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Title: .. and you lot think you have it bad
Post by: agricola on June 12, 2008, 01:26:19 PM
Discuss:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/06/i_cant_remember_a_political.html

 rolleyes
Title: Re: .. and you lot think you have it bad
Post by: Iain on June 12, 2008, 01:36:37 PM
For all that Davis' action is a stunt, and he has probably had at least one leg cut out from under him by Cameron already - the rolleyes emoticon is appropriate for the content of the link.
Title: Re: .. and you lot think you have it bad
Post by: The Annoyed Man on June 12, 2008, 01:59:02 PM
Guardian in the UK?   How is that relevant?  For that matter, how is the UK even relevant?  No offense, guys, but you're sooooooo 18th century.   cheesy
Title: Re: .. and you lot think you have it bad
Post by: MicroBalrog on June 13, 2008, 01:15:36 AM
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Lovers of freedom, however, should be wary of Davis's narrow interpretation of it. His concern is with the age-old liberties of English common law, which limit state interference.

He is not concerned with freedom from want, for example, which only the state can provide. He has set himself up as a sceptic of the "seriously malfunctioning" Human Rights Act, which Labour introduced. This is based on the European convention which is the last best hope of restricting the government's draconian pre-charge detention plans.

...ahahaha!
Title: Re: .. and you lot think you have it bad
Post by: seeker_two on June 13, 2008, 01:40:26 AM
Poor UK......Tom Clark is a dreadful writer....we'll pack up Charles Krauthammer and send him over right away.....  grin
Title: Re: .. and you lot think you have it bad
Post by: K Frame on June 13, 2008, 02:30:47 AM
"Discuss:"

Uhm...

How about you give us YOUR opinion first?

Or are you looking for original ideas with which you can dazzle your friends?
Title: Re: .. and you lot think you have it bad
Post by: agricola on June 13, 2008, 08:56:55 AM
Quote from: Mike Irwin on June 13, 2008, 01:30:47 AM
"Discuss:"

Uhm...

How about you give us YOUR opinion first?

Or are you looking for original ideas with which you can dazzle your friends?

Sorry, "Discuss" is usually how university final exam questions are set over here, and it was a reference to that.  Also, my opinion is already on that article (albeit in an alter-ego) and I would have thought my opinion would have been obvious from the thread title.  To restate it in a short number of words, this was  - when it was posted - the single worst article the Guardian has ever been associated with, albeit they have gone a couple of steps further by repeating it today.