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Derek
Age: born in the 1930s, The British Islands
I have long considered that powerful government, with its strong tendency for detailed, prescriptive regulation of everything, is a very negative influence on a society's beneficial development. Conversely, that individual freedom and personal responsibility are absolutely crucial.

I believe that, although a good proportional voting system (like the Single Transferable Vote) is a valuable step towards a functioning democracy, democracy itself, without extremely powerful constitutional safeguards can and often does lead to abuse of minorities. In other words it cannot be right that a majority can vote to take the property of a minority, no matter how small.

My specialized subject is Gun Control and its costs and effects.
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    Username:     Derek
    Age:     born in the 1930s
    Gender:     Male
Political Interests
BNP - banning of
ISLAM - the best products, the worst salesmen?
BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY - USA - Special Relationship - America's Poodle
LEGISLATION - Health and Safety
CRIME - death penalty
LEGISLATION - liberty - smoking in public places
CRIME - euthanasia
MOTORING - higher parking permit charges for gas-guzzling vehicles
DRUGS
NF - banning of
EDUCATION - Britain's lousy schools
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
EDUCATION - state funding of religious schools
PARTY FUNDING - public funding?
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
PROSTITUTION
EUROPEAN UNION - EU Treaty Referendum
RACE RELATIONS - censorship - Racial & Religious Hatred Act 2006
EUROPEAN UNION - national sovereignty
RACISM - offensiveness and rudeness
FAMILY - marriage contract
SUNDAY TRADING - a day of rest?
FOXHUNTING BAN
TAXATION - flat rate tax - UKIP
FREE SPEECH - "Holocaust denial" - David Irving
TAXATION - Inheritance Tax
FREE SPEECH - repatriation (voluntary and compulsory)
WELFARE STATE - or lower taxes and smaller government?
ISLAM - the Archbishop of Canterbury and Sharia
ZIMBABWE NOW, RHODESIA THEN

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