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“If any man err from the right way, it is his own misfortune, no injury to thee; nor therefore art thou to punish him in the things of this life because thou supposest he will be miserable in that which is to come.” John Locke

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Patronising People: Why is Plain Packaging Plainly Wrong?

I wrote an article for a really great blogging platform for young liberals across the world called Libel. Here’s a preview: More and more countries have begun contemplating whether or not to introduce plain packaging for products containing tobacco. Not only does such a policy fail to produce the outcomes governments intend, but it also fails to respect the intellect and freedom of choice of…

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Friends, liberals, countrymen...

Friends, liberals, countrymen…

Friends, liberal, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Clegg, and to praise him. The good that men do lives after them; The bad is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Clegg. The noble Farron Hath told you Clegg was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Clegg answer’d it. Here, under leave of Farron and the rest– For Farron is an honourable…

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#General Election #Julius Caesar #Nick Clegg #Shakespeare #Tim Farron #UK Politics

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So, Nick Clegg chooses his man in the treasury to continue being his spokesperson on matters relating to the treasury, and this is apparently controversial? Seriously, as popular as Vince Cable is, it does not make any sense to swap Danny for Vince. Why? (a) Because Danny has ministerial in the treasury (b) the big things the Lib Dems will be championing and defending all pertain to BIS - where Vince is staying.

#politics #lib dems #Nick Clegg #danny alexander #vince cable

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Peter Capaldi in Imagine…Who’s Afraid of Machiavelli? (x)

#peter capaldi

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more great lines from avatar the last airbender

wait! my friends need to suck on those frogs!

MY CABBAGES

hello! zuko here.

THE BOULDER is over his conflicted feelings

i am not toph, i am MELON LORD

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Birthday Eve is over. Let the real festivities begin - it's Charliemas!

#christmas #birthday #it's my party and i'll cry if i want to

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I HAVE WAITED ALL YEAR TO POST THIS

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And if I’m the only one, then so be it. But I’m willing to bet I’m not.

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So long as you don’t expect the junior partner to get their own way all the time in a coalition, and so long as you understand that some policies are better than none, then you can claim to be sensitive to the political realities and complexities of the world of party politics.

#politics #coalition #liberal democrats #conservatives #british politics

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[2/∞]: The best of Malcolm Tucker

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Several months later, and Tumblr is still an unfamiliar land with shiny buttons. Only now it's on my phone too...

#Tumblr #adventures into the blogosphere #trials of a perplexed Luddite

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"If Grandpa Joe can dance, Grandpa Joe can work"

#ayn rand #children's movies #films #satire

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Liberalism is not dead. It has a message for today. It believes in Democracy. It believes in a Government of aristocracy, not of birth, of wealth, or of landed or other possessions, but an Aristocracy of intelligence, of energy, of character.Liberalism is not a compromise between two extremes of opinion. It is a solution of its own for the ills of humanity. It is not a half way house between Conservatism and Socialism. It is not a house at all. It is a broad road of travel along which may walk honest pilgrims through the confusion of life, not without glimpses, at the end, of the walls and towers of the Celestial City”

Annual Report of the Dewsbury Liberal Association 1923

#liberalism #jeremy thorpe #liberal democrats #liberal #politics #rip jeremy thorpe

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Guest Post: A Tale of Two Revolutionaries

Guest Post: A Tale of Two Revolutionaries

(This post courtesy of Philip Box)

Jenny and Anna are sat in front of the TV. Jenny is an exchange student from the UK and is Staying with Anna in Ukraine. They are watching the news. (BBC World service to be precise).

The headline is UKIP have won another by-election and Nigel Farage mentions something about the people’s army marching on Westminster, to tell their leaders they have had enough of…

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#irony #nigel farage #Politics #revolution #russell brand