Matthew Feeney is a consultant with the IEA and a former member of staff a Liberal Democrat Headquarters, though speaking here in a personal capacity. He argues that libertarianism needs to refocus itself on social entrepreneurship – getting away from a focus on getting government to do things – even libertarian things – and towards making change happen at the grassroots level. He notes in particular how this might be done with regard to such things as home schooling and drugs policy, and how it may be more effective than traditional, political means.
About us
Warwick Libertarians exist to develop and promote an approach to politics which recognises first and foremost the dignity of the individual. We are united by our opposition to attempts to understand and devise public policy by dividing people into groups - for example, through such labels as class, creed and colour - and we instead favour an approach based on personal, economic, social and civil liberty in which the emphasis is on people, not on institutions or collectives.
We are a non-partisan group, at least in terms of conventional political parties, and we welcome healthy debate and diversity of opinion. We do not recognise libertarianism as a philosophy either of the right or of the left; neither do we claim that there is one true doctrine to which all libertarians must subscribe.
We exist in the hope that we can raise awareness at the University of Warwick of an approach to politics which often seems absent from political discourse, and to invite the students and staff of the university to join us in exploring what libertarianism means today.