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Spy chief: We risk a police state

Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, has warned that the fear of terrorism is being exploited by the Government to erode civil liberties and risks creating a police state. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Last Updated: 6:08AM GMT 17 Feb 2009 Dame Stella became the first woman director general of MI5 in…Read more Spy chief: We risk a police state

Alfie Patten – the exploited face of broken Britain

The tale of 13-year-old father Alfie Patten has shocked us all. Yet it is the actions of the adults in the story that are truly deplorable. By Judith Woods Last Updated: 8:57PM GMT 16 Feb 2009 Alfie Patten: Chantelle has said Alfie is the father of her one-week-old daughter Photo: AFP Alfie Patten. Does the…Read more Alfie Patten – the exploited face of broken Britain

Why are we not using waste as fuel to generate heat and power?

Put together two quite separate news stories of recent weeks and we see yet another terrifying example of just how dysfunctional our system of government has become. The first story, accompanied last week by startling pictures, concerns the mountains of waste paper collected for "recycling" now piling up in warehouses and dumps across the country,…Read more Why are we not using waste as fuel to generate heat and power?

Keep our Post Office’s open

Under Labour 4,875 post offices have already closed since 1997, almost ten a week. Wolverhampton MP, Pat Mcfadden has announced the future closure of 2,500 Post Offices which includes Upper Penn Post Office on Penn Road. Upper Penn post office is key part of the local community. It has numerous care homes, retirement flats and vulnerable people…Read more Keep our Post Office’s open

On the basic premise of Socialism

The basic premise of Socialism is class warfare. Socialists believe that rich and privileged people have too much, leaving the poor with nothing. Not considering that many wealthy people achieved their means through hard work. In countries that embraced socialism in it's communist form, the rich were quite literally robbed of their wealth, their lands…Read more On the basic premise of Socialism

David Davis resignation speech

I wish David well. It is high time this government were reminded of certain principles our country is founded upon; liberty, fairness, justice, and innocence until proven guilty. As he rightly stated, these are enshrined in British Law with Magna Carta, nearly 800 years ago. Yet this government are eroding our rights - even further…Read more David Davis resignation speech

British Common Law

I watched with some dismay Dr Rowan Williams suggest British Law should accommodate certain aspects of Islamic Sharia. While this issue has been grossly exaggerated, and I believe Dr Williams is well intentioned. One has to be careful when considering changes to our established legal system. I do accept Sharia Law is greatly misunderstood in…Read more British Common Law