Release Date: 14th August 2004
Release Time: Immediate

Contact Details:
Chris R. Tame, 07957 644 519, chris@libertarian.co.uk
Sean Gabb, 07956 472 199, sean@libertarian.co.uk

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"FREE MARKET AND CIVIL LIBERTIES THINK TANK CONGRATULATES PRIME MINISTER'S SON ON JOB - MERITOCRACY NOW PREVAILS IN BRITAIN"

The Libertarian Alliance, the radical free market and civil liberties think tank and pressure group, congratulates the Prime Minister's son Euan Blair, on securing a job at 'The Sunday Times'.

Libertarian Alliance Director, Dr Chris Tame commented:

"We realise how hard it is for the press to find talented individuals with investigative skills, writing ability and innovatory and interesting things to say. We are therefore pleased that they have not deviated from the principles of meritocracy and have scoured all ranks of our society in order to identify and cultivate genuine talent. That a Prime Minister's son could receive such an appointment tells us all we need to know about the state of our society today.

Let the carping critics and cynics remain silent. Can we doubt that the last vestiges of the old boy network, the bad old days when brain dead upper-class twits found easy passage throughout business, the civil service, politics and the media, are now over? Two New Labour administrations have clearly transformed our country into a meritocracy where talent is at a last able to rise from all sections of society."

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Note(s) to Editors

(1) Dr. Chris R. Tame is the founder and Director of the Libertarian Alliance. He is a prolific writer and lecturer on many topics in sociology, economics, philosophy and the history of ideas.

Dr. Tame can be contacted for further comment at 07957 644519 or by email at director@libertarian.co.uk

Extended Contact Details:

The Libertarian Alliance is Britain’s most radical free market and civil liberties policy institute. It has published over 700 articles, pamphlets and books in support of freedom and against statism in all its forms. These are freely available at http://www.libertarian.co.uk

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The Libertarian Alliance
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Associated Organisations

The Libertarian International - http://www.libertarian.to - is a sister organisation to the Libertarian Alliance. Its mission is to coordinate various initiatives in the defence of individual liberty throughout the world.

Sean Gabb's personal website - http://www.seangabb.co.uk - contains about a million words of writings on themes interesting to libertarians and conservatives

Liberalia - http://www.liberalia.com - maintained by by LA Executive member Christian Michel, Liberalia publishes in-depth papers in French and English on libertarianism and free enterprise. It is a prime source of documentation on these issues for students and scholars.

Libertarian Samizdata - http://www.samizdata.net - a topical blog that works in association with the Libertarian Alliance.