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On the trappings of power

Last week, for the first time in my life, I attended the Wimbledon tennis championships.  My wife entered the ballot for tickets last year (the closing date was in December) and she hit the jackpot:...

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Ideological blindness to the facts on social mobility

There is an ideological blindness on the left which seems to preclude them from acknowledging any biological basis to cognitive differences.  I discuss this in Social Mobility Myths and I experienced...

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The empty, self-defeating and pointless sentencing of Pavlo Lapshyn

A 25 year-old Lithuanian immigrant and self-confessed white supremacist was this week found guilty of the murder of an 82 year-old Muslim man, and of detonating three bombs near mosques in the West...

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A tale of two piers

Last Wednesday, a fire destroyed part of Eastbourne’s 150 year-old pier.  Within two days, David Cameron arrived in the town and announced that the government would make £2 million available to help...

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Tale of two piers – update

Five days ago I posted a piece here about Cameron’s gift of £2m of taxpayers’ money to Eastbourne to help rebuild the pier after the fire.  In my comments I warned of “robbing Peter to pay Paul....

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Lord Freud is being pilloried for raising an issue that warrants discussion

Welfare Reform Minister, Lord Freud, agreed in answer to a question at a Conservative conference fringe meeting that some disabled people cannot do the same value work as more able people can. For...

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Who you gonna call?

The other day, while visiting my parents in south-east London, my wife and I took our dog for a walk in the local park. There were several other people walking their dogs, but the peace was disturbed...

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