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Philip Pullman¹ wrote a piece for the Times about Britain's stealthy conversion to a police state. It would appear that Times Online has managed to break/lose/redact the link to this article.

christiffer noticed this and pulled it out of his cache, posting it here. duoinchains posted a link, and ephemera reposted the text of the article, and now I am doing the same, partly because I wanted a copy for myself ...

( The article )

Now, wonder why that's vanished? And yes, I know it's somewhat in the manner of a polemic, although a well-written one with nice literary allusions. But it does raise what some might refer to as "a few points".

A rough transcript of Philip Pullman's keynote speech, mentioned above, is here.

¹ I am told there may be some dispute about the attribution of this to Mr Pullman.

New legislation coming into force on 1st October 2007 increases the holiday rights for those working a five day week to 24 days a year. Which means that I will get another day a year, as I get 20 days and an additional three between Christmas and New Year which don't count as part of our allocation, but would probably be included.

Additionally, from April 2009, the statutory allowance will be 28 days.

Meanwhile, I'm also trying to push for an additional day per year of service. This may have something to do with the fact that I'm one of the longest-serving members of staff ...