As we say farewell to yet another ghastly year in the modern history of Britain, please allow me to share some of our more notable recent articles from the website of the Libertarian Alliance. You will see that there are many of them, and these are only a selection.

In my view, the articles underscore why the Libertarian Alliance stands out in the UK libertarian landscape:

1. We believe we are the most active and intellectually diverse libertarian platform in the United Kingdom;
2. In our opinion, we are distinguished by our complete independence—we have no ties to recent governments of any party, no reliance on commercial lobbying interests, and no hidden agendas or external controls.

It is precisely this independence and commitment to open debate that, we feel, sets us apart and allows us to publish bold, varied perspectives on liberty.

For these reasons, I warmly invite you to subscribe to the Libertarian Alliance newsletter for free updates on new articles as they appear. If you are able and wish to support our work, any voluntary contribution—however small—would be gratefully received and used solely for website maintenance, or as modest incentives for our volunteer contributors.

Beyond this, I wish you all as happy and prosperous a 2026 as you can manage, bearing in mind the grim circumstances of the age we are passing through.

Best regards,

Sean Gabb
Director Emeritus
The Libertarian Alliance

Politics and Law

The Law for Them, the Law for Us
Marian Halcombe
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/31/the-law-for-them-the-law-for-us/
This article examines the steady emergence of a two-tier legal order in Britain, in which political and institutional elites operate under a different standard from ordinary citizens. Halcombe argues that prosecutorial choice and selective enforcement have replaced equality before the law. Minor dissent is punished harshly, while serious abuses by the well-connected are excused or ignored. The essay situates this pattern within a broader decline of constitutional restraint, showing how legal uncertainty becomes a tool of political management rather than justice. The result is not chaos, but a disciplined arbitrariness that teaches obedience through example.

Trial by Jury and the Logic of Abolition
Reginald Godwyn
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/28/trial-by-jury-and-the-logic-of-abolition/
Godwyn traces the slow erosion of trial by jury and argues that its decline is not accidental but structurally necessary for the modern administrative state. Jury trial obstructs managerial justice by introducing unpredictability, moral judgement, and popular resistance to technocratic law. The article examines reforms justified on grounds of efficiency and and expertise, showing how each weakens public participation in justice. Godwyn contends that abolishing juries completes the transition from law as a restraint on power to law as an instrument of governance. What is presented as reform is, in reality, a closing stage of legal corruption.

The Manufactured Collapse: How Inflation Is Being Used to Enslave America
Len D. Pozeram
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/18/the-manufactured-collapse-how-inflation-is-being-used-to-enslave-america/
Pozeram argues that sustained inflation is not merely a policy failure but a deliberate mechanism of social control. By eroding savings, wages, and independence, inflation increases reliance on debt and state mediation. The article outlines how monetary expansion and regulatory barriers combine to impoverish the middle and working classes while protecting asset-holders. Inflation is presented as a silent form of expropriation that avoids overt coercion while achieving similar ends. The essay concludes that economic instability now functions as a governing strategy, disciplining populations without the need for explicit authoritarian measures.

Britain’s Debt Is a National Scam: A Case for Repudiation
Bryan Mercadente
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/13/britains-debt-is-a-national-scam-a-case-for-repudiation/
Mercadente challenges the moral and economic legitimacy of Britain’s national debt, arguing that it represents accumulated political fraud rather than collective obligation. He explains how debt finances short-term political projects while binding future generations who never consented. The article dismantles claims that repudiation is unthinkable, pointing to historical precedents and the asymmetry between creditor power and democratic accountability. Mercadente argues that servicing illegitimate debt entrenches taxation and dependence. Repudiation is presented not as recklessness, but as a necessary act of political honesty in a system sustained by enforced belief.

The Liberland Constitution and Libertarian Principles
Stephan Kinsella
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/26/the-liberland-constitution-and-libertarian-principles/
Kinsella offers a careful analysis of the proposed Liberland constitution, assessing its consistency with core libertarian principles. He examines provisions on property, consent, decentralisation, and state authority, praising areas where coercion is constrained while criticising ambiguities that could permit expansion of power. The article avoids utopianism, treating constitutions as practical documents rather than moral declarations. Kinsella argues that even libertarian states must guard against interpretative drift and institutional capture. The piece serves as both a technical critique and a broader reflection on the limits of constitutional design in restraining political authority.

