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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
The issue concerns the process by which speed measuring devices that have come into use since July 1992 have been authorised. Since that date, the Secretary of State has no longer been empowered to approve the devices without laying a Statutory Instrument (SI) before both Houses of Parliament in each individual case. This has not been done, meaning that the evidence from these devices is not admissible...
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
On the anniversary of the smoking ban, I popped into the Strangers bar of the House of Commons and took this little video...
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why, if both the Conservative and Labour parties are against national debt, we have a national debt? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Martin Rosenbaum tells us that if you want to get really detailed financial documents from your local council, there is a much more powerful tool than the Freedom of Information Act - but blink and you may miss the chance to use it. It's the Audit Commission Act in England, which gives you the right to see the accounts and all the accompanying financial documents for the council's audit. In Scotland...
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
On Friday 4th July, Bob Geldorf made a powerful speech in support of David Davis's Liberty campaign to an audience in Hull Guildhall. The Press have unilaterally ignored it, apart from a few who have acknowledged that Geldorf was there, not one publisher has printed his speech (not that I can find), possibly the most powerful in many years. In order to redress that in some small way, I want to give...
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Reposted from the LPUK blog I've been casting my eye over the latest quarterly economic data from the Office of National Statistics. Here are a few selected highlights: Unemployment up to 5.3% Average earnings down 8.44% Total government debt up to £606.2 billion Total international reserves $60.6 billion (~£30.44 billion; gold, foreign currency etc.) Gross international debt £6.2 trillion Yes, you...
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
The New York Times has obtained a report showing that US and European negotiators are nearing an agreement on international sharing of private data.
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
As an update to Dan's post on the LPUK website earlier about the possibility that a demonstrator attending the recent StWC rally was actually a police agent provocateur, the Socialist Unity website is reporting that 'Gorgeous' George Galloway has today written to the Home Secretary, both identifying the officer in question, and questioning the events on the day:
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
Anyone familiar with Europe has some idea about the Lisbon treaty. This is a typical piece of welfare state protectionism through state enlargement or "federalism". From what I understand the twenty-seven countries (at last count) within the EU are to ratify (bureaucratic speak for forcing unto "their" populations) a treaty which will streamline the integration of police and other forms of interference...
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
Liberal Democrat controlled Liverpool City Council is being investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office after it monitored a member's mobile phone calls. Officials in Liverpool trawled through the phone logs and emails of Labour councillor Joe Anderson in an internal probe.
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
Chancellor Alistair Darling says pay rises for people "from the boardroom to the shopfloor" need to be "consistent" with the 2% inflation target. He told BBC One's Andrew Marr show the need to keep inflation under control "applies to each and every one of us". Ha ha ha ha, you gotta be friggin jokin.
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
Back in 2004, the Campaign for Truth produced this 40 minute film on what the EU would mean to you and everyone else in the UK if it continued on its path. It is more relevant today than ever before, now that our corrupt politicians have voted through the Lisbon Treaty and broken every constitutional rule in the book. You can view the film here . And for those who wish to endorse the feelings of the...
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
The owner of a tiny island in off Scotland declared its independence from the United Kingdom on Saturday, saying he wanted the territory, population one, to be a crown dependency like the Channel Islands. In a declaration on his Web site, Stuart Hill, who owns the 2.5 acre island of Forvik in the Shetland Islands in the North Sea, said he no longer recognised the authority of the government or the...
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PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has lashed out at the EU's decision to lift sanctions against his country, calling it "an enormous hypocrisy". The ailing 81-year-old said the measure came just days after the EU passed a "brutal" law that could jail illegal immigrants up to 18 months.
