THE LAST DITCH

Link: Labour’s lobby scandal-News-Politics-TimesOnline.

Bxp40362It’s good to see the Sunday Times returning to an honourable tradition of investigative journalism, after 10 years of – like the rest of the Murdoch empire – serving as New Labour lickspittles.

I am not surprised by this story. I continue to be surprised however by the lack of public fury. On the days when I am tempted to give up on my country it is not because it is run by bad men. There are always bad men anxious to have access to state power. I despair because my fellow citizens don’t seem to care. Until they do, no amount of investigative journalism will help.

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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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