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Moving goal posts

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So it seems the EU is screwed, inflation is rising, the Euro is in trouble, the cuts are unpopular, taxes have gone past silly and the economy really isn’t doing terribly well. oh and did I mention the EU is in trouble?. What on earth is a Government to do? Why measure something else instead – something nice and vague and can almost certainly be guaranteed to rise year on year. Not happy must be just you the statistics show everyone else is 5% happier in real terms than last year. Financial measurements that can be checked are so last … Continue reading →

More petitions

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Sorry about this but two more petitions towards which I feel I should draw your attention. First falling into my inbox this morning a request from The EU Referendum pledge they’d like us to get more names signed up to try and start putting direct pressure on our various MPs, and see which ones are actually prepared to at least claim they’d like to give us a say on our membership in the EU. The second via Anna Raccoon is new of a petition to reform libel laws to allow “fair comment”, go sign that over at www.libelreform.org. It won’t … Continue reading →

Freespeech in Europe

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Over at Samizdata it’s reported that Gert Wilders is on trial for his film Fitna. A film which saw him banned from the UK despite not having broken any law and being invited here by the Lords. The BBC cover the matter briefly when you consider the precedent this trial will have on freedom of speech across Europe – as so eruditely expounded by Archbishop Cranmer (from where I’ve shamelessly stolen the image used here). After all as has been said many many times, freedom of speech is an all or nothing affair, and even if you disagree with Mr … Continue reading →