THE LAST DITCH
If you are employees of the British State, you may kill and neither be brought to trial nor named. Everyone else accused of a crime must endure the publicity until acquitted at trial. Before those who cannot distinguish between an accusation and a proven fact rant in the comments, let me say that – if Mr Al Fayed is guilty – he will deserve all he gets.
The important word in that sentence (as every educated person in Britain used to understand) is "if".
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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The Last Ditch by Tom Paine 
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