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The Classical Libs

May 14th, 2004 at 12:13 pm by David Farrar

Yesterday National announced that a group of party members and supporters had formed a Classical Liberal Policy Advisory Group, known as the Classical Libs. I’m the co-chair of it, along with Katherine Rich MP. Quite a few others are involved, including some who comment here from time to time (waves to Megan).

I am really looking forward to this endeavour. Policy is my main interest in politics, and we are going to be putting on some hopefully first class policy seminars on interesting topics.

The National Party is a broad based party, but it is not just a conservative party. I like the state to stay away form both my business and my personal life.

Pleased to see a supportive press release from Richard Prebble welcoming the group. I did have to laugh at how he claims it is due to ACT influence, because I have had my views since long before ACT was even a twinkle in Roger Douglas’ eye.

I did like Richard’s suggestion though that by having a seminar called “Thinking outside the square on road safety”, we were advocating one can choose what side of the road to drive on :-)

Related posts:

  1. NZPA story on Classical Libs
  2. The “Blue Libs”
  3. Conservatives and Classical Liberals
  4. Guest Post: Liberalism: Classical vs. Modern
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4 Responses to “The Classical Libs”

  1. Jordan Carter Says:
    May 14th, 2004 at 2:46 pm

    Good luck. :-) You can be the ACT wing of the National Party when ACT vanishes at the next election.

    Jordan

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  2. Axxyl Says:
    May 14th, 2004 at 5:55 pm

    Yes, you might well have had such views since Adam was a lad, and that might explain why you are to be a team member, but your Party has never until now acknowledged it. ACT did.

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  3. Chris Auld Says:
    May 14th, 2004 at 7:58 pm

    I hope you guys get around to discussing some of the topics that are difficult for many classical liberals- social freedoms- in particular substance prohibition.

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  4. Alan Wilkinson Says:
    May 21st, 2004 at 8:28 am

    Anyone interested in knowing more about classic liberalism should see the excellent website: http://www.liberalvalues.org.nz.

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