Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Anders Behring Breivik- he's sane, but many think his sentence isn't!

This morning my twitter feed is full of comments, many from the USA simply incredulous that Anders Behring Breivik, a sane person, can recieve a sentence of 21 years for killing 77 and wounding 240 of his fellow citizens. Ignore... Read more →

Lord Carey's Intervention ver1.01

In September this year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will deal with cases involving workers dismissed for 'expressing' their Christian beliefs. According today's Daily Telegraph, Lord Carey has filed a statement in the ECtHR to support the applicants.... Read more →

I'm Shocked. I Really am!

This morning, George Gideon Oliver Osborne, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, opened a little brown envelope from HMRC. Inside was a letter containing the information that many of our wealthiest people pay virtually no tax at all. For someone familiar... Read more →

The European Court of Human Rights usually gets it right?

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided that Abu Hamza and four other alleged terrorists can be extradited for trial the the United States. The decision is a powerful one, that could not have come as much... Read more →

Jeremy Hunt's retreat - cut off.

With the latest phone hacking disclosure in the guardian, I suspect last night the lawyers in the department of culture media and sport (dcms) were burning the midnight. jeremy hunt, the minister is now in a position that he can... Read more →

Boys and Girls come out to play

I'm grateful to Karen Watson for pointing me towards Mara Hvistendhahl's book ' Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men'. She points out uncontravertial fact that in many countries, and some states... Read more →

Spring Starlings

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Thought for the Day- When Reasons Fail.

' The conflict between science and religion is reducible to a simple fact of human cognition and discourse: either a person has good reasons for what he believes, or he does not. If there were good reasons to believe that... Read more →

dew on aquilegia leaves

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