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Continue reading →: Warsaw by night
I visited my old home town this week. I lived in Warsaw for 11 years and my children grew up there. It is delightfully provincial, even cute, compared to Moscow. Here are some night shots.
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Continue reading →: Thomas Paine
Link: Thomas Paine. Occasionally, I am criticised for using Tom Paine as my “nom de blog.” Leftists, in particular, object. They see good old Tom, once known as “the most dangerous man alive” as one of their own. They base this on his early promotion of income tax, social security,…
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Continue reading →: CF Diary: Martine Martin: How to make a “Tory Girl” from scratch
Link: CF Diary: Martine Martin: How to make a “Tory Girl” from scratch. Martine Martin’s experience of education turned her from Labour to Conservative. I found her CF article quite touching. It reminded me of my own counter-educational experiences at the hands of the Labour Party, which I have blogged…
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Continue reading →: 007 in Moscow
Casino Royale, playing today at a cinema on Novy Arbat in Moscow. What would Rosa Klebb think?
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Continue reading →: Do we have an Opposition?
Link: EU Referendum. EU Referendum has the courage to ask a question which could scarcely be more rhetorical. Meanwhile, Iain Dale lamely encourages our underequipped and otherwise neglected troops to do Dave Cameron’s job, while a New Labour stool pigeon commenting anonymously in response to Iain’s post stimulates a cathartic…
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Continue reading →: Terror alert
Link: Terror alert – Comment – Times Online. Much as I sympathise with the Brigadier’s annoyance, I have to say he was foolish to accept a caution. He now has a criminal record for carrying an offensive weapon. If caught in such a situation, you should insist on being charged…
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Continue reading →: A Free Society?
Link: Faith, fundamentalism and the fight for students’ souls – Britain – Times Online. From this story about legal action to contest the ban, I have belatedly discovered that my old student union, among others, has banned the University’s 77 year old Christian Union from meeting on its premises and…
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Continue reading →: Doctors face prison for denying right to die | the Daily Mail
Link: Doctors face prison for denying right to die | the Daily Mail. First the Labour Party denied us the right to free speech, criminalising what we say. Then, by penalising “hate crimes” more severely than others, they made clear that some lives are more valuable than others. Then they…
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Continue reading →: Rowdy families could be kicked out of their homes
Link: Telegraph | News | Rowdy families could be kicked out of their homes . John Reid’s approach to property rights does not seem to have changed much since his days as an overt Communist. Had Britain a written constitution, it would almost certainly protect the right to private property…
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Continue reading →: How English?
You are 97% English. Congratulations! You may now take your place as a subject of Her Majesty. “And did those feet In ancient times, Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God In England’s pleasant pastures seen?” Well, no, but it’s a cracking good tune.…
THE LAST DITCH
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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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