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Issue 173
4th July 2008

The Third Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, Turkey, May 2008,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 172
14th June 2008

David Davis: Why Libertarian Alliance Support?,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 171
20th March 2008

Chris R. Tame: Two Years After,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 170
12th March 2008

Second Thoughts on UKIP,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 169
10th March 2008

A Day with UKIP,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 168
19th February 2008

Are the non-Domiciled Rich and the City Good for England?,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 167
21st November 2007

Notes on a BBC Debate between Chris Bryant MP and Sean Gabb,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 166
21st November 2007

My Contractually-Obliged Lecture on the Environment,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 165
13th September 2007

Ten Years of Being Perhaps Three Quarters Right,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 164
11th September 2007

Reflections on the Failure of Political Leadership,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 163
29th June 2007

Two Wasted Hours in Doughty Street,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 162
27th June 2007

Tony Blair: The Traitor Departs,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 161
25th June 2007

Madsen Pirie: Novelist—a Review Article,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 160
21st June 2007

The Second Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, Turkey, May 2007,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 159
24th April 2007

Defending the Right to Deny the Holocaust,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 158
31st March 2007

The Emperor Has no Clothes: A Review Article,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 157
2nd January 2007

More on the Persecution of the BNP,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 156
26th October 2006

A Brief Guide to Self-Publishing, by Sean Gabb
Issue 155
26th October 2006

On Opposing the DNA Database, by Sean Gabb
Issue 154
13th Octomber 2006

Jack Straw: A Man to Bet on, by Sean Gabb
Issue 153
26th September 2006

That Sheep May Safely Graze, by Sean Gabb
Issue 152
26th September 2006

Thoughts on Limited Liability, by Sean Gabb
Issue 151
8th August 2006

My Novel: A Brief Puff, by Sean Gabb
Issue 150
12th July 2006

Looking Beyond Nuclear, by Sean Gabb
Issue 149
9th July 2006

Happiness by Decree, by Sean Gabb
Issue 148
14th June 2006

The Inaugural Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: An Incidental Record, by Sean Gabb
Issue 147
7th May 2006

Tony Blair: Let There be no Easy Way Out for Him, by Sean Gabb
Issue 146
22nd March 2006

The Daily Mail, Forgery, and the corruption of Debate, by Sean Gabb
Issue 145
16the April 2006

Emma Chamberlain and the Astor Theatre: How Dissidents are Treated in Modern England, by Sean Gabb
Issue 144
22nd March 2006

Chris R. Tame (1949-2006): An Obituary, by Sean Gabb
Issue 143
22nd January 2006

Mark Oaten, Rent Boys and the Secret Police: A View of How England is Governed at the End of its History, by Sean Gabb
Issue 142
14th December 2005

David Cameron and the Conservative Party: A Farewell to the Quisling Right?, by Sean Gabb
Issue 141
4th October 2005

On Living in a Political Vacuum, by Sean Gabb
Issue 140
28th September 2005

The Difference between Doing and Looking: Reflections on the Case of Subhaan Younis, by Sean Gabb
Issue 139
1st September 2005

Market Failure and the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Proposal for Reform, by Sean Gabb
Issue 138
16th August 2005

The Reform of Alcohol Licensing in England: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, by Sean Gabb
Issue 137
6th July 2005

Putting a Case for Guns, by Sean Gabb
Issue 136
7th May 2005

The General Election Result: A Brief Comment from the Right, by Sean Gabb
Issue 135
16th April 2005

Free Trade v Fair Trade: A Debate Organised by Christian Aid, St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, The Evening of Friday 15th April 2005, 12:15am – 1:15 am, A Speech Together with Introduction and Brief Commentary, by Sean Gabb
Issue 134
7th April 2005

On Conversing with the British National Party, by Sean Gabb
Issue 133
14th March 2005

Forget the Election: How We by Delaying Yet May Save the Nation, by Sean Gabb
Issue 132
14th March 2005

Tax, Public Spending and Everything Else: The Sorry Truth about the Conservative Hidden Agenda, by Sean Gabb
Issue 131
14th March 2005

The Jaws of the Trap Are Closing: Hunting, the Courts and the Constitution, by Sean Gabb
Issue 130
16th February 2005

What's Wrong With British Conservatism? Text of a Speech Given at at The Royal Society of Arts, Tuesday the 15th February 2005, by Sean Gabb
Issue 129
27th November 2004

Home Education: Do It Yourself, Do It Better, by Sean Gabb
Issue 128
17th November 2004

Less is Good, Nothing is Better: How the State Can Improve British Education, by Sean Gabb
Issue 127
30th September 2004

Annual Reflections on the Quisling Right, by Sean Gabb
Issue 126
18th August 2004

