THE LAST DITCH
Only in Moscow could you find a swimming pool (for demonstrating swimwear), a classic Jaguar, an antique shop selling a World War II machine gun and more staff than shoppers in a shopping centre on a Sunday afternoon.
Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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The Last Ditch by Tom Paine 
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