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Samizdata quote of the day “If you think that Westminster exists in a bubble, you should try Brussels. For the 18th successive year, the auditors have failed to approve the EU’s accounts. Meanwhile, the EU wants much more money.”
– Roger Bootle. He is writing in the Daily Telegraph, but given that the DT now imposes a paywall on non-UK readers, I am not going to bother with the link.
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“…given that the DT now imposes a paywall on non-UK readers, I am not going to bother with the link.”
Didn’t stop you linking to the paywalled WSJ in the Danish Fat Tax story (below), though!
Johnathon,
Why not just include the link, along with a warning that it’s behind a paywall and may only be accessible to paying subscribers? That seems to be the policy at other websites towards paid content.
In any event, I understand the Telegraph only charges overseas readers for content, and then only those who access more than 20 articles a month.
In case you’re wondering, yes I do like the Daily Telegraph; enough in fact that I pay the subscription. (And no, I do not have any professional or financial connections with it.) It’s one of the few MSM publications which is pro low tax, anti-EU and has it least some sympathy to libertarian ideas. I feel its articles deserve a wider audience.
Well if people don’t mind, then I can put the link in.
I think SD’s suggestion (include the link with a paywall warning) makes sense.
In the case of the WSJ, Googling a sentence from the article, or even the headline, often delivers the full version, sans paywall.
I wonder whether the same approach might work with the DT.
Johnathan,
Sorry for mis-spelling your name.
SD.
I’m able to access the DT daily from Spain and read far more than 20 articles a month. What is this paywall you spaek of?
That’s true The other rob, and it works for most paywall sites like the Times too.
I just pasted the first sentence into Google and came up with this…
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/weve-back-foot-eu-ever-204642849.html
Other sites seem to be doing the heavy lifting for us.
Here on Queenslands Sunny Gold Coast I have no problems with the DT.
What is this paywall you peak of? I see no sign of it.
There is a block for someone visiting from the West of Canada. It revealed itself on 02 Nov, apparently when I tried to read my 21st article of the month.
Cheers
That’s a good idea- put Westminster in a bubble! Make sure all the politicians are trapped inside, and leave them for future generations to find- a poisoned time capsule!
The “firewall” seems to be a simple cookie-based mechanism. If you clear your cookies regularly you might not see it. Or you can just use your browser’s private browsing mode.
Not that I have anything against the DT, but would anyone want to read more than 20 of its articles in a single month?
Meanwhile over at the other Union – the United States.
The Federal government borrowed more than 120 billion Dollars in the month of October – 22% more than last year (fake preelection boomlet – paid for with an unsustainable deficit).
120 billion Dollars (not the amount spent – just the amount borrowed in October) is more money than the European Union has spent (not borrowed) and not for one month – but over years.
Yes Britain out of the E.U.
But also Texas (and every other State) out of the U.S.