What is our most important, fundamental right? To the author the answer is quite clear - it is freedom. And is our freedom best guaranteed by a socialist, communist, or capitalist system? Again, we are left in no doubt. The author is a firm advocate of capitalism, examining and dismissing the first two systems in turn.

To help convince us he applies his basic theories on a national, European and global scale. He first tackles some key domestic issues under the current Labour government and then looks at the EU’s propensity to become a superstate with a single army and currency.

He notes that communism, although still present in a few countries, is ‘crumbling away’ before capitalism. The people realise that free-enterprise capitalism is the only way, the right way, to make progress and gain greater freedom.

But we must guard against rogue states that support terrorism and develop weapons of mass destruction. We must stand up and fight for freedom, whatever the sacrifice.