THE LAST DITCH

Link: BBC NEWS | Politics | End Labour deputy post, MPs urge.

It would be good if they would show the same concern for the nation’s finances by abolishing the utterly pointless office of “Deputy Prime Minister.” Actually, they could usefully demolish his office. Preferably with the old rogue in it.

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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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