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Reflections on current affairs from a Libertarian perspective. Written by Alex Zychowski, Libertarian Party parliamentary candidate for North East Hampshire 2024 and County Council candidate for Yateley East and Blackwater 2025

Protest against Mega Embassy

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March 16, 2025

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Starmer's Brexit "deal"

May 20, 2025

First May, now Starmer. Whenever a Remainer strikes a "deal" with the EU, history shows the only winner is Brussels. As Boris was quick to tweet today, ‘T𝘸𝘰-𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴.’ In just one afternoon, Keir Starmer has handed over our sovereignty in exchange for... well, it’s hard to say what exactly. Let’s break it down with some insights from the NCC: Regulatory Alignment The deal sees the UK aligning with EU regulations in areas like food standards and emissions trading. This so-called "dynamic alignment" effectively reduces Britain to a rule-taker—bound by EU laws with no say in their creation. London and SE co-ordinator Marco Bocci points out that while UK exporters into the EU may now avoid the Brussels' carbon border tax, he doubts "𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶...

Ethnicity and migration

June 18, 2025

Yesterday the Commons heard about the “collective failure” to address concerns about the ethnicity of grooming-gang members. Casey’s report states: “Child sexual exploitation is horrendous whoever commits it, but there have been enough convictions across the country of groups of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds to have warranted closer examination. Instead of examination, we have seen obfuscation.” For libertarians, a defendant’s ethnicity or cultural background is of no concern. Individuals are individuals; the circumstances of their birth need not dictate their own actions or how they should be treated by the state. The problem with the grooming-gang crisis—as the full inquiry will no doubt uncover—is that concerns over the ethnicity of perpetrators resulted in the shameful white-washing, victim-blaming and inaction we have seen on one of the most horrendous crimes in recent history. This is a direct result of the woke left’s dominance in our judiciary and police forces—those like L...

Free Jimmy Lai

August 13, 2025

Tomorrow will see the closing arguments in the sham trial of Hong Kong democracy activist and British citizen Jimmy Lai. The 77-year-old has been kept in solitary confinement since December 2020. His preferred foreign lawyer, Tim Owen KC, was barred from representing him under new requirements of Hong Kong’s “National Security” Law, and the Department of “Justice” has systematically denied him his choice of counsel. Until December 2024, Lai was not even permitted visits from his family; the communists now allow him thirty minutes a month, through a glass screen. Before the fist of the CCP fell on Hong Kong, Lai ran Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper and outspoken critic of Beijing. He joined the anti-extradition protests and funded opposition groups in his fight for freedom. His “crimes” under the Hong Kong “National Security” Law — which, in violation of international law to which the UK is a signatory, made toilet paper out of “One Country, Two Systems” and was imposed on Hong Ko...