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A Clarion Call
As many of you know Elections for the Scottish Parliament are to take place on 5th May 2016. Many of you out there may not know that the Scottish Libertarian…
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A Humble Foreign Policy Does Not Mean Military Weakness
Ministry of Defence has been synonymous with Ministry of War in recent decades, but the reality is that elevating the capacity to wage war abroad does not provide security at…
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More Government Spending Will Not Create Jobs
From time to time, a politician or activist will get up and attest that some great project of national spending (such as a full repair job on our countries infrastructure)…
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The Scottish Libertarian Party Condemns Further Military Intervention In The Middle East
Alan Findlay, the leader of the Scottish Libertarian Party, has condemned today’s vote in Westminster to intervene and bomb targets in Syria and surrounding states. Alan Findlay said, “Our intervention…
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Capitalism Yes! Conservatism NO!
Free Markets have taken on a bad rap in Scotland where capitalism is about as popular as a beef burger at vegan potluck, but that is only because our public…
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Social.. or So Called Justice?
Social justice is to real justice as social science is to real science The thing that strikes me about campaigns for “social justice” is their incredible acceptance of laziness.…
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Living Wage : The Road to Hell… is paved with good intentions.
Why The Scottish Libertarian Party are not endorsing The Living Wage Often people are incredulous as to why anyone would oppose the living wage. It seems to make sense, right?…
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Consent is The Basis of Morality
Recently one of our candidates, Tom Laird, caused a stir at the local hustings in Leith for: “comparing taxation to rape.” Now this may well have been a poorly conceived…
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5 Reasons to vote Libertarian in the Leith Walk by-election
5 Reasons to vote Libertarian in the Leith by-election By Antony Sammeroff Reduce government waste Government programs are notoriously wasteful, but currently our nation is divided between left wingers…
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Government Investment is a “Terminal” Illness
Governments have consistently shown throughout history that they make poor investment decisions and even poorer financial forecasts. Two recent examples in Scotland stand out. Firstly, the Parliament building in Edinburgh…
