The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

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

It’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.