Last nigh I went along to the launch drinks of Libertarian UK.
Libertarian UK was put together by Chris Mounsey who is better known as Devil’s Kitchen.
The aim is to provide a place for libertarians (aka liberals) to discuss policy and ideas with the aim of promoting libertarian, anti-authoritarian, liberty based ideas and promoting policies which may be accepted by a more mainstream audience.
The evening was great fun, although I felt a bit out of place being the only Liberal Democrat. For some reason, libertarianism is dominated by Tories and the LibDems have a very bad reputation as being socialists, high taxers and big state interventionists, although The Croydonian was very reasoned and defending those of us in the LibDems who are liberals and the LibDem record on civil liberties.
Libertarian UK is looking for people to write articles for the blog, so if you have any ideas I’m sure they’ll be welcomed. We could also show them that the LibDems aren’t just a bunch of leftist, tax and spend nannies.
