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Link: Police to probe Ian Huntley suicide attempt

Suicide isn’t a crime. Nor is attempted suicide. Given his horrendous crime, Huntley’s desire to die is perfectly rational and it is his life to end if he wishes. So what crime is the "Ministry of Justice" (how I hate that un-English name) investigating? Huntley’s criminal negligence in botching the job, perhaps? If not, who will join me in a private prosecution of MiniJust for the real offence of wasting police time?

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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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