Liberty League (UK)

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Liberty League
Formation 2011
Type Free market public policy Educational non-profit organization
Directors James Lawson, William Hamilton & Anton Howes
Website www.adamsmith.org

The Liberty League, is a Classical Liberal non-profit organization based in the United Kingdom. It promotes free market and classical liberal ideology. It “acts as an organisation and a network for societies across the intellectual and political spectrum, helping to inform, recruit and develop supporters of Liberty”.[1] It is non-partisan, with no set opinion or policy, nor political party affiliations.[2] Liberty League promotes the expansion of student societies and hosts the largest free market conference in the UK annually.[3]

Liberty League Freedom Forum

The Liberty League Freedom Forum is the UK's largest annual 'pro-Liberty' conference.[4] It is a three day event[5] with discussions and lectures across philosophy, politics and economics. Its rapid expansion [6] has been cited by The Economist as evidence of a Liberal resurgence in the UK.[7]

Past speakers have included Mark Littlewood of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Steve Baker MP, Douglas Carswell MP, Dr Terence Kealey Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, Dr Kevin Dowd, Professor Randy Barnett.[8]

Network

The Liberty League acts as a network for student societies across the political spectrum that focus on Liberty.

It is also connected with many other political groups including:

Internationally it works with:

See also

  • List of UK think tanks

References

  1. ↑ http://uklibertyleague.org/about/
  2. ↑ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/04/from-james-lawson.html
  3. ↑ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/04/from-james-lawson.html
  4. ↑ http://www.iea.org.uk/events/liberty-league-freedom-forum-2013
  5. ↑ http://thebackbencher.co.uk/liberty-league-freedom-forum-2013/
  6. ↑ http://www.samizdata.net/2013/04/the-liberty-league-freedom-forum-2013-and-the-rapidly-growing-strength-of-the-uks-pro-liberty-student-network/
  7. ↑ http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21578666-britains-youth-are-not-just-more-liberal-their-elders-they-are-also-more-liberal-any
  8. ↑ http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/students/freedom-forum-2013

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