Using International Law to Protect Property Rights and International Investment
Stephan Kinsella
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/06/using-international-law-to-protect-property-rights-and-international-investment/
This article explores whether international legal frameworks can meaningfully protect property rights in a world of sovereign states. Kinsella analyses investment treaties, arbitration mechanisms, and cross-border enforcement, weighing their usefulness against libertarian scepticism of supranational authority. He argues that while international law cannot substitute for domestic respect for property, it may provide limited defensive tools against expropriation. The essay stresses realism rather than idealism, acknowledging the risks of politicisation while recognising the practical constraints faced by investors. It is a cautious assessment of imperfect mechanisms in an imperfect legal environment.

The Role of Intellectuals and Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/24/the-role-of-intellectuals-and-anti-intellectual-intellectuals/
Hoppe examines the modern intellectual class and its role in legitimising state power. He distinguishes between genuine intellectual inquiry and a class of credentialed anti-intellectuals who use theory to excuse coercion and conformity. Universities, media, and policy institutions are shown to reward ideological alignment rather than truth-seeking. Hoppe argues that this class thrives on state patronage and provides moral cover for expanding control. The essay situates intellectual betrayal as a structural feature of modern politics, not a series of individual failures, and warns against mistaking academic language for independence of thought.

Finland, Slanted Eyes, and the Limits of Anti-White Moral Theatre
Bryan Mercadente
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/27/finland-slanted-eyes-and-the-limits-of-anti-white-moral-theatre/
Mercadente analyses a Finnish political controversy to expose the asymmetry of modern moral enforcement. He examines how anti-white moral narratives collapse when rhetorical weapons are turned against their creators. Mercadente contends that moral theatre exists to discipline one population while granting immunity to others. The essay situates the incident within a broader European context of enforced narratives and cultural double standards.

Finland and the Slanted Eyes Outrage: When Moral Weapons Change Hands
Len D. Pozeram
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/29/finland-and-the-slanted-eyes-outrage-when-moral-weapons-change-hands/
Pozeram revisits the Finnish controversy from a complementary angle, focusing on institutional reaction rather than rhetoric. He argues that moral enforcement mechanisms are revealed most clearly when they fail to activate. The article shows how media, political actors, and bureaucracies hesitate or retreat when narrative power shifts unexpectedly. Pozeram frames this as evidence that modern moral systems are instruments of power, not universal principles. The essay concludes that selective outrage is not a flaw but the defining feature of contemporary ideological governance.

War and Foreign Policy

The Drumbeat for Conscription: Why War with Russia Is the Regime’s Last Throw
Bryan Mercadente
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/19/the-drumbeat-for-conscription-why-war-with-russia-is-the-regimes-last-throw/
Mercadente argues that renewed talk of conscription reflects strategic desperation rather than military necessity. He situates the push for war with Russia within a broader crisis of legitimacy faced by Western regimes. The article examines propaganda and moral panic as tools for mobilising populations that have otherwise disengaged from political authority. Conscription is presented as both symbol and instrument of regime failure. Mercadente concludes that war is being used to restore discipline, suppress dissent, and defer domestic reckoning, rather than to secure genuine national interests.

Economics

The Aggregation of Ignorance: Rejoinder to Schilcher
Juan I. Núñez
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/11/the-aggregation-of-ignorance-rejoinder-to-schilcher/
Núñez responds to criticisms of market processes by defending the price system as a decentralised mechanism for coordinating dispersed knowledge. He argues that central planning aggregates ignorance rather than information, replacing signals with assumptions. The article revisits classic Austrian insights, showing how entrepreneurial error and correction outperform bureaucratic design. Núñez addresses common objections regarding market failure and inequality, emphasising the epistemic limits of policy-makers. The rejoinder is both technical and accessible, reaffirming the case for markets as discovery processes rather than ideological commitments.

Honest Money, Honest Men
Reginald Godwyn
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/23/honest-money-honest-men/
Godwyn links sound money to moral responsibility, arguing that monetary manipulation corrodes character as well as economies. Inflation, he suggests, rewards short-termism, speculation, and political favour, while punishing thrift and planning. The article draws historical connections between debased currencies and declining civic trust. Godwyn rejects purely technical defences of sound money, framing it instead as a precondition for honest social relations. Without stable money, contracts lose meaning and political promises multiply without cost. The essay presents monetary integrity as a moral issue disguised as economics.

