The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

THE LAST DITCH

Cowards flinch and traitors sneer

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Worrying reading – Frank Field MP.

It's hard to believe that the most sensible words I can find written today – in blogosphere or msm – are from a Labour MP. "Worrying reading" indeed. Yet a Conservative opposition strongly positioned in the opinion polls still lacks the courage to state these obvious truths;

With public borrowing coming in at £200 billion, and the printing of
money as though there is no tomorrow, it is difficult to understand the
reasoning of those voices who prattle on about the dangers of cutting
public spending now.

Quite. Come on Cameron. Speak up for sanity.

2 responses to “Cowards flinch and traitors sneer”

  1. jameshigham Avatar
    jameshigham

    Traitors also flinch, Tom.

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  2. Man in a Shed Avatar
    Man in a Shed

    The dangers of cutting spending now are mostly to those politicians standing for re-election.
    But lets be clear the responsibility is Brown’s. There hasn’t been a UK opposition that has gone into a general election promising cuts since the 1920’s, or so I’m told.
    I also not that the latest govt borrowing figures are bad and tax receipts down 20% more than forecast.
    There’s a crunch coming as sure as night follows day.

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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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