Say No to Big Government
The Free Society has been launched to give a voice to those who want less, not more, government interference in our daily lives ... read more
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- Big Brother Watch
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- Safe Speed
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- Taxpayers Alliance
BlOGGERS
- Burning Our Money
- Devil's Kitchen
- Dick Puddlecote
- Guido Fawkes
- Iain Dale
- Neil Herron
- Simon Hills
- Taking Liberties
- The Last Ditch
- Velvet Glove Iron Fist
THINK TANKS
MEDIA
Top story
Free speech and the court of public opinion: let the people decide
Thursday February 4, 2010
John Terry’s “crime” was not cheating on his wife, says Suzy Dean, but trying to gag the press using a “super-injunction”
Comment
Reflections on a free society - think about itWednesday February 3, 2010The exhortation “Think!” is not just patronising, says Simon Hills, it’s all to do with bossing us around |
Comment
Is banning the burqa compatible with freedom and democracy?Monday February 1, 2010We may not be comfortable with the choices people make, says Karin McTigue, but we must protect their right to make them |
Food and Drink
The fat of the landWednesday January 20, 2010Is it possible, asks Karen McTigue, for a single January to pass without the media falling prey to the urge to force us into abstinence of some kind or another? |
News
Talking with the taxman about poetryMonday January 18, 2010Billy Bragg refuses to pay income tax unless the government moves to limit bonus payments at the Royal Bank of Scotland |
Opinion
This new puritanism would drive anyone to drinkSunday January 10, 2010As smokers told you they would, the puritans have now switched their censorious gaze from cigarettes to wine and beer, writes Nick Cohen in The Observer |
Motoring
Innocent driver admits offence to avoid cost of court defenceSaturday January 9, 2010A company director has admitted a motoring offence he says he has not committed after becoming one of the first to be caught by controversial new rules on court costs |
Opinion
If we are all under suspicion, then we are all threatenedTuesday January 5, 2010People meekly accept official behaviour, even if they might strongly suspect it is the police who are behaving illegally, writes Dominic Lawson in the Independent. |
Surveillance
Huge fall in number of crimes caught on CCTVTuesday January 5, 2010Figures released under Freedom of Information show 71 per cent fall in number of crimes “in which CCTV was involved” |
Motoring
Motorists hit by higher parking fees and finesMonday January 4, 2010Local councils raised £1.9 billion from parking fees and fines last year, with some doubling the amount of money they squeeze out of motorists |
Food and Drink
Bring in 50p minimum price for alcohol, MPs urgeSunday January 3, 2010Costs of dealing with alcohol abuse “overwhelming the NHS” say experts |