I’ve got another piece up on Comment Is Free here, which you might like. I’ve been thinking that what Libertarians like me want is a limited Government (not simply a ‘small’ Government)… and it occurs to me that a Hung Parliament, which puts an end to the ability of Majority Governments to bulldoze populist, authoritarian legislation through, sounds pretty good to me.

Lucky me! I’ve got another piece on Comment Is Free, in the Liberty Central section. Funnily enough, this may not be the strangest thing that happens today – if the other thing happens there may be a space-time paradox catastrophe event – you’ve been warned.

The piece is about whether or not it’s right for the Government to kick entire families off the internet without going through the courts (well, duh).

So here’s the key question: do we want to live in a society where people can be cut off from the internet without a trial, without a jury and without proving they committed any offence at all?

Say no to Asbos for downloaders

It must be final day of the Lib Dem conference. Completely out of the blue I get an email from Comment is Free inviting me to submit something. I fired something out before setting off in my car for Halifax, only to discover they needed another paragraph. Ended up stopping at Service Stations trying to find some Wi-Fi, then realised I had 15 minutes left on the Laptop battery. Whoops. I had to stop again to send them a photo. Was quite exciting really – the finished piece is here.

And yes, this really happened…

I’d heard Gordon Brown on the radio earlier in the day claiming the reason he wanted to reduce the Trident fleet to 3 was because of concerns about nuclear proliferation. So, of course, I said:

“This is classic Gordon Brown. Who else would reduce the number of submarines to 3 and then claim he’s doing it to save the world, when everyone knows we can’t afford to replace one sub, never mind 3.”

I also made the point that Nick gave his speech at the same time Obama was giving his. Not good.

But yes, that’s my dose of mainstream media. Whether or not this is something that’s repeated is a complete mystery. I suspect the reality is that things will return to normal soon. All this sort of thing is actually highly disruptive to my normal blogging – I apologise. Normal service will be resumed shortly.