tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post786053588817692210..comments2024-03-28T23:49:28.343+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: The Fantasy of English FreedomDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-39116508972471298972021-02-22T19:40:29.978+00:002021-02-22T19:40:29.978+00:00Bless. You cannot have understood a word of his ar...Bless. You cannot have understood a word of his article.<br /><br />It is bordering on a miracle that we have never had ID cards since the War, since the idea of their introduction has always been enormously popular. Always.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-48989158571587518892021-02-22T16:42:28.095+00:002021-02-22T16:42:28.095+00:00Absolutely agree that the leftwing hate speech law...Absolutely agree that the leftwing hate speech laws of the Blair era and the Communist China style lockdown demonstrate how far we have fallen.<br /><br />But to see what a free country we were, just compare the fierce opposition to national ID cards here with Continental Europe where compulsory ID cards have been the norm ever since Napoleon. Jury trial, the presumption of innocence, free assembly, independent judges and unlicensed newspapers are the things that make England free (all of which he curiously doesn't mention in this article).<br /><br />But of course he's right that the lockdown, and the public support for it, shows that our present poorly educated PC generation if 'wokies' has pissed this wonderful inheritance away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com