Tag Archives: Freedom

Small Freedoms

Posted on November 1, 2020 by the archivist

Former Supreme Court judge, Lord Sumption: During the Covid-19 pandemic, the British state has exercised coercive powers over its citizens on a scale never previously attempted. It has taken effective legal control, enforced by the police, over the personal lives … Continue reading →

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Disenchantment

Posted on October 12, 2020 by the archivist

I experienced the smoking ban of 1 July 2007 as a profound loss of freedom. Britain no longer seemed like a free country after that. But was it ever a free country? What is a free country? Maybe it was … Continue reading →

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Planned and Unplanned

Posted on June 4, 2020 by the archivist

Mail: SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit — including one with an inbuilt ‘sun visor’ to make the constellation less visible from Earth Total number of Starlink satellites now in orbit has now reached 482 SpaceX has permission … Continue reading →

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Superstition

Posted on September 13, 2018 by the archivist

A week or two back, Vaping Liz sent me a link to a video of one of Dennis Prager’s fireside chats. It featured him sat, as promised, beside a blazing fire. And he was also smoking a cigar. And he … Continue reading →

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Full Scale Assault

Posted on October 24, 2017 by the archivist

A few days back, in the Smoky Drinky Bar, Emily mentioned in passing that one of her smoking friends didn’t think smoking bans really mattered. And I was thinking this morning that probably that’s the way most smokers think about … Continue reading →

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An Unplanned Life

Posted on January 18, 2016 by the archivist

I’ve lived an unplanned life. I never had plans about what I wanted to do with my life. I never had any goals or ambitions. There was never anything I was particularly trying to achieve. I think that what I … Continue reading →

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