Banning things

Madsen Pirie wrote the following on the Adam Smith Blog last week: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has a real problem. Last week one of his MPs tabled a bill in Parliament to force pubs and bars to sell wine in small measures only, while one of his party’s MEPs called for a ban on… Continue reading Banning things

Bums and Willies! Now that I’ve got your attention…

Two MPs have recently been turning the controversy surrounding their decision to insult their opponents as a way of progressing their agenda. Daniel Hannan, an MEP who has achieved the remarkable distinction of managing to look even younger than his clearly low mental age, has implicitly compared one of his German colleagues to a Nazi… Continue reading Bums and Willies! Now that I’ve got your attention…