LibUK Articles

Crossposted from A Very British Dude Jackart rebuts the Arguments put forward by Seth Finkelstein in his essay "libertarianism makes you stupid". It may well do, Seth, but not as much as collectivism.

Out of the blue mist comes Cameron, trying to convince his European partners that he is a Libertarian. Trying very hard to convince those around him that he had nothing to do with the state of the nation as it sits today.

Paying lip service to a Libertarian agenda now shows how feeble a leader the Tories really have, not strong enough to follow Conservative principles, still backed by big business, still intent on taking us into Europe, still part of the problem, not the solution.

Ian Parker-Joseph dismisses Cameron and introduces the Libertarian Party.

I will start with a conclusion. The police are there to detect and deter crime, uphold the law and keep the Queen's peace. Jackart argues they have failed. The conservatives's policies are a step in the right direction.

Belgium has been without a Government for 108 days - 108 days without the legislating, busybodying and patronising of government.

Mark Wallace investigates the lessons that can be learned by libertarians...

Many Libertarians focus on  big philosophical issues such as constitutonal reform and civil liberties, which is why a Party would have little traction with the general public. Whilst these big issues are important, the coal face where the individual interacts with the state is just as worthy of mining:

Jackart hacks away at small issues by suggesting that not regulating how long your local can serve you beer could lead to a libertarian future….

During some recent discussions with a couple of other libertarians, we attempted to come up with an idea of what a British Libertarian Party's Statement of Intent would look like.

Devil's Kitchen reveals his idea...

Jackart argues one can be simultaneously a Libertarian and Monarchist (cross-posted from a Very British Dude)

Liberty is defined in my Collins dictionary as:

The power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction

Yesterday on Longrider Blog, I railed at the illiberal anti-smoking lobby...

The Longrider looks at the death of liberty in Britain.

Dr Tim Evans comments on LibertarianUK on the The Libertarian Alliance blog and seems to approve...

Ronald Reagan, always a help to right-wing writers in search of a pithy quotation, was supposed to have said the above to his Cabinet. At a time when the sole lever that the British Government seeks to deploy is legislative intervention, the do-little approach of Reaganite Republicanism seems doubly attractive. Yet are minarchism and libertarianism synonymous?

The Republican Party Reptile poses the question...

Lower business taxes are good for growth. That\'s the message of this new paper (pdf) from Patrick Minford and colleagues...

Chris Dillow looks at the relationship between tax and economic growth...

Oh, for heaven's sake! Do we really need yet another website spouting this stupid libertarian nonsense?

That, I am sure, will be the attitude of many people who misunderstand what libertarianism is about. So, indulge me whilst I elaborate on the philosophy of LibertarianUK.net...

Jackart argues that the police have become an arm of the state, rather than the impartial upholders of the law that they were intended to be.

I was talking to a Police officer at the weekend (in a social rather than professional capacity for once)...

If your child could wear an implant—a microchip that could tell a computer where he or she was at any time to within a few metres—would you buy it? After the horrific snatch of three-year-old Madeleine McCann from her bed in Portugal, the answer from many parents seems to be "yes".

Longrider on the hyperbole and paranoia in the wake of the recent child abduction dominating the news.

Roger Thornhill argues that monopolies are being entrenched by the EU and the UK government and that, if unchecked, it may result in indentured servitude or even slavery...