THE LAST DITCH

How does such an orderly and compliant society as Germany come to be the last one to allow its citzens to use their intelligence to decide how fast to drive? It was an extraordinary feeling to be free, just for a while and in one small respect, from the State and its sociopathic desire for control. Today it's back to being strangled by my Mother Country's apron strings.

I am sorry to leave my cute one-night residence in the Netherlands. I recommend it to anyone visiting – or passing through – Eindhoven.

Eindhoven 1107

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Speranza's billet in Eindhoven
Eindhoven 1101

The most interesting of wash basins

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    Henry Crun

    Had I known earlier, I would recommend visiting Hertogenbosch.

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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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