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Peter Hitchens
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October 28, 1951
in Sliema, Malta
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Those interested in the unending drug debate may wish to go here to watch a recent debate organised by the IEA, in which I clashed with Christopher Snowdon and other ‘libertarians’ about the drug laws. One major issue of contention was the incessant pretence by drug decriminalisers that the British 1971 Misuse of drugs Act bears any resemblance whatsoever to US alcohol prohibition in the 1920s....
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The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith
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The Abolition of Britain: From Winston Churchill to Princess Diana
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The Broken Compass: How British Politics lost its way
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2009
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The Abolition Of Liberty: The Decline Of Order And Justice In England
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Cameron Delusion
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A Brief History Of Crime
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Monday Morning Blues
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The War We Never Fought: The British Establishment's Surrender to Drugs
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“Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent and rather dislike us as a nation and people, as friends of mine have found out by being on the edge of conversations where Americans assumed no Englishmen were listening.
And it is the English, specifically, who are the targets of this. Few Americans have heard of Wales. All of them have heard of Ireland and many of them think they are Irish. Scotland gets a sort of free pass, especially since Braveheart re-established the Scots' anti-English credentials among the ignorant millions who get their history off the TV.”
― Peter Hitchens
And it is the English, specifically, who are the targets of this. Few Americans have heard of Wales. All of them have heard of Ireland and many of them think they are Irish. Scotland gets a sort of free pass, especially since Braveheart re-established the Scots' anti-English credentials among the ignorant millions who get their history off the TV.”
― Peter Hitchens
“Far too many people—many of them academics, many politicians—continue to jabber about a supposed 'special relationship' between our two countries.
I used to think that no such thing existed. Recently, I have become convinced that it does, and that it is in fact a Specially Bad Relationship.”
― Peter Hitchens
I used to think that no such thing existed. Recently, I have become convinced that it does, and that it is in fact a Specially Bad Relationship.”
― Peter Hitchens
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| The Book Challenge: Stephanie's 2009 Book Challenge - Finished (almost) | 7 | 171 | Dec 31, 2009 10:13am | |
| The Atheist Book ...: Hitchens Memorial Petition | 4 | 13 | Jan 06, 2012 06:52am |
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