THE LAST DITCH

Link: Support for Labour hits 25-year low – Times Online.

Given the devastation wrought to civil liberties, it is amazing to me that anyone still intends to vote Labour. Still, it is encouraging that people are beginning to notice that our rulers may not be entirely on our side.

Apple_lisaTo put this in context, the last time Labour was so unpopular, this is what the latest computer looked like.

McDonald’s had only just introduced these.
Mcnuggets

And this was Labour’s idea of wind-power.Windbag

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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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  1. jameshigham's avatar

    It’s difficult, Tom, to find the right word for it. “Feminisation” is not bad for describing the softening of boundaries…

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  3. Lord T's avatar

    I’m generally against more laws but would make an exception for this. Goose, Gander, etc. We should be using their…

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  5. tom.paine's avatar

    That’s a modern “more law” approach — and certainly consistent with our Establishment’s current aggressive approach. However I don’t want…