THE LAST DITCH

From China I can’t get to her blog but Rachel from North London has both told it like it is and fed enough of it to RSS for me to read it. I want to send you there and I want you, if you please, to do exactly as she directs. Not because she was a victim of terrorist violence, but because she is right.

All credit to her for keeping her wits and speaking sooth when she could have succumbed to victimhood and self-pity instead though. For that (and for recognising the worth of unsung hero Shami Chakrabati) she deserves much praise.

So (corrected, with thanks to those who pointed out it was broken) here’s the link

3 responses to “Rachel speaks sooth”

  1. John Williamson Avatar
    John Williamson

    The link doesn’t appear to work, but if you hold the mouse over the full stop, you get to Rachel’s blog. I was about to give up, thinking there was some connection with your not being able to get to the blog form China, but it may just be mis-coding.

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  2. Rachel Avatar

    http://rachelnorthlondon.blogspot.com/2008/03/42-days-no.html
    Ah bless you.
    Link above. How fortuitous I was just checking sitemeter.
    I had no idea I was banned by China, tsk.
    Must be the Tibet stuff.

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  3. Tom Paine Avatar

    You are unbanned today, Rachel. Indeed the whole blogspot domain is open. Typepad is still blocked though.

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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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