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...

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...

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

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

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

Here is the responses to my questions from Lyn Tofari who is running in the South East Lyn's full Jury Team profile can be viewed here. If would like to vote for Lyn in the Primary, text LYNTOF01 to 86837 (25p + Standard Rate) Lyn is free to add any additional comments in the comments section, and feel free to leave your comments and questions there too. If you would prefer to contact Lyn direct, ...

Mark Wadsworth is once more banging the Land Value Tax drum in respect of the theft of land by the government. I find the idea of LVT instinctively distasteful, for reasons that I shall elaborate on in the future; however, I did want to pull Mark up on his opening sentence. [Emphasis mine.] In the comments, I suggested Land Value Tax as a free market solution to the question of whether the State s...

Chris has responded to the Republicans debate. I'd like to pick out a few of his comments and add my own views. Chris says: "The Democrats are anti-free trade" Come on, this is America we're talking about, no serious politician is anything like "anti-free trade"! I agree John McCain's free trade credentials are stronger than Obama's, but we are not talking major ideological differences. On

And some have the answer. Simply enjoying the life of free people in a free land. The important point being that of course Scott Burgess was always a free man, given the accident of his place of birth. But the land in which he is now free has not been, had not been, as a result of

It is worth returning to Channel 4’s decision to have President Ahmadinejad deliver its alternative Christmas message. Predictably, those who have attacked the decision have been accused of opposition to free speech—just look at some of the comments on the Skimmer’s post. But this criticism misses a crucial distinction: there is a difference between allowing free speech and provi...