Daily Sound: Thursday 17th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

The Loony Left

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1943: RAF raid smashes German dams

Daily Thatcherite

Daily Reaganite


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YBF attends launch of the Reform Section 5 Campaign

This morning, the Young Britons’ Foundation attended the launch of a new Campaign, Reform Section 5, which seeks to reaffirm free speech in Great Britain. Shockingly, Section 5 of the Public Order Act makes it an offence to use ‘insulting’ language. This has led to a number of incidents, many of them involving students. The Young Britons’ Foundation firmly supports this excellent Campaign, and encourages students who believe in free speech, liberty and freedom to support it.

  • An Oxford University student was locked up overnight after he asked a policeman: “Excuse me, do you realise your horse is gay?” He was arrested under the Public Order Act for making ‘offensive homophobic comments’. Sam Brown, who had been out celebrating the end of his exam, was asked to pay an £80 fine and locked up when he refused to pay. Prosecutors later dropped the case.
  • A 16-year-old from Newcastle was arrested and fined £200 when a policeman overheard him saying “woof” to a labrador. The decision was later overturned by a jury.
  • Another 16-year-old was charged under Section 5 for demonstrating outside the Church of Scientology’s UK HQ with a placard which read: ‘Scientology is a dangerous cult’

This ludicrous restriction on free speech must end, it is a nefarious restriction of our freedom. For more information click here.

Daily Sound: Wednesday 16th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

The Loony Left

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2001: John Prescott punches protester

Daily Thatcherite

“Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.”

Daily Reaganite

“Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known.”

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Daily Sound: Tuesday 15th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

The Loony Left

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1957: Britain drops its first H-bomb

Daily Thatcherite

“I want to get totally rid of class distinction. As someone put it one of the papers this morning: Marks and Spencer have triumphed over Karl Marx and Engels.”

Daily Reaganite

“Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.”

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Daily Sound: Monday 14th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

The Loony Left

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1991: Nelson Mandela’s wife jailed for kidnap

Daily Thatcherite

“Gracious…I haven’t paid my bill. Good Conservatives always pay their bills. Not like the Socialists who run up other people’s bills.”

Daily Reaganite

“Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.”

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Daily Sound: Friday 11th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

The Loony Left

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1963: Moscow jails British ‘spy’

Daily Thatcherite

“I’m making some changes, Geoffrey, and they will involve the Foreign Office.”

Daily Reaganite

“Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”

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Daily Sound: Thursday 10th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

The Loony Left

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1940: Churchill becomes leader during WW2

Daily Thatcherite

“I want to get totally rid of class distinction. As someone put it one of the papers this morning: Marks and Spencer have triumphed over Karl Marx and Engels.”

Daily Reaganite

“Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.”

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Daily Sound: Wednesday 9th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

The Loony Left

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1999: Chinese anger at embassy bombing

Daily Thatcherite

“It is absolutely right that President Reagan considers SDI and thank goodness people considered nuclear research before the last war.”

Daily Reaganite

“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.”

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Daily Sound: Tuesday 8th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

Loony Left

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1945: Churchill announces end of war with Germany

Daily Thatcherite

“I am an undiluted admirer of American values and the American dream and I believe they will continue to inspire not just the people of the United States but millions across the face of the globe.”

Daily Reaganite

“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”

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Daily Sound: Friday 4th May 2012

Today’s Top Stories and Opinion

Loony Left

Mayoral Election Update

Live election results

On this day…

1979: Election victory for Margaret Thatcher

Daily Thatcherite

“A democratic Europe of nation states could be a force for liberty, enterprise and open trade. But, if creating a United States of Europe overrides these goals, the new Europe will be one of subsidy and protection”

Daily Reaganite

“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.”

Upcoming Events

Career Workshop – Working In Parliament: 9 May. Click here for tickets

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