Truancy: A Personal Perspective, by Sean Gabb
Issue 125
9th August 2004

Quote the Bible: Go to Jail, by Sean Gabb
Issue 124
28th July2004

An Ode to Timothy Starr, a Libertarian Who Supported the War with Iraq, by Sean Gabb
Issue 123
1st June 2004

Vote UKIP for a Better Tory Government, by Sean Gabb
Issue 122
19th May 2004

Washington and Brussels: Apology, Retraction, Clarification , by Sean Gabb
Issue 121
11th May 2004

Iraq: I Wish I Had Been Wrong, by Sean Gabb
Issue 120
27th April 2004

Fat Children: Sad, but not Our Problem, by Sean Gabb
Issue 119
12th February 2004

Looking for Truth Among the Propaganda: Towards a Critical Reading of the Media, by Sean Gabb
Issue 118
19th January 2004

The War with Iraq: Nine Months After, by Sean Gabb
Issue 117
12th January 2004

Nothing Much, But Written Anyway: Read This and Stop Asking Me to Start a Blog, by Sean Gabb
Issue 116
28th November 2003

In Defence of the Right to Encourage Gross Fatness, by Sean Gabb
Issue 115
4th November 2003

Michael Howard as Conservative Leader: Dracula Will Have to Do, by Sean Gabb
Issue 114
2nd November 2003

Thoughtcrime and The Secret Policeman: A Case Study in Discourse Theory, by Sean Gabb
Issue 113
13th October 2003

Not Socialism, but Post-Socialism: The Nature of the Enemy , by Sean Gabb
Issue 112
19th September 2003

An Afternoon with Tony Martin, by Sean Gabb
Issue 111
1st September 2003

What is Happening in Dover? More Reason to Blame Tony Blair, by Sean Gabb
Issue 110
25th August 2003

"Nej Till Euron": Fighting the Evil Empire in Another of Its Provinces, by Sean Gabb
Issue 109
18th August 2003

Out of the Closet: Confessions of a Dieter, by Sean Gabb
Issue 108
8th August 2003

The Joys of Bookbinding, by Sean Gabb
Issue 107
16th June 2003

Farewell to the Lord Chancellor: A Brief Comment on the Continuing New Labour Revolution, by Sean Gabb
Issue 106
5th June 2003

How Much Longer Must We Endure Tony Blair? by Sean Gabb
Issue 105
28th May 2003

On Being Uncertain: A Case for Scepticism by Sean Gabb
Issue 104
3rd May 2003

On Ghosts and the Supernatural by Sean Gabb
Issue 103
3rd May 2003

Will Tony Blair Resign If He Turns Out to Have Lied About The "Weapons of Mass Destruction"? by Sean Gabb
Issue 102
28th April 2003

Why Criticising American Foreign Policy is not Anti-Americanism by Sean Gabb
Issue 101
14th April 2003

The War: Won but not Over by Sean Gabb
Issue 100
9th April 2003

The Value of Education by Sean Gabb
Issue 99
9th April 2003

Review of Neville Chamberlain, Appeasement and the British Road to War by Sean Gabb
Issue 98
7th April 2003

Why Tony Blair Must be Destroyed: A Conservative Case by Sean Gabb
Issue 97
2nd April 2003

Patriotism and the War: Two Weeks On by Sean Gabb
Issue 96
22nd March 2003

The Lessons of History by Sean Gabb
Issue 95
20th March 2003

With Sorrow and with Anger by Sean Gabb
Issue 94
13th March 2003

Tony Blair: An Appreciation by Sean Gabb
Issue 93
11th March 2003

The New Geography of British Politics by Sean Gabb
Issue 92
5th March 2003

The War and Domestic Politics: A Prayer for Boredom by Sean Gabb
Issue 91
28th February 2003

The problem with the Conservative Party: A Brief Reply to Steve Davies by Sean Gabb
Issue 90
4th February 2003

Washington and Brussels: Not Either or, Perhaps, but Both and by Sean Gabb
Issue 89
30th January 2003

Should the Elgin Marbles be Returned to Athens? by Sean Gabb
Issue 88a
21st January 2003

Hunting Paedophiles in England: Replies and Responses by Sean Gabb
Issue 88
17th January 2003

Hunting Paedophiles in England: Present Madness, Future Shame by Sean Gabb
Issue 87
16th January 2003

Identity Cards: Some Brief Objections by Sean Gabb
Issue 86
9th December 2002

A Defence of Free Enterprise: Part Three—The Myth of "Rip-Off Britain" by Sean Gabb
Issue 85
9th December 2002

A Defence of Free Enterprise: Part Two—The Cost of Bad Economics by Sean Gabb
Issue 84
9th December 2002

