-
Continue reading →: Scenes from Berlin
I like Berlin. Architecturally it's wonderfully mixed. It has the best traffic management and junction design in Europe (so you can actually drive there) and it has great museums and galleries. It's well worth a city break. Here are some of my photographs from the past couple of days.
-
Continue reading →: Good for her age?
The entertainment at our gala dinner in Berlin last night was provided by "Marlene Dietrich". She seems to be in remarkably good condition for a woman who died, aged 90, 17 years ago. Any views on this lady's resemblance to the famous original?
-
Continue reading →: Fear of the future
About Magnus Lindkvist – Pattern Recognition. I have just attended a fascinating presentation in Berlin by a young futurologist from Sweden, Magnus Lindkvist. The YouTube below is of him speaking (less well, in my view) at a TED event. His blog "Pattern Recognizing" is here. Today, he was addressing a…
-
Continue reading →: What does this say about Labour supporters?
Voters believe Labour is not telling truth about public finances – poll | Politics | The Guardian. To me, the most telling words in this Guardian piece are these; Even Labour supporters do not trust their party: only 36% of current Labour supporters, and just 26% of its 2005 voters,…
-
Continue reading →: The House of Lords 1 is innocent!
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Lady Scotland risks migrant fine. Lady Scotland is innocent. I believe she didn't know her servant from Tonga had no right to work in the UK. However, it's hard to feel sorry for a member of a government that created the situation…
-
Continue reading →: Coming soon….
Click to enlarge – comments and suggestions from more talented designers welcome.
-
Continue reading →: Nick Clegg is un-English
I watched Andrew Marr interview the leader of the illiberal non-democrats this morning. I believe his name is Clegg. He seems very representative of his pernicious party. Distinguishing the LibDems from the Tories on civil liberties, he said indignantly that the Tories wanted to abolish the Human Rights Act, calling…
-
Continue reading →: New Statesman loses argument, conceals evidence
New Statesman – Tory racism: crystal clear. The link above is to one of many preserved copies on the web (courtesy of Alessandre Bieri) of James Macintyre's notorious New Statesman article accusing the Conservative Party of being institutionally racist. It is a refreshing, rare example of a conclusive outcome to…
-
Continue reading →: Personal tutors, paid for by the International Monetary Fund?
Ed Balls: personal tutors for 300,000 pupils – Telegraph. Does Mr Balls even read the papers?
-
Continue reading →: A proper sense of priorities
American Thinker: Community service is not what made America great. Reading the Institute of Directors' journal over lunch today my heart began to sink. Almost every story seemed to reference "social enterprise," companies' "green credentials" or "corporate social responsibility." Our "educators," the media and the luvvies of the art world…
THE LAST DITCH
Your blogger
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.”
Socials
Subscribe
Receive content by email
Latest comments
I miss the more traditional Anglican services that I remember from my younger years. I haven’t regularly attended church services…
I’m an optimistic person but also a practical one. We need to take action and waiting for some deity to…
I am not sure if you’re encouraging me to be more optimistic or not?
Ukraine isn’t really doing anything spectacular. The terrorists of the middle east have been using simpler kit for decades successfully.…
ARCHIVES
Blogspot Archive Mar 2005 – Sep 2006
TypePad/WordPress Archives Sep 2006 – date
The Great American Road Trip of 2013
The Great American Road Trip Posts
First post (in case you want to read it from the beginning)
The Last Ditch by Tom Paine 
She may be gone but you have all those wonderful memories :-)