Opinion: The LPUK have shown themselves to be unfit for government

Shadow Justice Secretary and Official Opposition Communications Director sam-irl writes for the Guardian.

sam-irl says the LPUK are unfit for government.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Guardian.

Over the past few days, the deputy Prime Minister and the Libertarian Party UK have proven themselves to be manifestly unfit for government.



The deputy Prime Minister, Friedmanite19, has behaved as if he were a toddler throwing his toys out of the pram. He has screamed insults across the dispatch box, calling Classical Liberal deputy leader Tommy1Boys a “socialist shill”. He has accused members of the House of Commons of lying, in clear violation of the rules of the House. He has displayed behaviour that would have seen any other member be named and removed from the chamber by the speakership.



This is clearly a pattern of disrespect and poor behaviour that runs throughout the party. Secretary of State for Scotland, Tarkin15, has already been reprimanded by a usually absentee Prime Minister for his comments on the Hate Speech Bill. LPUK member HenryJohnTemple told Liberal Democrat MP DavidSwifty to drown himself.



Then, the LPUK introduced a bill in the House of Commons to legalise hateful, racist speech, coining the delightful phrase “hate speech is free speech”. This is a disgusting sentiment. Hate speech in and of itself is designed to repress the free speech of the groups they target. The LPUK, in their misguided and malicious attempt to expand free speech to racists, have created the greatest threat to free speech that this country has ever seen.



It is clear that the LPUK have no respect for the House of Commons or the people inside it. They are disgraces to the House of Commons and the United Kingdom. They are manifestly unfit to be in government.

The Conservatives should know better than to coalition with such repulsive figures. With the defections of two Conservative figures already, I hope this will be a wakeup call to the Prime Minister about his future in coalition with the Libertarians. The country deserves better leadership than the LPUK offer.



While I do believe that Friedmanite19 should resign for his behaviour over the past few days, recent events have shown that the problem runs much deeper than just the deputy Prime Minister. The only way to restore public trust in this government is for the Conservative Party to end their coalition with the LPUK.



Written by sam-irl for the Guardian.