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THE LAST DITCH

Farewell to M’Learned Friend

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TheFatBigot Opines: Why I'm no longer here.

There's no facility to leave a comment there, but I am sad to see that the Fat Bigot (who must be very thin, if his name is internally consistent) is giving up blogging. His reasoning is honourable, as any regular reader would expect, but I suspect he underestimates the level of interest in what he has to say. You will be missed, sir.

I note you say;

I can still make any points I really want to in comments elsewhere

I am sure that's true, but there is a guest slot for you here at the Last Ditch any time you like. Just drop me an email.

3 responses to “Farewell to M’Learned Friend”

  1. jameshigham Avatar
    jameshigham

    Oh please sir, may I have a guest post too? 🙂

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  2. Tom Paine Avatar
    Tom Paine

    I would be delighted, James. I have emailed you an invitation.

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  3. Rob Farrington Avatar
    Rob Farrington

    He’ll be much missed. I learned a lot from his posts – even if the subject was something I knew about already (and very often, it wasn’t), I left thinking about it in a different way.
    Mr Fat Bigot, if you wanted to make a point and to make people think, then you certainly succeeded here on Planet Rob.
    Here’s wishing you the best of health! And by the way, don’t just point out that it’s your leg that you’re in hospital for – always make sure they know WHICH leg. I had a knee operation ten years ago and I panicked slightly when one of the nurses drew an upside-down arrow with a magic marker on my right leg…

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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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