tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post1698644266084588047..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: David Davis would trounce anyoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-13638774991106516892008-06-24T15:07:00.000+01:002008-06-24T15:07:00.000+01:00As I understand it, polls tend to ask a question a...As I understand it, polls tend to ask a question along the lines of, "Do you agree that terror suspects should be allowed to be locked up for 42 days withouut charge?" <BR/><BR/>If the question were changed to, "Do you think YOU should be locked up for 42 days without charge if YOU are suspected of terrorism?" I suspect one would get a wildly different answer. <BR/><BR/>In these days of Islamist terror, people assume that the only ones being locked up are young Asian men with beards. Wait until they come for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-27847351787313499102008-06-15T12:12:00.000+01:002008-06-15T12:12:00.000+01:00Oldest unbroken democracy? The property qualifica...Oldest unbroken democracy? The property qualification was only abolished (for men) in 1884, and that doesn't seem very long ago...<BR/><BR/>If we take the view that the country was not democratic while it had the property qualification, which seems reasonable, a few countries would get in ahead of us. According to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland_as_a_federal_state" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia</A>, the modern Swiss constitution was adopted in 1874, for example.Pete Chownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341219285466768562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-54949567774440575792008-06-15T09:47:00.000+01:002008-06-15T09:47:00.000+01:00The Westminster Village is not so much out of sync...The Westminster Village is not so much out of sync, as cocooned inside an impermeable bubble of ignorant self regard and rank arrogance.<BR/><BR/>And breathe...Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936858144046032905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-89164889754536840702008-06-15T08:36:00.000+01:002008-06-15T08:36:00.000+01:00don't they presume guilt in that horrid place the ...don't they presume guilt in that horrid place the other side of the channel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com