The Insoluble Debate on Fractional Reserves
Juan Fernando Carpio
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/08/the-insoluble-debate-on-fractional-reserves/
Carpio surveys the long-running libertarian debate over fractional-reserve banking, explaining why it resists definitive resolution. He outlines the legal, economic, and ethical arguments on both sides, highlighting differing assumptions about property, contracts, and risk. The article argues that disagreements persist because they stem from incompatible conceptual frameworks rather than empirical dispute. Carpio does not force a conclusion, instead clarifying the terms of disagreement. The result is a lucid map of a debate often obscured by slogans and mutual misunderstanding.

The Impossibility of Legal Calculation in Legal Socialism
Juan Fernando Carpio
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/11/24/the-impossibility-of-legal-calculation-in-legal-socialism-why-competition-produces-more-objective-law-than-state-monopolies/
Carpio applies the economic calculation problem to law itself, arguing that state monopolies cannot produce objective or efficient legal systems. Without competition, legal rules reflect political incentives rather than social needs. The article compares decentralised legal orders with centralised systems, showing how choice and rivalry generate adaptability. Carpio challenges the assumption that uniform law ensures justice, suggesting instead that monopolisation produces rigidity and abuse. The essay extends Austrian insights into jurisprudence, presenting legal pluralism as a practical necessity rather than a theoretical ideal.

Health and Medicine

Ultra-Processed Food and Lung Cancer: What the Evidence Really Shows
Sebastian Wang
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/30/60540/
In this essay, Wang examines how modern medical discourse collapses uncertainty into slogans. He critiques the moralisation of risk, showing how public health messaging often substitutes authority for evidence. The article explores statistical misunderstanding, media amplification, and the political incentives behind simplified guidance. Wang argues that medicine becomes dangerous when complexity is denied and dissent treated as immorality. Rather than rejecting expertise, he calls for intellectual humility and honest communication about trade-offs. The piece fits within a broader critique of technocratic overreach in healthcare.

Wegovy: The Needle That Never Lets Go
Bryan Mercadente
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/25/wegovy-the-needle-that-never-lets-go/
Mercadente offers a sceptical analysis of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, focusing on dependency  and long-term consequences. He argues that pharmaceutical solutions reframe metabolic illness as lifelong management rather than solvable disorder. The article examines marketing, regulatory approval, and cultural enthusiasm, warning that permanent medication replaces responsibility with compliance. Mercadente does not deny short-term effectiveness but questions sustainability and social cost. The essay situates Wegovy within a wider pattern of medicalised control and commercialised health.

Blood Pressure Beyond the Slogans: What the Best Evidence Really Shows
Sebastian Wang
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/12/blood-pressure-beyond-the-slogans-what-the-best-evidence-really-shows/
Wang reviews the evidence behind blood-pressure guidelines, challenging simplified targets and universal thresholds. He explains how risk varies by age, context, and comorbidity, and how aggressive treatment can introduce harm. The article criticises headline-driven medicine and the conflation of population statistics with individual care. Wang argues for informed consent and personalised judgement rather than protocol enforcement. The piece exemplifies careful scepticism: respectful of evidence, hostile to dogma, and alert to institutional incentives shaping medical advice.

The Tumour as Talisman: A Rebuttal to Facebook Oncology
Sebastian Wang
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/14/the-tumour-as-talisman-a-rebuttal-to-facebook-oncology/
This essay critiques online cancer discourse, where fear and moral pressure replace clinical understanding. Wang analyses how anecdotes and survivorship narratives distort risk perception and encourage uncritical acceptance of intervention. The article argues that emotional amplification benefits institutions while undermining patient autonomy. The piece calls for sobriety and resistance to therapeutic hysteria in public discussion of disease.

A Message to Wes Streeting MP and Others on Mask Wearing for Flu
Neil Lock
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/17/a-message-to-wes-streeting-mp-and-others-on-mask-wearing-for-flu/
Lock addresses renewed calls for mask mandates, arguing that evidence does not support their use for seasonal influenza in general populations. He reviews clinical studies, behavioural effects, and unintended consequences. The article criticises symbolic policy-making driven by anxiety rather than outcomes. Lock contends that medical authority is weakened when it overreaches, and that public trust depends on restraint. The piece is a direct appeal for proportionate response and respect for individual judgement.

