A London mayoral candidate is taking the BBC and ITV to the High Court for ‘censoring’ his party Election Broadcasts in the run up to the May 1 elections. The Christian Choice candidate, Alan Craig, has instructed the Christian Legal Centre to file papers this morning (Friday) at the Royal Courts of Justice after BBC and ITV officials instructed him to remove parts of his Party Election Broadcast which was aired on Wednesday evening.   more »

Despite the best efforts of Government in its wish to destroy all that is England, by denying us English representation, in attempting to cower and divide its people with multiculturalism, the politics of fear and deception, and split its land into regions, they shall never win, for in our hearts and minds there'll always be an England.   more »

A story of how free speech gets you into trouble in the LibDems, I echo the views of my fellow Libertarian citizenstuart

UNDER-FIRE COUNCILLOR FACES SACK

IAIN ROBINSON

IAIN.ROBINSON@THESENTINEL.CO.UK

09:40 - 21 April 2008

City councillor Gavin Webb could be thrown off a school's board of governors after making controversial calls to legalise heroin and prostitution.  Liberal Democrat (Libertarian) councillor Gavin Webb's position is being reviewed after publicly expressing controversial views.

Thistley Hough High School, in Penkhull, could now decide to sack him from its board of governors.

The chair of governors, Gill Miller, said she is seeking advice on Mr Webb's position in light of complaints about comments he has made.

She said: "I have alerted the governing support unit at the city council and the governing body is currently considering Mr Webb's position."

Talking about drugs, Mr Webb said: "I believe we should legalise the lot, including the most harmful substance heroin."

He has also described the police's drug-busting Operation Nemesis as a "waste of money".

He has also said: "The only person one can trust in protecting one's own life, is oneself. That is why I also advocate that individuals should have the right to carry a handgun."

Other controversial views expressed by Mr Webb include that drink-driving is not a crime, that brothels should be legal and that Britain's borders should be opened up to anyone who wants to enter the country.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council's Liberal Democrat group leader, Councillor Jean Bowers, said she was concerned about some of the comments Mr Webb has made in recent weeks. She said a member of the public had contacted her to complain about some of his views.

Mr Webb, pictured, said he is aware that some of his views were unpopular, and could even jeopardise his position as a governor.

He said: "I am getting flak from various people, but part of the role of politicians is to tell people to take responsibility for their own lives, instead of blaming other people."

"At the end of the day, it's up the board of school governors whether they support me or sack me."

Many of Mr Webb's controversial statements were made on The Sentinel's website.

Mr Webb is also being investigated by the Standards Board of England after an alleged four-letter outburst at a fellow councillor.

Terrible, eh?  Imagine a free-thinking individual with classical liberal views having responsibility for helping to educate kids!  Imagine where that could lead - you could have a generation of kids growing up with the habit of thinking for themselves instead of relying on their "betters" in the political and media classes.

Notice that the leader of the Liberal Democrat group was quick to stab Councillor Webb in the back.  I understand from Ziggy Encaoua of the Open Liberty Alliance that Councillor Webb has now been suspended from his party.  It seems the "Lib" Dems aren't too tolerant of people expressing liberal views.

Councillor Webb, if you happen to read this - there's a good home waiting for you in the Libertarian Party if you want it.  We're small, we're underfunded and we don't yet have a political organisation to match the "Lib" Dems - but we are allowed (encouraged, even) to think and speak for ourselves.

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Routine journeys carried out by millions of British motorists can be monitored by authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world. A statement by Miss Smith to Parliament on July 17, 2007, detailing the exemptions for police from the 1998 Data Protection Act, did not mention other changes that would permit material to be sent outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to the authorities in the US and elsewhere.   more »

It has taken me many years trying to understand what makes a socialist tick. In attempting to identify what drives our modern politicians, especially those on the NuLab benches, I came across this very descriptive diagram..   more »

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Creation of a World Treasury and Global Taxation “It also follows that some groups must today devote their efforts to the preparation of long range proposals in order to ensure that they will be operative on time. This applies especially to investigations into the feasibility of the more ambitious long range proposals, such as the creation of a World Treasury.” - “The gradual introduction of a system of international taxation which should be handled by a World Treasury, both to meet the current as well as the development needs of the poorer nations;”   more »

“The establishment of a New International Economic Order entails fundamental changes in political, social, cultural and other aspects of society, changes which would bring about a New International Order.” - RIO: Reshaping the International Order, 1976 - So what exactly does a new social order based on “humanistic socialism” look like? Below is the RIO group’s own description of what the future should look like.   more »

This blog would like to pay tribute and our respects to Gwyneth Dunwoody, who died aged 77 earlier this week. One of the very few truly honest politicians, she will be sorely missed.   more »

Professor Schachtschneider pointed out that it [the European Union reform treaty, a.k.a. the Lisbon Treaty] also reintroduces the death penalty in Europe, which I think is very important, in light of the fact that, especially Italy was trying to abandon the death penalty through the United Nations, forever. And this is not in the treaty, but in a footnote   more »

The BBC reports that Local authorities in Wales must significantly improve services or face a possible cut in their numbers, the local government minister said. "It could mean restructuring but I don't think that we would say that is automatically the end point," Mr Gibbons said. Of course it is the end point. Mr Gibbons is telling Lies.   more »

We all know that Labour likes to waste taxpayers’ money, but we also know they like to breach the rules (you know, like ones relating to party funding). Imagine then the joy that must have gripped Brown and his increasingly beleaguered cronies upon realising that the Downing Street website afforded them, with the assistance of some compliant civil servant(s), the opportunity to do both.   more »

When Ripa was passed in 2000, only nine organisations, such as the police and security services, were allowed to use it, but that number has risen to 792, including 474 councils. In 2006, more than 1,000 applications per day were being made to use Ripa powers. The Act allows councils to authorise surveillance, obtain phone records and details of email traffic from personal computers (though not their contents) and obtain details of websites individuals are logging on to. It is logical to assume that in 2008, there are a lot more abuses of this disgusting law.   more »

Lord Pearson of Rannoch has introduced an amendment in Committee to the European Union (Amendment) Bill. This will have the effect of calling for a Referendum 6 months after this Bill received the Royal Assent and becomes and Act.   more »

The leader of the UK Libertarian Party today branded the ongoing debate in Westminster over the abolition of the 10p income tax band as "intellectual necrophilia". "As usual, petty point-scoring by the major political parties is providing a smokescreen behind which they can hide, rather than address the genuine plight of the poor and needy in our society" said Patrick Vessey.   more »

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Old Tom does not come to the pub any more. For seventy five years his one great treat was to sit quietly in the corner and enjoy a harmless pipe of tobacco and a pint of ale in the inscribed silver tankard that the regulars gave him to mark his ninetieth birthday. Now the zealots have banned his pipe and taxed his pint out of reach.   more »

From the Times political blog today about Gordon Browns parting shot as Chancellor.

Despite the media and politicians telling us all that all in the world in just fine and dandy, the world financial community continue to suffer, quietly and with as little media coverage as possible. Main capital write downs in the last 9 months   more »