David Cameron uses the "libertarian" label in UK Guardian

From Eric Dondero:

The next British Prime Minister could very well be a Conservative who has an affinity for libertarian values.

The UK Guardian has a lengthy profile piece of Conservative Party standardbearer, and frontrunner to be the next Prime Minister, David Cameron. Deep in the piece there's a reference to a recent Cameron quote.

"I am an instinctive libertarian who abhors state prohibitions and tends to be sceptical of most government action," Cameron wrote in a diary for the Guardian.

And this related news from the Daily Telegraph via Freedom Association:

David Cameron today has attempted to promote the libertarian ideal of individualism in the education system by empowering the public to set up schools. Cameron spoke out against the growing state bureaucracy in the education sector.

"Mr Cameron said the idea that the bureaucrats knew what was best was "rubbish".

He added: "We should be trusting local parents and we should be breaking open the state monopoly and saying if you want to set up a great new school, if you want to provide great state education 'come on in'."

London Mayor Boris Johnson (photo with Cameron), a self-described "libertarian" is a close friend to Cameron. Johnson is regarded as the unofficial leader of the Tory's libertarian wing.

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