I know this is quite old but I was telling my daughters about it over dinner last night and thought it could use another airing.
I rather like Romania; went in 1975 (I was 22, pretty broke, and wanted a holiday. Romania was incomparably cheap).…
THE LAST DITCH
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More data on your daughters, Tom. Now, about that invitation of yours.
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This is hilarious! I’m sharing it with my brother.
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Thanks for showing this lecture. It is humorous but there is a dreadful contemporary relevancy. It shows the mad absurdity of the inner workings of the crack-cocaine gangs that are active on our streets. There is a lot to think about!
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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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