 | 03:24 pm
...Would be for the Government stop funding, and the BBC to ignore, the following organisations and their output: Alcohol Concern Action on Smoking and Health Consensus Action on Salt and Health. ...
On Fracking, David Cameron and The North/South Divide. 13 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
Let's be absolutely clear. There is very little to object to about fracking. The issue is almost entirely political. Groundwater contamination can be avoided, and the threat of earthquakes is just gro...
So the Liberal Democrats want to ban cars... 7 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
...which emit CO2, by 2040. Details can be found in this document. (PDF) The main problem I have with this document is that it makes no mention of the biggest change to transport technology on the ho...
The Practical Defence of Monarchy 23 Jul 2013 | 09:28 pm
At every Royal occasion, this week the birth of the future King, It's often asserted that Monarchy is "indefensible". I argue the main victim of the system of Monarchy is the Monarch themselves, and t...
Democracy, the State and Libertarianism 12 Jul 2013 | 02:50 pm
Libertarianism is the political belief that there is no crime, except the initiation of force or fraud. Philosophically we have much in common with the Anarchists: A belief that much of what a formal ...
State-Funded Political Parties? 10 Jul 2013 | 05:37 pm
No Thanks! And here's why. At present, British political parties operate on shoe-strings. They have to scrabble round for money. Which means they can't lose touch with people. In Labour's case, they ...
Abu Qatada 7 Jul 2013 | 03:11 pm
I'm not a human rights lawyer. So all I have are opinions, which are worthless. One part of me thinks if Abu Qatada is protected by Human rights legislation from Torture, and the fruit from that poiso...
Labour and the Unions. 5 Jul 2013 | 01:00 pm
Let's take these figures at face value: Trades union membership is rising, even in the private sector and union Barons are trusted more than business leaders. That's perhaps not surprising in the slow...
