"You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: 'now, you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.' You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race, saying, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe you have been completely fair... This is the next...
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MyPoliticalBlog on 2nd Jun 2009 (via vinospoliticalblog.blogspot.com)
If there's no such thing as a free lunch, what do you make of a free curry? If you're prepared to go along to Port Talbot on Wednesday night and share your thoughts on devolving more powers to Wales, then a free curry will be yours care of the All Wales Convention. To free laptops, free toothbrushes and free lightbulbs, now we can add free curry to the list of Welsh political freebies. G...
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BetsanPowys on 12th Jan 2009 (via bbc.co.uk)
I’m becoming just a little worried that Liberty is starting to believe in its own publicity and is trying just a bit too hard to live up to a public image that has, for the most part, been built up simply by picking the bushels of low-hanging fruit created for it by New Labour. In fact, I starting to wonder whether Liberty are turning into the 'corporate rock whores' of the civil l...
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LiberalConspiracy on 28th Jan 2010 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
I like his blog, but don't agree with everything Guido Fawkes says. I particularly despise this recycled garbage. Anyone who believes in free markets and free trade has to believe as a corollary in the free movement of people. Why? Leaving aside the fact that there is no such thing as a free market (and there hasn't been for centuries) or even free trade - why would the corollary be free...
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Ranting Stan on 25th Nov 2008 (via rantingstan.blogspot.com)
Thanks to Freakonomics for pointing me in the direction of the Oddee blog – where a collection of the most bizarre, least logical sales promotions are on view. Here’s my pick of the 5 most sublime, starting with… Free riffle...
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CommentCentral on 27th Jul 2009 (via timesonline.typepad.com)
The notion that we have free speech in Western democracies is fast becoming a fallacy. Free speech is something that our politicians love to tout and showpiece, yet when you really get down to it, when free speech suddenly jumps out of the box and takes on new dimensions, the first thing our leaders do
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BoatangAndDemetriou on 7th Dec 2008 (via boatangdemetriou.wordpress.com)
The dwindling band of free-trade Democrats on Capitol Hill has been almost completely silent on the Buy American provisions
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More than 700 groups say they are interested in starting a "free school" in England - half are teachers.
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BBCPolitics on 18th Jun 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
The CEP have hit the nail on the nail with their latest press release: How can anyone claim to be a fair Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when he gets for the Scottish people, his own Scottish nation, free university tuition, free hospital parking, free personal care for the elderly, free eyetests, free water piped
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LittleManInAToque on 1st Oct 2008 (via toque.co.uk)
Old Holborn and I will take a walk It is still wonderful to imagine that you can take a walk in South Shields free from the cares of the world, free from intrusion, free to think what you wish and argue against who you like within the bounds of mutual respect, free to take whatever actions
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CurlysCornerShop on 4th Nov 2008 (via curly15.wordpress.com)
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Over at Foreign Policy, the people who bring you the annual Failed States Index have a powerful photo-essay feature on "the least free places on Earth". Worth a look.
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CentreRight on 17th Jul 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
