Musings of a Libertarian

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...

  What a penguin taught me about freedom: Libertarian themes in "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴" As Trump announces new tariffs on foreign films, time for a review of a new British blockbuster: In the film adaptation of Tom Michell’s gentle memoir, The Penguin Lessons, a man rescues a dying penguin from an oil spill and smuggles it across South America during the prelude to Argentina's military dictatorship. His desire for a quiet life as an English teacher at a British school in Buenos Aires is challenged when a left-leaning colleague is abducted by the security services. Decades later, Argentina would elect Javier Milei—a libertarian economist who stormed to power on a promise to “chainsaw” the very bureaucracies that suffocated the country back then. In its quiet way, Michell’s story is a perfect metaphor for the values Milei now shouts from the rooftops: personal responsibility, moral clarity, and resistance to a State that too often rewards indifference and pun...