Please note that Stephen McNamara is no longer a member of the Scottish Libertarian Party and is not active for it in any role. We thank him for the work he has done for us in the past and wish him all the best in his future efforts.
Constitutional Committee of the Scottish Libertarian Party
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The SLP are pleased and proud to announce that all freedom loving individuals will be able to vote for the following candidates in these areas:
Aberdeens:
Oren Catz – Torry Ferryhill
Bryce Hope – Kincorth Nigg and Cove
Stuart Whitby – Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
Dumbarton:
Jonathan Rainey – Dumbarton
Edinburgh:
Tam Laird (Party Leader) – Inverleith
Gregor Masson – Fountainbridge Craiglockhart
Louis Rowlands – Pentland Hills
Peter Sidor – Morningside
Gary Smith – Drumbrae Gyle
Midlothian:
Daniel Fraser – Midlothian South
Fife:
George Morton – Rosyth
Glasgow:
Cam Milne – North East
Nick Thomson – Anderston City Yorkhill
Highlands:
Harry Christian – East …
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The Constitutional Committee has named our party leader Tam Laird as the new Nominating Officer.
We’re hoping that we will get as many candidates as possible in the upcoming Scottish Council Elections and this is our last appeal for anyone interested – now is the time to step up! Please wish good luck to the Nominating Officer and the candidates and join us in the campaign.
Kind regards,
Constitutional Committee of the Scottish Libertarian Party
Right on the back of an assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth II on Christmas Day 2021 in Windsor Castle, the current Home Secretary of the UK Government, Priti Patel, confirmed 2 days later that a review will be carried out on the current laws surrounding ownership of crossbows throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Despite the fact that the 19-year-old man behind the incident, Jaswant Singh Chail, posted a video to his pals on Snapchat 24 minutes before the attempted assassination explicitly detailed his intent …
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If everyone was irrational all of the time we would be in big trouble. You’d never know when someone was suddenly going to swerve off the road for no apparent reason and drive into a building, or start babbling to you in tongues over the phone when all you wanted to do was order a pizza.[1]
That being said – people are irrational enough of the time, that behavioral economists are never done telling us that they are not suitable for a market economy …
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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
Evelyn Beatrice Hall
There could not be a concept more foundational to western civilization than the right to freedom of speech. Yet, in today’s political climate of censorship and cancel culture, the sentiment expressed in the quote above may seem old-fashioned, maybe even quaint. Sadly, it seems that there are increasingly few people in the modern world willing to allow their political enemies a voice and even fewer …
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Our membership is growing which is good news for our party.
I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome our new members and apologise for any delay in getting acknowledgement from the party by way of letter or welcome pack. As I have mentioned before the harvest has been good but the workers few.
That is changing and the backlog is dwindling as this goes out, so that you should at least receive a letter and temporary membership card soon, if you haven’t already.
We will try to …
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The Scottish National Party bribed their way into power with a manifesto promise to scrap student debt. This was perhaps one of the most flagrant displays of bribocracy ever seen in contemporary politics.
Students are a sympathetic demographic and people value education. But what about working-class people who went straight to work from school and had to pay taxes for it? What about all the students who took an extra job at the weekend or stayed home with their parent, so they didn’t run …
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