Hey! Creature! Leave them Kids Alone!

Hey! Creature! Leave them Kids Alone!

It would seem that the spirit of John Knox is alive and well in modern Scotland. Though in fairness to our arguably most famous hirsute killjoy, when he wrote his First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment  of Women he had not envisaged anything like Nicola Sturgeon.

I think if he had he might have reconsidered, after all the two of them have so much in common. I’m sure he may have warmed to her puritanical priggishness, her war against alcohol, her complete confidence …

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Over Forty Years of Libertarianism: a Personal Report

Scottish Libertarian Students are hosting Professor Jeremy Shearmur who will give a talk about his personal experience with libertarianism over the past forty years.

Having taught at the University of Edinburgh, Manchester University, Australian National University, worked at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University and been an academic researcher for Karl Popper for eight years he has a hefty record of academic achievement in the classroom and has also written several books on both Popper and F.A. Hayek.

The format will be as such: …

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Launch of Scottish Libertarian Students

Scottish Libertarians Students are having an event on the 17th of June to celebrate our launch. The event is open to anyone and will feature guest speakers from the libertarian movement here in Scotland such as Tam Laird the Leader of the Scottish Libertarian Party and economist Antony Sammerhoff of the Scottish Liberty Podcast. If you are a libertarian in Scotland this is an event you can’t miss. Entry costs £5.

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The libertarian event of the year?

The libertarian event of the year?

There is a new libertarian organization in town! Scottish Libertarians Students: an organization aiming to promote the ideas of liberty and free market economics to students in Scotland and to provide “a network with which like minded young people all across Scotland can connect with each other and get involved in the newly growing and thriving Scottish libertarian scene.”

Scottish Libertarian Students are having a public launch at the ArtHouse Hotel 129 Bath Street, G2 2SZ Glasgow on Saturday the 17th of June. The event …

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