It's politicians who make the tax laws. If lawmakers don't like the results of the laws they have made, they should persuade government to change the law, not haul successful international companies...
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Purple Scorpion: It's not just horrible Hodge attacking beneficial businesses
It's politicians who make the tax laws. If lawmakers don't like the results of the laws they have made, they should persuade government to change the law, not haul successful international companies...
Iceland abandons EU membership application
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The leader of the Icelandic Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, has said that Iceland's brief flirtation with the EU has come to an end.Very few Icelanders are in favour of...
Lincolnshire County Council multiculturalism declaration
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A few days ago, UKIP's Lincolnshire County Councillors were slated for refusing to sign a pledge to promote multiculturalism. The LibLabCon councillors on Lincolnshire County...
Purple Scorpion: Some shale factoids
Nick Grealy has been at the Institute of Directors shale conference today on the release of their latest report. The report puts shale prospects into an economic context of imports and taxation. Here...
Gay marriage bill is divisive and unnecessary
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The British government has voted to legalise gay marriage in England and Wales but David Cameron has suffered yet another embarrassing rebellion with 133 Tory MPs voting against...
Not only is David Cameron a liar, he is a bad liar
“I feel I am one of them” Cameron bleat, regarding the hilariously named “Loongate” incident that has set the UK media atwitter.
How many people actually buy this **** I wonder? Precious few I...
Life in China
And I also (see below) recommend this video. I won’t describe it at length. Suffice it to say, as David Thompson does say, that you need to watch it right to the bitter end. DT found it here, where...
Purple Scorpion: Down with the absurd HS2 vanity project
The Leader of Wakefield council (which is on the HS2 Leeds route) says the money could be better spent on other infrastructure.
This is a difficult argument for the government to rebut - as far as...
Danny Weston on Hansen at the LSE
I recommend this report by Danny Weston (guest writing at Bishop Hill) of a talk at the London School of Economics given by NASA’s James Hansen. Hansen is a manic climate alarmist, and the audience...
Poll: Should EU civil servants pay their "fair share" of tax?
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EU civil servants pay as little as 8% income tax on their salaries, rising to 45% for the highest earners who can be on a salary of £190k or more. Big companies like Google and...
UKIP now 2% behind the Conservatives in latest Survation Poll
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Ukip get to within just 2 points of the Tories in new Survation pollMay 20th, 2013How Has Political Opinion Changed Since Before The Local Elections? Fieldwork May 17th-18thMay...
An open letter from Nigel Farage
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Today's Telegraph carries a full page letter from Nigel Farage inviting "swivel eyed loons" in the Conservative Party to join UKIP.
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The real IRS argument
Everyone in America who cares knows that President Obama has for years been encouraging his supporters within the governmental machine to use their governmental powers to harass his political...
UKIP: A Party For The People In A Neo-Medieval Age
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Our continued advance in the opinion polls, crystalised by our recent successes in the local elections, has led to much virtual ink been spilled trying to analyse the UKIP...
New Space is taking over (Part 2: The Lynx Engine)
Sad to say, the thing about which I know the most is the one about which I can say nothing except point you to what is public domain. Here is the video which XCOR released after we got a 67 second...
New Space is taking over (Part 1: The Grasshopper)
Perhaps I should call this Part II since I recently posted my photos of the first flight of Richard Branson’ s SpaceShipTwo: I was even thinking of doing a series to update our readers when I posted...
Cameron calls eurosceptics "swivel eyed loons"
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The Daily Mail is reporting that David Cameron has referred to Conservative Party activists pressuring him into honouring his promises for an EU referendum as "swivel eyed...
UKIP averages 18% across three polls
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UKIP is polling 19% in a ComRes opinion poll for the Sunday Mirror, 20% in an Opinium poll for the Observer and 15% in an ICM poll for the Sunday...
UKIP: Friend or Foe of Black Britain? - Interesting article from the Voice
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UKIP: Friend Or Foe Of Black Britain?'UKIP has played a front line role in most recent populist movements against oppressed minorities and social groups," writes Nels AbbeyWritten...
Marta Andreasen and Richard Ainsworth deselected
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Marta Andreasen has been deselected by the Tory electoral college meaning she'll have to slug it out with the plebs for a place on the regional list.Marta isn't the only sitting...
UKIP councillors don't need a piece of paper to remind them to treat everyone equally
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UKIP's 16 councillors on Lincolnshire County Council have been criticised by their LibLabCon counterparts for refusing to sign an "anti-racism" pledge.Cllr Chris Pain, leader of...
Not as smart as they think
Nile Gardiner has this to say about the Obama administration:
This week, thanks to unprecedented levels of Congressional and mainstream media scrutiny of the actions of the Obama administration,...
Samizdata quote of the day
It’s not possible to prevent people, particularly people whose goal is power, from abusing it. All we can do is deprive them of it.
- This comes near the end of a very good piece by Rand Simberg...
Setting the Agenda...
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Well lets get real for one moment. UKIP* made fantastic gains recently (County elections) and it begs the question 'WHY?'* As a fervent UKIP supporter / activist however you wish...
EU referendum amendment vote: full analysis
On Wednesday, MPs voted on an amendment to the Queen’s Speech tabled by John Baron MP aimed at demonstrating support in Parliament for a Bill that would write into law the holding of an EU...