I've been accused by comrades, of excessive Porter bashing and not properly confronting the arguments of the Convention on Modern Liberty crowd. I think I'll have to plead guilty as charged on this score. So for a change, I'm going to put forward some more serious arguments, starting with the idea of an "Infrastructure of [...]
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… but what’s the point in having them if the self-described representatives of Heaven don’t appreciate them, laments Tom Harris? (0)Selective moral outrage
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The benefits of public spending – a calculator. (h/t Clifford) (0)Three Excellent Politicians
Courtesy of Don Paskini at LibCon. (0)On Graphs and Budget Speeches
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Tom Harris calls time on the recent tendency of howling “smearblog!” at everything up to and including the CBeebies Twitter feed. Read his post here. (0) -
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Morning roundup, Tuesday 24th March 2009
Cobden's Commentary fears that a post-Nigel Griffiths-gate world combined with McNulty's spot of bother could have a negative impact on Westminster's tourist trade, Hopi Sen finds that Nige has put him in an, er, unpopular position, and the ladies of Parliament ask: who the hell wears stockings in middle of November?