The Free Society

The Free Society is a libertarian grouping in which Simon Clark plays a leading role, maintaining its blog Taking Liberties, which contains this account of the Society:

The Free Society (TFS) has been launched to give a voice to the silent majority who want less, not more, government interference in their daily lives. Confronted with an ever expanding army of politicians, bureaucrats and special interest groups who seem determined to limit our freedoms through social engineering and censorship, our forthcoming website will discuss freedom and its limits (with a view to developing a network of like-minded people) and encourage national debate on a wide range of social and political issues. In the meantime please feel free to comment on any issue raised by this blog.

The group focus on key issues such as the environment, food and drink, free speech, motoring, smoking, surveillance and taxation. These issues and others are tackled by The Free Society through affiliations with influential think tanks and campaign groups.

The 'Freedom Zone' 2010, a project of FOREST via its campaign The Free Society. Speakers included Philip Davies MP, Claire Fox, Institute of Ideas and Simon Clark of tobacco industry funded FOREST

Campaigns

• Countryside Alliance
• FOREST
• No2ID
• Freedom Association
• I Want A Referendum
• Liberty
• Safe Speed
• Taxpayers Alliance

Think Tanks

• Adam Smith Institute
• Future Cities Project
• Institute of Ideas

Funding

The website of The Free Society says it welcomes both individual and corporate donations 'to support the cost of our website, publications, research and events'.

People

2008

Brian Monteith | Claire Fox | Dennis Hayes | Joe Jackson | Neil Rafferty | Simon Clark | Simon Hills | Suzy Dean

2011

Brian Monteith | Chris Snowdon | Claire Fox | David Bowden | Dennis Hayes | Eamonn Butler | Jason Smith | Joe Jackson | Martin Cullip | Patrick Basham | Phil Whiteley | Simon Clark | Simon Hills | Suzy Dean

Contact

http://www.thefreesociety.org/