THE LAST DITCH

Link: Telegraph | News | German politician tells heckler to shave .

To me, the interesting aspect of this story is that a left-wing German politician could say what would be politically-unthinkable in Britain, where “the most vulnerable members of society” are, in truth, those who work for a living – only to be taxed viciously to support the idle.

Dave Cameron may (finally) be on to something with his notion that the Conservatives should be seen as the party of the working man. Labour, after all, has positioned itself firmly as the party that passes the taxes paid by honest workers to the workshy and those in non-jobs.

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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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