THE LAST DITCH
Today I am visiting my daughter at her school in Gloucestershire (the picture is the view from my hotel window) and attending a lecture by philosopher/arch-Guardianista, Professor AC Grayling. I am still digesting what he had to say. I am sure I will have something to say about it in due course.
You do get about, sir, don’t you?
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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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