Via FT.com – Why our masters insist on breaking the rules by Jamie Whyte, a brilliant article on the rule of law and how contemporary politicians are ignoring it: Unlike the kings of yore, modern politicians cannot toss you in prison on a whim. But they can still impose debts on […]
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Financial regulation and the deception of government intervention » The Cobden Centre
I have written today on financial regulation for The Cobden Centre: In the aftermath of the financial crisis, we are now going down a road towards ‘judgement-based’ regulation of financial firms in an attempt to salvage capitalism. It is proposed that firms will be supervised by what amount to shadow management […]
Read MoreOfwat, Water UK, the Consumer Council for Water and The Managerial Revolution
In this article, I make the case that we live in a managerial society, one born in the tragedy of the first half of the twentieth century, and that it is this social system which is failing today. I also set out what can be done about it: the future […]
Read MorePolice cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn – Telegraph
Via Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn – Telegraph: Police cannot be trusted to hand out summary justice and will act as “judge and jury” if given powers to issue more on-the-spot fines, magistrates have warned. In an extraordinary attack, the Magistrates’ Association said it is a “certainty” that […]
Read MoreThe American Museum in Britain, Bath
This past weekend, we visited the American Museum in Britain. It was thought-provoking: America was of course conceived in liberty but American history, like every nation’s, is filled with examples of man’s inhumanity to man. The exhibition began with a wall of quotations from significant figures. These particularly stood out: […]
Read MorePolitical power and democratic control in Britain
With all the debate about quangos, I wondered whether anyone had made the case against them based on the Rule of Law. And so I found and added to my reading list Political power and democratic … – Google Books: There is a sense in which quasi-government diminishes the role and […]
Read MoreTreasury announces ‘bonfire of quangos’ to save taxpayer millions – Times Online
Via Treasury announces ‘bonfire of quangos’ to save taxpayer millions – Times Online : Liam Byrne, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has written to Whitehall departments demanding an urgent review of all quangos to assess which can be abolished, merged with other bodies or taken back directly into their ministries. […]
Read MoreGreen: The lessons that must be learned from my arrest
Via The Conservative Party | News | The Blue Blog | The lessons that must be learned from my arrest : Arresting an opposition politician for embarrassing the Government is the sort of thing that never happens in a democracy like Britain. It never used to, anyway.
Read MoreMalevolent voices that despise our freedoms | Philip Pullman – Times Online
The nation’s dreams are troubled, sometimes; dim rumours reach our sleeping ears, rumours that all is not well in the administration of justice; but an ancient spell murmurs through our somnolence, and we remember that the courts are bound to seek the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the […]
Read MoreDominic Grieve calls for fresh thinking on multiculturalism as he condemns a decade of political correctness
Dominic Grieve, the shadow Justice secretary, will today make a hard-hitting attack on political correctness and the Government’s failure to question damaging aspects of multiculturalism. But he also admits that the Right has so far failed to credibly address some of those issues. Speaking at Queen Mary, University of London, […]
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