THE LAST DITCH

Today is a dangerous day for freedom. Lord Leveson's report has been read overnight by the politicians and civil servants and will be revealed to us this afternoon. All we know is that it's 2,000 pages long and composed by, and under the advice, of people who trust the state more than they trust Rupert Murdoch.

I am not sure any sensible person should trust either, but here's a suggestion as to someone we should definitely distrust; anyone who says freedom (the absence of external restraint) can strengthened by regulation (external restraint). All such people are – at best – dishonest. They are not confined to the overtly authoritarian Labour and Liberal Democrat parties.

Listen for their characteristic siren call today. They are your enemies.

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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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  1. jameshigham's avatar

    It’s difficult, Tom, to find the right word for it. “Feminisation” is not bad for describing the softening of boundaries…

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  3. Lord T's avatar

    I’m generally against more laws but would make an exception for this. Goose, Gander, etc. We should be using their…

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  5. tom.paine's avatar

    That’s a modern “more law” approach — and certainly consistent with our Establishment’s current aggressive approach. However I don’t want…