THE LAST DITCH
…is to be claimed by right and left. It’s always idiocy, of course, to judge a historical figure’s views by the standards of today. He had ideas about social security and land tax, which might not have worked out as well as his ideas about liberty, but he hated tyranny above all. Whether you are an admirer of the man from left or right, right or wrong, please enjoy the song…
Yes, political distinctions are becoming less relevant as the threat of the impostion of state tyranny breathes down our neck. There’ll be some strange bedfellows in the next few years as the battle lines are drawn. Already, the TUC is not all that far away from the conservative Nothing British in decrying extremist groups.
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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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