Tag Archives: poverty

Hat And Beard 2 – Freedom

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Andrew Hickey

And so we move on to the second of today’s posts. This one, in honour of Honest Abe, will talk about freedom as I see it. The libertarian blogger Charlotte Gore left a comment yesterday on the heavily-edited version of … Continue reading →

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“Equality Of Opportunity”

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Andrew Hickey

Another day, another report by Laurie Penny (on something to get my blood boiling. This time it’s a Fabian Society conference in which a Labour minister… a Labour minister! (sorry) , talking about ‘redistribution’, was actually talking about making people … Continue reading →

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Linkblogging for 23/07/08

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Andrew Hickey

Apes, Legal Personhood and the plight of Nim Chimpsky, about the 1970s ‘talking’ chimp, is worth a read/listen. The Sun has been photoshopping black people out of photos. New Labour’s attitude to poor people. Shockingly, I still actually know some … Continue reading →

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