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When I used to be at the VAT Tribunal, one of the Chairmen was John Manningham-Buller QC, The Viscount Dilhorne. His nickname was "Biscuit" -...
Of course economies are never "in control". The government, the Treasury and the Bank of England have got a few levers they can pull which may or...
It certainly is. The Anti-social Behaviour etc Bill was introduced into Parliament in May 2013 and is now nearly at the end of its progress, so...
No difficulty at all. The judgments of courts are made by applying strict rules to ascertainable facts, and there are well-defined "defaults" in...
If you look like a quack and you talk like a quack, then probably you are ....
Having to kiss the Pope's ring wouldn't be so bad ... ... if he didn't keep it in his back pocket.
Broadening this out, real life judgements often have to be made on the basis of doubt, ambiguity, and insufficient information. I am thinking of...
A couple of years ago a guy came up to me in the street near my home, and gave me a hard luck story about having run out of petrol in his car, and...
All the mitigating and aggravating circumstances of the offence were supposedly pleaded before the Court Martial before sentencing, and taken into...
Belsen was liberated by British forces, Dachau by Americans and Auschwitz by Russians. Many of the guards and many of the inmates died soon after...
Are you really expecting us to believe you are totally unaware of the many, many cases of innocent people being imprisoned, people dying in police...
So it appears ex-Sgt Blackman has applied for leave to appeal to the Court Martial Appeal Court against both conviction and sentence. It is not...
Indeed. If some form insists that I give a landline number, even though I definitely do not want them ringing me, I just give a fake number. Job...
Next Wandsworth meet at the Ship Inn is Wednesday 8 January at 7pm. What will the weather be like? Anybody's guess.
I cannot imagine why you would be "astounded". Would you care to explain what you are talking about? Incidentally, whenever I ask people on this...
People get arrested for nothing. People get beaten to death in police custody, and no action is taken against those responsible. People get...
Good word, hubris. Should be used a lot more.
Is it really a surprise that powerful pharmaceuticals often have seriously adverse side-effects? Doesn't everyone know this? Very unpleasant for...
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The Uxbridge English Dictionary (Xmas supplement): Advent: Man shouting about his hatred of Xmas commercials. Chestnuts: The result of choosing...
