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Just in – arrest Blair

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Just been pointed at a shiny new website from Cyberium/George Monbiot (hat tip : Her Ladyship at Tora Towers). http://www.arrestblair.org/ The stated aim of the site is: “This site offers a reward to people attempting a peaceful citizen’s arrest of the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, for crimes against peace. Anyone attempting an arrest which meets the rules laid down here will be entitled to one quarter of the money collected at the time of his or her application. Money donated to this site will be used for no other purpose than to pay bounties for attempts to arrest … Continue reading →

MPs expenses 4 weeks to go

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Just to remind people the consultation on MP’s expenses end on the 11th of February. you can take part on line here: http://mpexpensesconsultation.org.uk/ The Tax Payers Alliance have a fairly good run down of the questions on their Website (hat tip to Iain Dale again). +3-1

Photography in public places the battle continues

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You can tell that the problem with the police harassing photographers for taking pictures in public places is getting serious when 365 establishment photographer write a letter to the Telegraph (hat tip Samizdata). If things get much worse they’ll write to the editor of the Times and use green ink. Now I’m not convinced this will do much good as the disconnect appears to be between the 646 that sit and make laws and those that implement them on the streets as they see fit. The letter quite reasonably points out that if you were up to no good, you’d … Continue reading →