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Link: Tim Worstall: Brown and Civil Liberties.

Tim hits the target with total precision here. Why can’t the media make comments like this?

Lord Carlile, who was appointed by the Government to monitor its anti-terrorism legislation, said: "There is no stronger evidence needed for more demanding controls than disappearances."

Remember that Carlile is the man supposed to be looking out for our interests in all of this. His reading of the facts is that when three innocents (they have been charged and convicted of nothing) avoid their unjust imprisonment, this is proof that we must jug more said innocents.

Precisely. Hilariously, Lord Carlile calls himself a Liberal Democrat. He is neither.

2 responses to “Tim Worstall: Brown and Civil Liberties”

  1. Inspector Gadget Avatar

    I attended an Industrial Tribunal where Carlile was the Chairman many years ago. He was a complete clot and didn’t seem to understand what was going on even then.

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  2. Welshcakes Limoncello Avatar

    Yes, succinct and true. Tom, I’ve had difficulty getting into your blog for days. Last night only the left-hand half of the page appeared.

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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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