THE LAST DITCH
Link: BBC NEWS | Politics | Oatens caught up in military coup.
Poor Mrs Oaten. Doesn’t she realise that, for so long as she stays with him, she will always end up in the ****? And did no stray thoughts cross her mind when he suggested Bangkok for their holidays?
Still, it may yet work out for her. The sight of the youthful elite of HM the King of Thailand’s army may stimulate her husband’s appetites, but their curfew will restrict access to the Patpong Road.
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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