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A Point of View: Do human rights really exist?
BBC News Do “human rights” really exist, when they can be so easily taken away, asks Will Self. I always feel slightly queasy when people begin talking about the humane treatment of animals. Of course, I know what they mean … Continue reading
Lord Heseltine says UK will join the euro
BBC News Conservative peer and former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has told the BBC that he thinks the UK will join the euro “if it survives”. The pro-European politician, recently appointed as a government adviser, told the Daily Politics … Continue reading
Outgoing Future Fund chairman David Murray says carbon tax will be ‘very,very bad’ for economy
Ben Packham The Australian OUTGOING Future Fund chairman David Murray has condemned Labor’s carbon tax as “the worst piece of economic reform I have ever seen in my life”. Mr Murray, who has also lashed the Gillard government’s mining tax, … Continue reading
The Future of Energy – Switzerland as a Role-Model?
Club of Rome In collaboration with the Department of Environment and Energy of the city of Basel, the Club of Rome invited over 30 experts from around the world to a conference in Basel. At the conference, which took place … Continue reading
Naomi Wolf: So Right and So Wrong
Source: The Daily Mail The People Versus the Police … The corporatocracy is terrified that citizens will reclaim the rule of law. America’s politicians, it seems, have had their fill of democracy. Across the country, police, acting under orders from … Continue reading