Political Beliefs
Tame did not believe in seeking political power nor propagandising the masses, but saw the importance of influencing the intellectual debate. Under the umbrella of the Libertarian Alliance, he published prolifically. One such work published in 1979 bore the title "Taxation is Theft". In addition to writing, he enjoyed engaging in debate with visitors to his shop.
Tame was equally opposed to censorship. During the Thatcher years, he exposed the contradictions of Conservatives who claimed to support free market economics yet demanded that "obscene" publications be censored. At the Conservative Party conference in 1990, Tame disrupted a rally organised by censorship advocate Mary Whitehouse by masterminding an invasion by scantily clad models claiming to be "Conservatives against sex censorship."
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