As the CDC accidentally infect those they are testing for SARS-CoV-2, the UK Government amends its initial regulations governing the lockdown, but as well as closing some loopholes, opens some new ones. We discuss whether this kind of law making can ever work, and whether centralised health provision by the state produces anything other than...
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In another Lockdown edition, we talk about Boris’s message to the public on leaving the hospital, and how he’s positioning himself as not just the ultimate centrist, but the ultimate NHS Tory. Just how much of GDP will be taken up by the NHS in the future? Will the government’s handling of the pandemic mean...
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In the second of our locked down podcasts, we discuss (as expected) the latest news around COVID-19. We start by differentiating between SARS-COV-2 (The latest coronavirus from China) and COVID-19 (the respiratoty disease caused by the virus) before moving on to the economy and the effects it has had, and will have on our lives...
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In the first of our lockdown editions, we focus on regulation. Are we seeing a change in attitudes towards regulation? As swathes of regulations and licences are suspended or temporarily rescinded due to Covid-19, are people finally realising that regulation can be a bad thing? Even though draconian restrictions on movement and business have been...
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Our last recording before the lockdown, we explore Commander Sunak’s budget-busting spending pledges in reaction to the Coronavirus, and whether no one is a Libertarian in a pandemic, or conversely everyone is. With the lockdown rules about to be announced, we explain how the government’s response is an entirely right wing one, and why the...
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In this edition, Nic asks whether human beings inherently want to collectivise. We ask the further questions: If this is indeed the case, is it built in? Or is it the result of indoctrination? We mull over what collectivism really means, and if it’s compatible with a libertarian society. We then talk about collectivisation in...
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Libertarianism isn’t an endpoint for how society should operate. It’s a beginning. How a libertarian society should operate isn’t known. Indeed, because of its inherent freedom, many competing ways would probably exist. Because of this, libertarianism has some tough questions to tackle. Whilst we don’t claim to have all the answers, we never shy away...
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What would it be? Not abolish the state entirely, but make one change to it and the way it works. Would it be simple and maybe cliché and just privatise the NHS, or would you want to abolish state education? How about the way we pay tax? Or how we deal with private property? These...
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This week we start by discussing the current crop of Labour Leadership contenders. We take apart their views on transgender sex offenders and whether having Labour members influence military policy might not be such a great idea. We then move on to political influence in general. What is and is not ok? How insulated should...
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Are Today’s Socialists Any Different?
In this episode, Andrew asks whether today’s socialists, who try very hard to distance themselves from the socialists of the past, are really any different? What are today’s socialists promising that yesterday’s didn’t promise in the past? And are their methods any different? If not, why should we expect any different outcomes? Nic then asks...
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