The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

THE LAST DITCH

£404,000,000,000 stolen

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Climate Change Act: Now the world faces its biggest ever bill – Telegraph.

The important point in this story is that our Parliament enacted a law without knowing it would cost £404 billion. Come to think of it there's another important point; our journalists are so lame that the said important point will not be the top item on every news broadcast and the front page lead of every newspaper today.

Arguably, there's a third important fact; our laws are so lame that it is not treason to vote so negligently.

4 responses to “£404,000,000,000 stolen”

  1. Chuckles Avatar
    Chuckles

    I despair of you legal types. It IS treason, that it is not however illegal/against the law is even more criminal.

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  2. Suboptimalplanet.blogspot.com Avatar
    Suboptimalplanet.blogspot.com

    “our journalists are so lame that the said important point will not be the top item on every news broadcast and the front page lead of every newspaper today.”
    I don’t dispute the lameness of our journalists, but it’s not clear why this story should be in today’s papers. The article you linked to was from 23 May 2009.
    Has something new happened?
    Your other points stand, in any case.

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  3. jameshigham Avatar
    jameshigham

    Getting so far beyond a joke now. What’s beyond red – scarlet?

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  4. Tom Paine Avatar
    Tom Paine

    How embarrassing. I am not sure how it found its way into my newsreader, but I shall be more careful in future. Apologies.

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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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