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The Islamic Extremists and the Far Right have more in common than their d= - As We May Think
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Cry Free Speech in such contexts, you are demanding the right to speak any bilge you wish without apology or fear of comeback. You are demanding not legal rights but an end to debate about & criticism of what you say. When did bigotry get so needy? - Why the Falklands Should Remain British
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If you can keep your head, while all about you are losing theirs, and bla= - Rethinking Information Diversity in Networks
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The Internet is A Really Nice Place
In the Independent, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown writes on the delights that post-colonials bring to the English language, and laments the decline of language and civility online: The future looks bright then, until you notice those who use new technology without due … Continue reading
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This Is The Digital Election We Have Been Waiting For
Last week, Anthony Painter launched a Digital Election Analysis he wrote for Orange. A key conclusion was the that the eager awaited ‘Digital Election’ we had all been expecting (after the fantastic Obama ’08 campaign) simply failed to materialise, and … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Philosophy, Liberal Conspiracy, London, New Labour
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Politics of Persuasion on Proportional Representation
*This post contains excessive alliteration, which some readers may find offensive. Politics means different things at different times. During the election campaign, it was the politics of presentation: of a leader (and his lovely wife), and of a suitable narrative … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Liberal Conspiracy, London, Politics
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Do Daily Mail Journalists Cry at Night?
I posted this on Liberal Conspiracy yesterday. Happy to say it got a lot of RTs. The pathetic and desperate hatchet job on Nick Clegg, by our friends at the Daily Mail, was pretty much instantly rebutted last night, in … Continue reading
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Judging a Book by its Cover
An event report I wrote for the English PEN website. I’ll admit, I judged this event by its cover. I assumed that an discussion titled ‘Judging a book by its cover’ would be about book jacket design, rich and fertile … Continue reading
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Creating the Haystack
An adequate approach to discovering terrorist plots might be to collect less information. Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Modern Liberty, Terrorism, USA
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Wootton Bassett
The greatest tribute to our soldiers, living and fallen, would be to maintain our principles consistently at home and abroad: This means allowing the Islam4UK march. Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Human Rights, Liberal Conspiracy, Middle East, Multiculturalism, Religion, UK
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Answering the McCann Question
Mark Pack asked me to write a guest piece for the Liberal Democrat Voice on Libel Reform. It was a good opportunity to dig a little deeper into the argument for reform, and rebutt one of the most common objections to making changes. Continue reading
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Behzti is no longer taboo
While everyone else has been banging on about the election, I’ve been banging on about free speech. Here’s a review that was commissioned for Index on Censorship and cross-posted at Comment is Free, so choose your forum for comments. As … Continue reading →