Talking of conviction parties, as I was the other day, how about this shamelessly populist rant, from the leader of the UKLIP. Its basic message is very simple: Join us. Alas, whenever I hear that phrase I tend to be reminded of a big ugly guy in a hat, beckoning, with a machine gun, to Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon to come over and become bit part players (i.e. corpses) in a gangland massacre that....
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Samizdata on 7th Jan 2010 (via samizdata.net)
A bit of light entertainment on a Friday afternoon from Freeborn John: LPUK [Libertarian Party UK] showed some early promise, I thought, but seems to have turned into the saloon bar at a home counties golf club; its members have, for some reason, elected as their leader a cross between Captain Mainwaring and David Icke. All
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LiberalConspiracy on 21st Aug 2009 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
Thank Buddha. Thank Allah. Thank Jesus and any other deity going! At last a man with the gonads to say what millions of us think. We are sick of the bullshit PC agenda, designed to bully people into conformity. Wolverine is a hero and I hope he wins the show, then comes out and runs for LPUK!
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WokingLibertarians on 4th Jul 2009 (via wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com)
A small video I created in support of the LPUK campaign in Norwich.
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WokingLibertarians on 2nd Jul 2009 (via wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com)
The LPUK seems to single out the LibDems as a main target, using slurs like ‘Illiberal Anti-Democrats’ and using the name ‘Social Democrats’. Funny that. You might even think they feel threatened…
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LibertyAlone on 10th Jun 2009 (via eridu.org.uk)
The EU Parliament has no mandate from the people of Europe, 56% of the electorate did not vote, and a significant percentage of the the British Electorate voted for avowedly Eurosceptic or Anti EU candidates. The Liberal Democrats being the most unashamedly EU supporting party came a poor fourth. The LPUK cannot support or stand for or give any legitimacy to an institution like the EU, which can s...
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LPUK on 8th Jun 2009 (via lpuk.blogspot.com)
At the latest round, the Libertarian Party UK put up its first candidate: Andrew Hunt stood for the local elections in Wisbech South ward in the Cambridge County Council elections. The results were as follows.. WISBECH SOUTH King, Simon Conservative 930 (46.2%) Schooling, William UK Independence Party 532 (26.4%) Plumb, Mark Labour 212 (10.5%) Roscoe, Verity Liberal Democrat 191 (9.7%) Hunt, Andre...
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TheDevilsKitchen on 6th Jun 2009 (via devilskitchen.me.uk)
The Libertarian Party had its first test before the electorate yesterday. Our local candidate Andrew Hunt stood for election in the Wisbech South ward in the Cambridge County Council elections. He has been campaigning very hard, visiting every house in his ward, LPUK activists had been travelling from across the UK to help deliver leaflets and talk with those who wished to engage and discuss polit...
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PJCJournal on 5th Jun 2009 (via thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk)
LPUK 140 (6.9%) Tory 930 (46.2) Lab 212 (10.5) Social Democrats196 (9.7) Ukip 532 (26.4) From nowhere to a near seven per cent of the Vote for the first outing of the LPUK in an Election. Andrew Hunt was actively out on the doorstep campaigning, none of the other parties bothered. Congratulations Andrew on a very credible showing.
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LPUK on 5th Jun 2009 (via lpuk.blogspot.com)