Best of the web 22/10/09

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Hi and welcome to our new series of posts rounding up the best articles on the web each day courtesy of bloggerscircle.net

The failed attempts to destabilise the BNP
For all the efforts by the political establishment to (rightly) undermine the BNP, the EHRC’s success in getting the BNP to agree to changing their all-whites membership is a shot in the foot, and only plays into the hands of Nick Griffin. Read on:
http://raincoatoptimism.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/the-failed-attempts-to-destabilise-the-bnp/

In praise of idiots
Why to we think apathy is a bad thing?  The Greek idiot – a private person – is what we all should be!
http://theviewfromcullingworth.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-praise-of-idiots.html

Why I am not a libertarian
An Open Letter to Libertarians and Socialists: A spectre is haunting the blogosphere ? the spectre of Libertarianism. I want to be a libertarian, it all seems so simple, beautiful and straightforward. However, the overwhelming weight of evidence in favour of Socialism pushes me in the other direction.
http://leftoutside.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/an-open-letter-to-liberarians-and-socialists-why-i-am-not-a-libertarian/

Why Jan Moir and the Daily Mail will escape disciplinary action
Joining the debate with currybet and Mark Pack: Jan Moir and the Daily Mail will escape action over the Stephen Gately story if the PCC’s precedent is anything to go by.
http://blog.matthewcain.co.uk/why-jan-moir-daily-mail-will-escape-disciplinary-action/