The UK Libertarian

Government regulations are never necessary. Not only do they not work as well as natural market regulations, they always have ugly unintended (or secretly intended if you’re of a cynical bent) consequences. If you take a simple example like food hygiene in restaurants, the market could easily take care of this and eliminate all environment safety officer’s jobs [...]

Hilarious interview with “Lord” Adnois on his handling of the Icelandic volcano fiasco. To paraphrase his position: “Government may have messed everything up, but we were doing the best we could… after all, it’s important that planes are safe. Act of god… Act of god… safety of passengers. Blah blah blah.” There is absolutely no [...]

This story was published to the Mail Online on 01/04/2010 and yet somehow it appears to NOT be an April fools joke… Her offence was to unwittingly sell a goldfish to a 14-year-old boy taking part in a trading standards ‘sting’. At most, pet shop owner Joan Higgins, 66, expected a slap on the wrist [...]

Those who read this site regularly know how I feel about government advertising, so it’s of little surprise to discover that the Government is now officially Britain’s biggest advertiser: The Central Office of Information spent £207.9 million on advertising last year, more than any other organisation, according to Marketing magazine. The next biggest spender was [...]

Okay I have some breaking news, just in case some people still weren’t aware: Government cannot protect you from criminals, fraud or terrorists. Period. I’m not saying that they make mistakes, or that some bad guys slip through the net, I’m saying that they cannot do ANYTHING to protect you, or the people you love. [...]

I pretty much ignore mainstream media as best I can, but occasionally when I’m driving I will listen to the radio, and when I do, I am bombarded by retarded government adverts. If they’re not warning you to take a rest when driving, they’re trying to scare you about the dangers of drugs. The other [...]