An economic catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes, with the coronavirus cure proving more harmful than the sickness. Conservatives for Liberty is calling for the government to end the lockdown. Now. All the coronavirus legislation criminalising ordinary behaviour must be repealed. Schools must re-open and operate as normal. Businesses must not face trading restrictions any […]
“We’re going where!?”, my mum exclaimed. “You must be joking!”, my friend said, looking nervous. It was November, and we were a couple of weeks into the General Election campaign. I’d just been appointed as the Conservative candidate for Wentworth and Dearne (part of the Rotherham council area) and was explaining my canvassing plans to […]
This is not a new thing. For decades elites have held the ‘little people’ in contempt, considering them too stupid to understand, and certainly too stupid to decide. We saw it with Brexit, where a great many people said it was ‘too complex an issue’ to be decided by referendum, and then deriding us Brexiteers […]
Dan Hannan, Matt Ridley. Steve Baker. Liam Fox. Jacob Rees-Mogg. Syed Kamall. Toby Young. Ross Thomson. These are the leading lights of the right that have graced the Freedom Fizz stage. And this year we’ve got a treat for you with a stack of speakers that will blow your mind – follow the Facebook event […]
Indeed, it is well-past time. Theresa May needs to resign, and she needs to do it soon. If she won’t resign, then the Cabinet and the 1922 Committee need to sort it out. That’s my conclusion after the UK and EU agreed to extend the Article 50 deadline for withdrawal from the EU to 31st […]
A lot of activists – and inactive members – are walking away from the Conservative Party. Even more are keeping their memberships in hand for a future leadership election, but refusing to get out there and campaign in the local elections. Not me. Every weekend, and sometimes a mid-week session or two as well, I’m […]
‘Our best hope of getting any Brexit at all is to pass the Withdrawal Agreement.’ That’s what we’re being told. That’s what Conservative Brexiteer rebels are being beaten about the head with. On the same theme, immediately after today’s failed (yet again) vote on the PM’s Brexit deal, official Conservative Party social media went into […]
When she became Prime Minister in 2016, May made a series of pledges about the kind of Brexit she wanted. In subsequent speeches she fleshed out that vision. The Conservative Party was broadly united. Sure, Remainers would have preferred to remain, and Brexiteers would have preferred a more buccaneering Brexit, but this was a compromise […]
National pride isn’t very fashionable anymore. People who drape themselves in the Union Flag, sing the national anthem and talk about how GREAT Britain is are sneered at as at best being deluded, harking back to a long-gone past, and at worst being some kind of fascist – as though patriotism is inevitably Nazism. We’re […]
You know the drill by now: every year Conservatives for Liberty brings together freedom and fizz for the best event of Conservative Party Conference. Previous speakers have included Liam Fox MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (twice), Danial Hannan MEP, Lord Ridley, Steve Baker MP and Syed Kamall MEP. We’ll be announcing this year’s speakers over […]
Let’s get one thing straight up front: Conservatives for Liberty is pro-immigration. We’re not pro any and all immigration with no management at all, and certainly not pro EU free movement of people, but do we generally think that immigration is a positive thing. Some industries in the UK simply cannot survive without immigration: mostly […]
All things considered, liberty is a pretty simple concept. At its core is the idea that adults should be free to do as they please as long as they are not hurting others. This is known as the harm principle. And it’s the disregard for this fundamental concept that makes the public health lobby one […]
