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Has it passed on? Is it no more? Has it ceased to be? Has it expired? Has it met its maker? Is is stiff? Bereft of life, does it rest in peace? Is it pushing up the daisies? Are its metabolic processes now history? Is it off the twig? Has it kicked the bucket? Has it shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible? Is it an ex-magazine?

I’m sorry to keep going on about this, but have we seen the last gasp of The Liberal magazine? Since my last post on the subject it has emerged that Ben Ramm has got into further problems for publishing a Mohammed cartoon on its website, which is now dead. Visitors to Chris Huhne’s website will… Continue reading Has it passed on? Is it no more? Has it ceased to be? Has it expired? Has it met its maker? Is is stiff? Bereft of life, does it rest in peace? Is it pushing up the daisies? Are its metabolic processes now history? Is it off the twig? Has it kicked the bucket? Has it shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible? Is it an ex-magazine?

Another good reason why the Religious Hatred Laws are a really bad idea

The problem with “hatred laws” is that if you start handing out prosecutions like sweets, there is a genuine possibility that you might end up giving the Bad Guys a propaganda coup. Case in point. I had a horrible feeling this case was going to go badly months ago. Prosecuting someone for saying that a… Continue reading Another good reason why the Religious Hatred Laws are a really bad idea

Whither the Liberal?

I’m sure many people will be boycotting it anyway, but has anyone else noticed how long it seems to be taking for The Liberal to bring out its latest issue? Also, they still have a link to their Kennedy Must Go petition on the front page. Hello? All this does somewhat suggest a bit of… Continue reading Whither the Liberal?