AGM 2022 Minutes

AGM 2022 Minutes

Minutes of libertarian AGM 2022 10/09/2022

Liam Harkness (Treasurer, “LRH”) welcomed people to the AGM and set out the ground rules.

Tam Laird (“TL”) gave an introductory speech.

LRH ran through the minutes of the last AGM. There were no actions to follow up and no updates required.

LRH reminded members that the deputy leader, Stef Johnstone, had resigned and that a new deputy leader would require election. The first party business was the election of the successor to Stef.

Caz Paul was the only candidate for the position of …

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SLP Recognises The Free Republic of Liberland

SLP Recognises The Free Republic of Liberland

Following a short discussion at our AGM in 2022 The Scottish Libertarian Party are pleased and proud to announce our recognition of The Free Republic of Liberland.

Liberland is one of the world’s newest micronations nestled on the Danube between Croatia and Serbia. The nation is founded on Libertarian free market principles and as such we welcome it and hope it gains the international recognition it deserves.

We wish President Vít Jedli?ka his cabinet and it’s citizens peace, prosperity and every success. Live and Let Live

 

https://liberland.org/en/

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Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!

… to all our activists members and supporters.

 

WE ARE BACK!!

 

The Scottish Libertarian Party have rectified our issue with the Electoral Commission and are now re-registered as a political party.

We will now re-commence taking donations and subscriptions.

In the hiatus we have not been idle and we will be putting up a candidate in the Corstorphine/Murrayfield By Election.

 

We thank you all for your patience and support during this period and pledge to continue our fight against authoritarianism and our defence of individual rights and liberty.

Together we can …

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About the de-registering

About the de-registering

Dear members,

Some of you have rightly shown concern over the Electoral Commissions recent decision to de-register the party. This unfortunate incident is due to what amounts to an administrative error. The party insists that all necessary information was provided to the EC and the appropriate fee paid in a timely and ordered manner. The ECs decision is automatic and as they keep reminding us, “Not Discretionary “. So the only option was to re-register the party which has been actioned and It’s now a matter …

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The history of disarmament and why we should have the right to keep and bear arms

The history of disarmament and why we should have the right to keep and bear arms

The right of anyone to bear arms is an essential right to any society that does not wish to be ruled by tyrannical governments, let alone violent criminals, so why is it that so many people in power have a tendency to want to be on a mission to disarm society in their bid to stop most or any crime from happening to us and in turn, albeit mostly inadvertently, have the state use violence against us?

For anyone that takes the time to study history …

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Deputy Leader Statement

Deputy Leader Statement

I’m Calum “Caz” Paul from Kirkcaldy and I’m the new Deputy Leader of the Scottish Libertarian Party. I’m a freelancer in the Scottish film industry, a musician and an active volunteer for a local charity.

 

I first joined the party in 2014 when my fellow YES campaigners – who were mourning the loss of the independence referendum – started to sound quite different from me politically when the ideal of independence came to an end, especially when it came to freedom of speech. Freedom of speech …

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Lion of Liberty 2022

Lion of Liberty 2022

Jonathan Rainey of Dumbarton was presented with our Lion of Liberty award for 2022 at our AGM.

Jonathan is a young enthusiastic and outspoken activist who has stood in several elections in the Dumbarton area both in the council wards and parliamentary constituency.

On all occasions he puts in an amazing and almost inhuman amount of effort and his leafletting work load is almost legendary. He narrowly missed out on the award last year. Great job and certainly well deserved on this occasion.

He is also a contributor …

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AGM New Deputy Leader Elected

AGM New Deputy Leader Elected

The Party AGM went ahead as scheduled last Saturday and was a great success.

Caz Paul has been duly elected as the new party Deputy Leader and we wish him every success in his new role.

Caz hails from Kirkcaldy Fife (birthplace of Adam Smith no less) and has been an activist in the party for many years and was a participant in the formulation of the party’s constitution.

He was also responsible for organising the party’s protest at the the Count Dankula (subsequently an SLP member) trial …

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AGM 2022 Update

AGM 2022 Update

The 2022 Annual General Meeting is going ahead as planned on September 10th at 11am. It will be in hotel Yotel on 68-73 Queen Street in Edinburgh.

 

This is a great opportunity for those who wish to get involved in shaping our policies and running our party to have their say!

Submissions are open for policy proposals to be discussed at the AGM. Any member of the party can contribute a policy proposal or reform. They must have it dual signed with another member of the party; …

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Resignation of Deputy Leader

Dear members,

please be informed that our current Deputy Leader Stef Johnstone will not be continuing in her role and will be resigning at the Annual General Meeting. She has sent a resignation letter which is published here. We regret her departure and wish her all the best going forward – there is much we have to thank her for, for all her efforts across the years of service. We will select a new Deputy Leader at the AGM and speak about any related concerns there.

 

Thank …

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