How Free is Britain?

Social Affairs Unit ^ | Feb 22 05 | Anthony Daniels

[ijcr]

Quick quiz.

Anthony Daniels is a writer and retired earlier this year as a doctor.Daniels has had many of his articles posted on FR under his nom de plume.

So without using a search engine...what is Dr. Daniels' nom de plume?

[GeronL]

Brityank?

[A Jovial Cad]

Don't know about his nom de plume, but I do know the answer to his question: "How free is Britain?"

Answer: not very. As Admiral Nelson used to say, thank God I live in a civilized country.

[GeronL]

I wonder if Mad Ivan knows...

[datura]

How free is Britain today? More so than they will be tomorrow. Just wait until that EU "Constitution" takes full effect. Having a German hobnail boot on their throat and a French high heel on their b@lls ought to make them really feel like they've become part and parcel of "Europe". (Or should I say Eurabia?)

[endthematrix]

It's all a matter of compromise.
Freedom is undefined.
Some visualize world peace, I see world police.

[endthematrix]

Yeah, but now you can travel Europe and handle currency without inconvenience...

[GeronL]

You can do that in the US too.. =o)

[Navy Patriot]

Interesting article. I'm afraid the US isn't far behind.

[ijcr]

His articles appear in City Journal and at times in the Daily Telegraph.

[A Jovial Cad]

As that is a matter of utter indifference to me, I haven't thought to ask...

[MadIvan]

I don't feel less than free. But then again, I'm not in a highly regulated profession like a doctor. The biggest bit of regulation I have to face at the moment is Sarbanes Oxley since I work for an American firm.

PS - you'd be better off asking a fencepost than Jovial Cad what he thinks, he's an anti-British bigot.

Regards, Ivan

[Michael81Dus]

It surely isn´t. What kind of freedom is it when you are not allowed to drink a beer on the (public) beach, or aren´t allowed to smoke even in bars, restaurants? Buckle up, it´s the law, ok, I get this since it´s not a big thing and it serves you as well as the society both. But where does it end?

[ccmay]

I don't feel less than free

Ivan, dear boy,

You should take a look at Nanny Knows Best if you've never seen it. If even half of what they say is true, the Englishman's liberties are a shadow of what they once were.

-ccm

[MadIvan]

The fact that we complain as much as we do about an intrusive state is indicative of our basic liberties still being in place.

I should point out, it's apparent that both the Tories and Liberals are going to run the next election partially on a platform of rolling back some of the encroachments Labour has made.

Regards, Ivan

[leadhead]

Remember the good old days? When it seemed like Heath, Wilson, Callaghan were always battling the Miner's Union? Or, saving the pound from IMF restrictions? So simple back then.

[MadIvan]

For me the good old days were when Mrs. Thatcher was handbagging the hell out of everyone.

Regards, Ivan

[oursouls]

"Don't know about his nom de plume, but I do know the answer to his question: "How free is Britain?" Answer: not very. As Admiral Nelson used to say, thank God I live in a civilized country." Well Mr Chad, or may I call you Jovial? Accodring to http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm Great Britiain is the 7th most economically free nation at the moment, with the USA lying in 13th position. Now I accept that this is a measure of economic freedom, but I think you'll find that economic and social freedoms tend to go hand in hand. So perhaps you should look at your definition of "a civilised country"

[A Jovial Cad]

Oh, really? Interesting nonsense you've posted there; but thanks for playing.

"oursouls: Since 2005-02-20."

Now why, oh why, does that somehow not surprise me?

...(snicker)...

[oursouls]

So you can offer no rebuttal of my points other than to call it "nonsense" with no accompanying argument or justification and to point your finger at the date when I registered on this site?

My, what an intelligent fellow you are.