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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