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This week on Voices
All the articles put out on Voices for a Free Future over the last week, in case you missed any.
Smashing Through the Bureaucratic Mindset
I just learned the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions writes to people as they approach age 80 with the great news that their state pension is going up. They are told they will receive the Age Addition of 25p a week.
We Cannot Forget That All People Are Created Equal
Thomas Jefferson once wrote that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights. He was, as most people who say sensible things about the dignity of the individual tend to be, drawing on the English philosopher John Locke. In his
You Can’t Stop the Boats While Supporting Middle East Chaos
There is a glaring contradiction at the heart of Britain’s migration debate. The same politicians who warn constantly about Islamic migration into Europe are often the most enthusiastic advocates of the military interventions that destabilise the Middle East. They want fewer boats arriving in Kent. But they also support the policies that create the people who end up on them.
