THE LAST DITCH

Progressivism is about selling fantastic dreams  - work less, earn more,
play more, become more attractive, be more admired by your peers, end
hunger, end poverty, create world peace, abolish cancer, save the
whales, save the planet all by simply voting once every few years and
telling people, hey, I voted for cool. Musicians, actors,
comedians… all manner of people who depend on being ‘in’ and ‘hip’ to
make a living align themselves with progressive politics. Cos it’s cool.
It’s one giant circle-jerk of ‘cool’.

Charlotte Gore

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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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