In my post on Sunday, I forgot to include a fairly important point: The Left abuses liberalism at is peril. Despite the tendency for socialism to disregard individual liberty, I have no doubt that the majority of left-wingers don’t want to see us end up with a Police State. Yet every time they portray negative… Continue reading The Left versus Liberalism 2
Cigarettes and alcohol
Matt Turner hailed my return to blogging by saying: Champagne on me. But not after 11 if you lot get your way today, I guess. I presume that by this, he’s referring to the decision by the Lib Dem Parliamentary Party yesterday to “pray” for the government not to introduce the new licensing laws, which… Continue reading Cigarettes and alcohol
The Left versus Liberalism
Nick Cohen has written another of his hack pieces in the Observer today about how wicked “liberals” are blaming the Iraq War for terrorist atrocities, and how this proves they’re a dreadful shower, etc. As Matt points out, this contrasts with his pre-Iraq War pieces when he condemned “liberals” for supporting a war in Iraq,… Continue reading The Left versus Liberalism