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Link: CNN.com – Blair wife quizzed on pretend slap – Sep 17, 2006. A shopkeeper makes a citizen’s arrest of a thief on a Saturday afternoon. She calls the police and they say the earliest they can attend to take a statement is next Wednesday. “What shall I do with…
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This blog began in March 2005 on Blogger and archives of the first 18 months can still be found at The Blogspot 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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