Another year…
Police powers last changed significantly at the turn of the year when the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act came into effect, along with a new ‘Code of Practice’–delegated legislation in...
View ArticleA welcome slap in the face from the Magistracy for the Education nomenklatura
A gentleman living on the Isle of Wight took his school-age daughter on holiday to Florida in term time. The child’s absence from school was noted… The Local Education Authority issued him with a...
View Article‘No offence’ – in Northern Ireland…
Thirteen members of a Loyalist marching band, the Young Conway Volunteers, have had their criminal convictions for ‘doing a provocative act likely to cause public disorder or a breach of the peace‘...
View ArticleGerman border controls – things ain’t what they used to be…the ‘Dodendraad’
Recent events in Germany may have led some to ask if Germany still controls its borders. Well of course the German Federation does, it had an entire Border Police Force, the Bundesgrenzschutz to do...
View ArticleA slap in the face becomes a kick in the balls for the Education nomenklatura
A fresh instalment in the case of the man, the heroic Jon Platt, prosecuted for taking his chid out of school in term time for a holiday, but was acquitted by Magistrates. Scandalously, bureaucrats on...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
Pickup basketball is a beautiful example of the spontaneous, emergent order that arises from voluntary interaction predicated on classical liberal principles of dignity, respect for the individual, and...
View ArticleBecoming more widely noticed
Political correctness is like HIV: after you’ve caught either, something that you could otherwise deal with easily can kill you. Somewhere after 9/11, with Bush having informed us all about the...
View ArticleIf you cross the river Halys, you will destroy a mighty empire!
Twitter’s CEO and its co-founder urge other left-wingers to consider a recent article explaining “Why there’s no bipartisan way forward at this juncture in our history — one side must win”. It’s a long...
View ArticleNo bible cake – fine; no trans cake – crime
Ironically, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission actually defended another baker who refused to bake a cake that would convey a message. In 2015, the commission declined to take up an appeal involving...
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As annoying?
We’re confident that North Carolina’s politics will annoy us from the right as much as California’s does from the left, but we’re equally confident that center-right North Carolinians won’t try to...
View Article“Does Britain have free speech?”
The title is quoted from a Quillette article (h/t instapundit) inspired by the following letter to author James Flynn from Tony Roche, publishing director of Emerald, explaining their decision to drop...
View ArticleCritical Race Theorist literally knows nothing
“They literally know nothing” was what Obama advisor Ben Rhodes said about the Obama-worshipping journalists he fooled into repeating his Iran-deal talking points. But those guys are left standing by...
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