A Defence of Free Enterprise: Part One—Enterprise; The Hidden Factor by Sean Gabb
Issue 83
9th December 2002

In Defence of the Monarchy by Sean Gabb
Issue 82
5th December 2002

God, Margaret Thatcher, and the Established Church of England by Sean Gabb
Issue 81
4th December 2002

A Record of a Debate Held by the Local Government Association on Wednesday the 4th December 2002 on the Motion: “This House Believes Promoting Diversity Causes Discrimination” by Sean Gabb
Issue 80
28th November 2002

Why Do I Never Reply to Messages? An Apology to All My Correspondents by Sean Gabb
Issue 79
18th November 2002

Sufficient Unto the Day: New Labour and My Pension by Sean Gabb
Issue 78
18th November 2002

Is There a Right in Ireland? by Sean Gabb
Issue 77
15th November 2002

On the Libertarian Alliance and Libertarian International Conference in London, November 2002 by Sean Gabb
Issue 76
7th November 2002

What is Wrong with Gay Adoption? by Sean Gabb
Issue 75
6th November 2002

The Conservatives: Will They Surprise Us? by Sean Gabb
Issue 74
5th November 2002

The Conservatives: Do We Really Need Them? by Sean Gabb
Issue 73
25th October 2002

Saving the Kiddies, Enslaving Adults by Sean Gabb
Issue 72
30th September 2002

In Praise of Edwina Currie by Sean Gabb
Issue 71
11th September 2002

Why Britain Should not Go to War with Iraq by Sean Gabb
Issue 70
5th September 2002

Late Published Thoughts on the American Bombings by Sean Gabb
Issue 69
1st August 2002


Diary Entry Covering Dennis O'Keeffe's Inaugural Lecture at Buckingham University by Sean Gabb
Issue 68
2nd July 2002

Return to Sanity? More on the Tory Recovery by Sean Gabb
Issue 67
26th June 2002

Why the Double Jeopardy Rule Should not be Changed by Sean Gabb
Issue 66
6th May 2002

Charles Moore, The Daily Telegraph, and the "Free Country" Campaign: The Quisling Right Still Rides by Sean Gabb
Issue 65
8th April 2002

Paris in the Springtime with a Fistful of Euros: A Record of the Libertarian International Spring Convention, Paris, 5-8th April 2002 by Sean Gabb
Issue 64
12th March 2002

What to Do with the Candidlist? by Sean Gabb
Issue 63
22nd February 2002

The "Metric Martyrs" and the Constitution by Sean Gabb
Issue 62
28th January 2002

Further Thoughts on Iain Duncan Smith by Sean Gabb
Issue 61
28th January 2002

Time to Stop Being Beastly to the Tories? by Sean Gabb
Issue 60
17th December 2001

Arguments Against British Membership of the Euro by Sean Gabb
Issue 59
17th December 2001

A Case Against the European Union by Sean Gabb
Issue 58
11th November 2001

"Uniting Europe without the Union"
A Conference in Prague
2-5 November 2001
A Brief Record of Proceedings
by Sean Gabb

Issue 57
10th October 2001

What to Do About Israel by Sean Gabb
Issue 56
8th October 2001

Plain Thoughts on the Afghan War by Sean Gabb
Issue 55
4th September 2001

Review of The Oxford Latin Course by Sean Gabb
Issue 54

27th August 2001

A Few Words on the Conservative Leadership Election by Sean Gabb
Issue 53
24th July 2001

Review of Macaulay's History of England by Sean Gabb
Issue 52

9th July 2001

The Daily Telegraph "Free Counry" Campaign:
More from the Quisling Right?
by Sean Gabb

Issue 51
9th July 2001

Review of Deep Citizenship 
by Barry Clarke
by Sean Gabb
Issue 50

15th June 2001

Inquest on a "Lost" Election by Sean Gabb
Issue 49

18th May 2001

Four Dreams of a Better Future
Than New Labour Has in Mind for Us
by Sean Gabb
Issue 48

30th April 2001

William Hague and the Race Relations Industry:
A Few Words of Pity
by Sean Gabb
Issue 47

22nd January 2001

How to Destroy the Enemy Class:
A Manifesto for the Right
by Sean Gabb

Issue 46
8th November 2000

The American Election:
An English Perspective
by Sean Gabb
Issue 45

3rd November 2000

One Year of the Candidlist: An Appraisal by Sean Gabb
Issue 44

20th September 2000

On Watching to Olympic Games on Television by Sean Gabb
Issue 43

14th September 2000

Thoughts on the Fuel Strike,
and why it may be the Death Knell  
of the Conservative Party
by Sean Gabb
Issue 42

