28 January 2011
Sharing the pain
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Motorists hit by the soaring cost of petrol could be spared the 1p a litre rise in fuel duty due to come into force in April. Sharing the p...
27 January 2011
The state can alter the terms when it wishes
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Of course all discussion about pensions these days is about who really ‘needs’ or ‘deserves’ anything. Of what relevance is it that some de...
25 January 2011
A Hero of Our Time
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From time to time, pieces of research are published by universities, or statements are made by journalists, suggesting that compassion is a...
20 January 2011
Local oppressors: so much better
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The Mail led the way in highlighting how NICE, the Government’s drugs rationing body, was denying life-prolonging treatments to cancer patie...
18 January 2011
A very poor deal
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The Great Pensions ‘Swindle’ by Arthur Seldon (*) was published in 1970. I have never found this book at all easy to read, as Arthur Seldo...
17 January 2011
The pensions swindle and euthanasia
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The Daily Mail is working on the idea that we should not want to live beyond a certain age and should be pleased for the qualified sadists ...
14 January 2011
How the hell can I go on holiday?
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In connection with the previous post, my colleague Fabian has commented to me that nowadays, even if someone felt as I did about the hopeles...
13 January 2011
An MP and the Education Minister: joking about my position
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With regard to the events described by Charles McCreery in the previous post: I always felt that I was in a most unnatural position of into...
12 January 2011
A student of the universe
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The following is an account which my colleague Dr Charles McCreery has sent to the prospective biographer of his father, the late General Si...
10 January 2011
Civilisation and capitalism
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Capitalism is often referred to pejoratively, as in this quotation from popular author Oliver James . Selfish Capitalism, much more than gen...
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