http://crookedtimber.org/2008/11/13/42-writers-for-liberty/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/11/13/42-writers-for-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-258564 ejh Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:14:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8477#comment-258564 Yes, people used to say that twenty years ago under Thatcher. Then the Lords achieved one of its highest ever turnouts in order to pass the poll tax. Then they stopped saying it. Yes, people used to say that twenty years ago under Thatcher. Then the Lords achieved one of its highest ever turnouts in order to pass the poll tax. Then they stopped saying it.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2008/11/13/42-writers-for-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-258562 richard Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:55:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8477#comment-258562 The longer this decade goes on, the more I want the Lords to be running the country, instead of the Commons. Aside from the trivial election issue, they're <i>far</i> more democratically-minded. The longer this decade goes on, the more I want the Lords to be running the country, instead of the Commons. Aside from the trivial election issue, they’re far more democratically-minded.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2008/11/13/42-writers-for-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-258558 Paul Schutz Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:22:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8477#comment-258558 Brilliant. So powerful, and as relevant here in America as it is in the UK. Brilliant. So powerful, and as relevant here in America as it is in the UK.

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