THE LAST DITCH
The gentlemen of the press are not impressed. "It's not even worth exercising my finger for this" one commented. Has he lit the fuse?" asked another. They were here though. When the fireworks in the mock barrel of gunpowder went off, they suddenly became interested. "Surely it's time for the police to put a stop to it now" one said and moved forward. Only violence would have been news.
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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