Category Archives: Civil Liberties

If you don’t know your rights, you have none

By scrubber | Published: April 2, 2011
Hat-tip, Old Holborn: What should have happened (nicked from a comment by a policeman on another blog): Hello, I’ve stopped you because you went through a red light which is an offence. Then he should have cautioned him. The way I propose to deal with this is prosecuting you by way of a fixed penalty notice (explain process) Request the [...]
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BNP candidate forcibly removed by Police at O&S election hustings.

By scrubber | Published: January 11, 2011
As a Libertarian, I hold no torch for the BNP, a far-left, socialist nationalist party, but they are, as far as I can tell, a legally-constitued political party, and they have fielded candidates in elections in the UK for many years. As such, they have a perfect, and legally-endorsed, right to play a full and [...]
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À bas les Banques!

By scrubber | Published: November 19, 2010
The French, as we all know, are not exactly backwards in coming forwards on the civil disruption front. They do love a good old shindig, whatever the excuse, and make our home-grown student protesters look like a bunch of pussies. So it comes as some surprise that they should come up with an idea, somewhat [...]
Also posted in Bank of England, Banking, Corruption, Economy, Eurozone, Taxation, Taxpayers' Money | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

None so blind as those who will not see…

By scrubber | Published: November 18, 2010
How many people who watch the following video will draw the same conclusion as Appeal Judge Mr Justice Bean? Watch the video, draw your own conclusions, then read on… Note that although there is some sound, it’s only at the start, and the timings at the bottom of the screen appear to be out of [...]
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Trafalgar Day, 2010

By scrubber | Published: October 21, 2010
Today is Trafalgar Day, the 205th Anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, the most decisive British naval victory of the war against Napoleon. It was arguably one of the most important victories in British history, and the making of a great British hero. Sadly, the day is little marked by people these days, except by [...]
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Even Scrooge would struggle with this one…

By scrubber | Published: October 21, 2010
My normal Libertarian principles and beliefs were somewhat strained last night… I drove down Dale Hall Lane in Ipswich to see a mate, and drove past a house illuminating half the street. It was festooned in, yes, Christmas lights! In October! Should be bloody banned until at least December! Bah Humbug. Wikio Wikio
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Australian lawyer tests which burns better – the Koran or the Bible

By DiamondGeezer | Published: September 13, 2010
Am I the only one who finds this quite amusing? An Atheist Australian lawyer, Alex Stewart, posted a video of himself smoking with pages of both the Koran and the Bible in an effort to discover which burns better. Wikio Wikio
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HMRC: All your dosh are belong to us

By scrubber | Published: September 7, 2010
Sometimes I ponder on this blog, its future, the direction it has taken and will in future, and not just because the rest of the writing team seems to be permanently on holiday. We originally set out to expose institutional stupidity, but during the Election campaign wrote much from our joint perspective of EU-scepticism, broadly supporting [...]
Also posted in Big Brother, David Cameron, Ministerial incompetence, Nanny State, New Labour, Nick Clegg, Taxpayers' Money | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Coalition Government launches “Your Freedom” initiative.

By scrubber | Published: July 1, 2010
Today, as has been widely reported in the MSM, Nick Clegg launched the Coalition Government’s “Your Freedom” initiative, where they are asking us to tell them what laws we want repealed, where the Government is snooping too much, strangling us in red tape, and so on. All to the good on the face of it. [...]
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