The Re-Election of Tyrant

Mr Obama has now been re-elected for a second and final term of office. He says he has still many things to do in his presidency. I agree. Running a powerful conflicted nation like the United States is not easy. There are many interested groups that lobby for what they want and many problems in the economy which must be solved.

Freedom of Speech

I am shocked and appalled that it is now an offence in the United Kingdom to distribute pamphlets entitled “Death penalty?” suggesting that homosexuality should be criminalised (perhaps I should say re-criminalised) and that homosexuals should be subject to the death penalty or some other punishment. There is a strong tradition of pamphleteering in this country and prosecuting pamphleteers was a field sport that I thought had become obsolete, but for governments anxious to control the moral behaviour of the governed old habits die hard .