Sunday, 24th January 2010

The Oxford Libertarian Society

Rather belatedly, below is the video of the talk that Nigel Farage gave to the Oxford Libertarian Society at the end of last November.

The Oxford Libertarian Society describe their position as :

"We're a student society at the University of Oxford committed to exploring and promoting libertarian ideas.

Libertarians believe quite simply in the maximisation of individual freedom. This is in marked contrast to the two main strands of political ideology in Britain: have you noticed how the Left seem to be in favour of personal freedoms but want to ban capitalist acts between consenting adults while the Right support just the opposite? If you've ever been troubled by this lack of consistency, look no further. We support civil liberties, private property, free markets, the rule of law and most importantly limited government as the institutions most able to promote liberty"

The biography of Nigel Farage on their website says :

"Leader of the UK Independence Party until 2009, Nigel Farage is a Member of the European Parliament for South East England and one of Britain's best known Eurosceptics. First elected to the EU Parliament in 1999, then re-elected in 2004 and 2009, where UKIP beat Labour and the Liberal Democrats into second place, he is a vocal advocate of British withdrawal from the European Union and limited government within the UK. He announced in September his intention to fight for a seat in the UK parliament at the next general election over the issue of MP expenses, challenging the newly-elected Conservative speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, in his Buckinghamshire seat. Here he speaks about the growth of the state in recent years and the most effective means of rolling back government intervention at a European and national level"

Nigel Farage's talk, followed by a question and answer session, is here :

http://vimeo.com/7806686

The Oxford Libertarian Society website is here :

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~chri2998/

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