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Continue reading →: Safe in Cannes
I breakfasted handsomely at my castle hotel in Italy, looking out at the splendid landscaped gardens, which must alone cost many thousands to maintain. I was alone for dinner in the restaurant last night and there was only one couple in the breakfast room this morning. I am a little…
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Continue reading →: Goodbye Yoko
I had a great breakfast in Lucerne and set off in good spirits. The only nagging concern in my mind was that the blood/alcohol limit for driving in Switzerland is low and I'd had a skinful of wine and martinis the night before. Best not to get breathalysed eh? Yoko…
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Continue reading →: To Luxembourg and back to Luxembourg again
Gentles all, this was my plan. In my first serious road trip for a long time, I aimed to visit seven good friends (five of whom I haven't seen since before COVID) and to begin to enjoy life again after a miserable period of which I have already said…
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Continue reading →: On the road again
My political despair is too profound to blog on my once-usual subjects. The “deep state”in the UK has grown enormously under the “Conservatives” so they don’t now even serve as a brake on Britain’s crazed (and yet seemingly popular) lurch towards totalitarianism. I carefully don’t say communism or socialism, because…
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Continue reading →: Three hours that will fix your character and soul?
3 HOURS THAT WILL FIX YOUR CHARACTER & SOUL – Jordan Peterson Motivation – YouTube Firstly, let me wish you a happy new year. I hope 2023 proves to be a good one for you all. A friend sent me this video a while ago. He didn't say why.…
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Continue reading →: Of Collective Punishment
The key battle of ideas is (and in modern times has always been) between collectivism and individualism. Gentle reader, you know which side I favour. We have a problem though. Humans are pack animals, hard-wired to approve of those who sacrifice for the greater good of family, friends or nation.…
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Continue reading →: Season’s Greetings
Our state tormentors are taking a break, which makes the holidays even more special for decent folk. However you celebrate – please enjoy. Life is for living, as best as we each can, Whatever our problems and regrets, there is joy to be found in the company of family and…
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Continue reading →: Of a particular Crown Court jury
I was picked for a jury in the end. Our verdict was delivered last Thursday. I can now discuss the case and the proceedings in court but it remains illegal to discuss our deliberations. I will say nothing here about what went on in the jury room. All opinions are my…
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Continue reading →: Why are we a soft touch for Albanian “asylum seekers”
As a libertarian, I’d be happy to abolish immigration controls as soon as we have dismantled the welfare state. The only immigrants then would have job offers and/or a viable business plan. Any asylum seekers would be genuine. We would have a list of persona non grata to avoid international…
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Continue reading →: Of juries #2
If, gentle reader, you had hopes of more posts this week I must disappoint you. With great haste, to spare the taxpayer the cost of today’s lunch and half the minimal loss of earnings allowance for today, the clerks just discharged everyone not currently serving on a jury. Those of us…
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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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