History

Women in the Roman West: An Epigraphic Case for Equality
Sebastian Wang
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/17/women-in-the-roman-west-an-epigraphic-case-for-equality/
Wang uses funerary inscriptions to reassess women’s social and legal status in the Roman West. He argues that epigraphic evidence reveals agency, economic participation, and respect inconsistent with modern caricatures. The article cautions against projecting contemporary ideological assumptions onto ancient societies. Wang does not claim modern equality but demonstrates complexity and variation. The essay exemplifies historically grounded revisionism, using primary sources to challenge simplified narratives of oppression.

The Year the Sun Went Out: Reflections on the Darkness of 536 AD
Sebastian Wang
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/11/28/the-year-the-sun-went-out-reflections-on-the-darkness-of-536-ad/
This article examines the climatic catastrophe of 536 AD and its civilisational consequences. Wang surveys historical sources, archaeological evidence, and modern climate science to reconstruct a world plunged into cold and famine. He reflects on resilience, fragility, and the limits of human control. The essay avoids sensationalism, emphasising how societies adapted unevenly to environmental shock. It offers a sober meditation on contingency in history and the dangers of assuming permanent stability.

Pope and Patriarch: A Review of Their Joint Declaration
Sebastian Wang
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/11/30/pope-and-patriarch-a-review-of-their-joint-declaration/
Wang reviews the joint declaration between Rome and Constantinople, analysing its theological language and political implications. He situates the document within the long history of schism, ecumenism, and realpolitik. The article praises restraint while questioning ambiguity. Wang argues that symbolic unity must not obscure doctrinal difference. The review is careful, informed, and sceptical of grand gestures, emphasising substance over appearance in ecclesiastical diplomacy.

Beethoven’s Bonds: Patronage, Friendship, and the Truth Behind the Myth
Sebastian Wang
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/22/beethovens-bonds-patronage-friendship-and-the-truth-behind-the-myth/
This essay dismantles the romantic myth of Beethoven as a lone, heroic genius detached from society. Wang explores patronage networks and financial realities shaping Beethoven’s career. The article shows how support structures enabled creativity rather than corrupting it. Wang argues that understanding these relationships deepens appreciation rather than diminishing genius. The piece is a corrective to individualist myth-making and a reminder that art emerges from social contexts as well as personal talent.

Arts and Reviews

Or Utopia (2024): The End of the World Without the State
Bryan Mercadente
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/11/29/or-utopia-2024-the-end-of-the-world-without-the-state/
Mercadente reviews Or Utopia as an inadvertent defence of statism. He argues that the film assumes social collapse in the absence of central authority, mistaking coordination for coercion. The review critiques narrative laziness and ideological panic masquerading as realism. Mercadente suggests the film reveals elite fear of autonomy rather than genuine concern for order. It is treated as cultural propaganda rather than art.

Eden Lake (2008): A Nightmare of Modern Britain
Bryan Mercadente
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/11/27/eden-lake-2008-a-nightmare-of-modern-britain/
This review interprets Eden Lake as a bleak portrait of social breakdown and moral paralysis. Mercadente argues that the film’s horror lies not in violence alone but in the absence of authority and communal restraint. He situates the film within post-liberal Britain, where fear replaces solidarity. The review treats Eden Lake as an accidental social document rather than mere entertainment.

Suicide Squad (2016): An Exercise in American Delusion
Bryan Mercadente
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/20/suicide-squad-2016-an-exercise-in-american-delusion/
Mercadente critiques Suicide Squad as incoherent spectacle masking ideological confusion. He argues that moral nihilism is repackaged as rebellion, while state violence is aestheticised and excused. The review highlights contradictions between anti-hero rhetoric and obedience narratives. Mercadente concludes that the film reflects cultural exhaustion rather than subversion.

Children of the Night (2023): Gay Vampires but Nothing to Suck On
Bryan Mercadente
https://libertarianism.uk/2025/12/21/children-of-the-night-2023-gay-vampires-but-nothing-to-suck-on/
This review dismisses Children of the Night as shallow identity branding devoid of narrative substance. Mercadente argues that provocation replaces storytelling, and representation substitutes for meaning. The film is presented as an example of cultural sterility, where transgression is simulated without risk. The review treats the film less as failure than symptom, illustrating how artistic ambition is displaced by ideological signalling.

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