Lynne
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36711595 Pound slides to 31 year low against the dollar. (anyone going to the States anytime soon?)
Yes I agree there is a dilemma between complete freedom of speech (as, say, put forward by Article 19) and what is allowed in practice. For example, in this country we have the laws of slander and libel and laws relating to promoting terrorism and incitement to racial hatred. Freedom of Speech is not quite as straightforward a concept then, as might at first be thought?
I have in my hand a newspaper. At the back, like many newspapers it has a sports section. Will I read that section? No. Why? Because I find sport boring. Should I write to the editor of that newspaper and say 'stop reporting on sport because I find it boring'. No. Why not? Because I recognise that whilst I find it boring for others it is of great interest. See what I'm ...
Anyone got anything to say on the subject? I rather like this. Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1949). Article 19 states that "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of ...
What bit of 'it may be boring for you but not for others' is it that you don't understand?
Because other people just might be interested in what we have to say Margaret. It is, as you say, a public forum. Just because you aren't interested, doesn't mean to say others (who may not even post) are not. As I have said to you (and others) before, if you are not interested in what we write about then don't read what we have to say. Simple.
Economists and business people eh? Would they fall into the 'expert' category that Michael Gove said people were fed up with? And as for the Governor of the Bank of England. Well! I mean! What on earth does he know about anything?! We wouldn't want an expert in charge of the BoE, would we? Heaven forbid!
From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/07/05/the-paradoxes-at-the-heart-of-the-brexit-campaign-make-planning/ “Leave= an alliance between ultra libertarian free market advocates who wanted to position the UK to take full advantage of globalization and large swathes of the population who felt that this trend had gone far enough already. Thank you very much. One group saw the EU as a ...
Why are they planning a new visitor centre at the Warren when I thought they had to have a SANGS at Warren Farm so that people didn't visit the Warren. Anyone?
Isn't Jaguaar/British Leyland owned by TATA motors of India? Wonder where the steel comes from to make those cars?