5th September 2000

Thoughts on the DNA Database by Sean Gabb
Issue 41
25th July 2000

Jack Straw, Corruption, and the New World Order by Sean Gabb
Issue 40
16th May 2000

Double Jeopardy and the Conservative Party by Sean Gabb
Issue 39
19th February 2000

Reflections  on the Current State of  British Politics by Sean Gabb
Issue 38
1st January 2000

My "Millennium" Diary by Sean Gabb
Issue 37
14th November 1999

Reflections on the Gary Glitter Case by Sean Gabb
Issue 36
23rd September 1999

Sean Gabb v Brian Micklethwait, 
and the Debate over Libertarian Strategy by Sean Gabb
Issue 35
24th August 1999

A Letter of Solicitation 
from the Rt Hon Michael Ancram QC MP,
Chairman of the Conservative Party
Edited with a Commentary
by Sean Gabb

Issue 34
14th August 1999

24 Fairly Crowded Hours by Sean Gabb
Issue 33
12th July 1999

George Staunton:
First Martyr of the Anti-EU Movement
by Sean Gabb

Issue 32
4th June 1999

Clare Short:
La Pasonaria of the Serbian War
by Sean Gabb

Issue 31
2nd May 1999

How not to Stop the London Bombings:
In Defence of Liberal Democracy
by Sean Gabb

Issue 30
21st April 1999

Peter Lilley and the Welfare State:
Why the Tories May be Doomed After all
by Sean Gabb

Issue 29
26th March 1999

Thoughts on the Serbian War by Sean Gabb
Issue 28
20th February 1999

Robert Henderson v Tony Blair:
A Tale of New Britain
by Sean Gabb

Issue 27
26th January 1999

Nelson's Second Death: 
Thoughts on the Refurbishment 
of the National Maritime Museum
by Sean Gabb

Issue 26
31st December 1998

Hard Labour, Worthless Tories by Sean Gabb
Issue 25
30th December 1998

Reflections on the Pinochet Case by Sean Gabb
Issue 24
25th November 1998

Why the Hereditary Peers 
Should Stay in the House of Lords
by Sean Gabb

Issue 23
25th October 1998

From a Reluctant Supporter: 
An Open Letter to William Hague, 
Leader of the British Conservative Party
by Sean Gabb

Issue 22
16th September 1998

Thoughts on the New Geography of British Politics by Sean Gabb
Issue 21
10th August 1998

How and How not to Win 
The War of English Independence
by Sean Gabb

Issue 19
7th July 1998

Dr Pirie has Not Changed Trains 
(But Remains Waiting on the Platform
by Sean Gabb

Issue 18
3rd July 1998

Dr Pirie Changes Trains
(But Continues in the Same Direction)
by Sean Gabb

Issue 17
10th May 1998

Nothing Original, but Still Worth Sending Out: 
Another 1400 Words Against Drug Prohibition
by Sean Gabb

Issue 16
15th April 1998

The Attack on the Motor Car by Sean Gabb
Issue 15
30th March 1998

Why Drinking and Driving 
Should not be a Crime: Version Two,
by Sean Gabb

Issue 14
9th March 1998

Armed Men on the Streets of London, by Sean Gabb
Issue 13

28th February 1998

How to Get Rid of New Labour, and Why it Will Probably not be Done: 
An Open Letter to William Hague, Leader of the Conservative Party by Sean Gabb
Issue 12

19th February 1998

The People vs Jerry Sadowitz: A Public Warning,
by Sean Gabb
Issue 11

16th February 1998

More on the British Encryption Ban: An Open Letter to Nigel Hickson of the Department of Trade and Industry in London by Sean Gabb
Issue 10

10th February 1998

Next Week's British Encryption Ban by Sean Gabb
Issue 9

21st February 1998

Review of Paul Verhoeven's film version of Starship Troopers by Sean Gabb
Issue 8

10th June 1998

Introducing Brian Micklethwait by Sean Gabb
Issue 7

12th December 1997

Why Drinking and Driving Should not be a Crime by Sean Gabb
Issue 6

10th December 1997

Another Rant Against the Metric System by Sean Gabb
Issue 5

27th October 1997,

One Europe, One Union, One Faith? Comments on the Persecution of Scientologists in Europe by Sean Gabb
Issue 4

5th October 1997,

They Were Stuffed: How Not to Stand up for Guns in England by Sean Gabb
Issue 3

29th September 1997,

On Money Laundering and the New World Order: Two Book Reviews by Sean Gabb
Issue 2
7th September 1997,

Why Libertarians Should Sing "God Save the Queen" by Sean Gabb
Issue 1

1st September 1997,

Why the English Should Welcome Scottish Independence by Sean Gabb