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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 7h

For this month's TNG, we’re thrilled to be joined by @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social.

Rachel is the Lib Dem MP for Tiverton and Minehead and is Vice-Chair of the Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse APPG.

She's here to bang the liberal drum against authoritarianism!

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The Next Generation with Claire Coutinho MP · Luma

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 1d

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🕺 Join us for another Next Generation drinks on Monday, 13th October! 💡 The great thing about modernity is that you can electrify things. Move over acoustic,…

Margaret Thatcher’s 100th Birthday — Adam Smith Institute

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 1d

Today is our October TNG, and we’re thrilled to be joined by @ClaireCoutinho, the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Claire is coming to talk about energy, and how we can reduce the UK's pounds-per-megawatt-hour to help our spluttering economy.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 1d

Today, Margaret Thatcher would have turned 100 years old.

To mark the occasion, Rainer Zitelmann asked scholars from across the world to write about Thatcher's historical significance.

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On October 13, Margaret Thatcher, one of the most important politicians and reformers of the 20th century, would have turned 100 years old.

On the River: Adult Gaming Centres, Liberty and Harm — Adam Smith Institute

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 1d

Our annual Ayn Rand lecture celebrates self-reliance, personal excellence and individualism. No one better embodies these values than Forman who has been fighting for British businesses from the very beginning.

Click the link below to sign up! 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 6d

What is safer: land-based or online gambling?

Online gambling shows far higher rates of problem play - 18% versus 5.8% for in-person.

Continuing to tax land-based gambling into oblivion will force more gamblers into the less regulated online market.

Heavy-handed regulations and taxes on Adult Gaming Centres (AGCs) are shrinking the safer, in-person gambling sector and pushing consumers into black markets. AGCs are subject to an eye-watering…

Ayn Rand Lecture 2025: Lance Forman · Luma

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 8d

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Join us for our annual Ayn Rand Lecture 2025 with Lance Forman on Wednesday, 22nd October. From fighting the European Union as an MEP to running an iconic…

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 8d

We are often fixated on how to create growth, but this lecture gives us the rare opportunity to hear from someone who has actually delivered it.

As a 4th-gen CEO of one of the country's leading smokeries, @LanceForman is a crucial voice speaking out against overregulation today.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 10d

“Treating people like adults, allowing them to make their own choices.”

Join us and Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Andrew Griffith, at our Rally for Liberty at the Conservative Party Conference.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 11d

From surveillance laws to speech restrictions, the state is creeping further into private life. Liberty is not eroded by one act, but by thousands of small encroachments.

Join us at our Rally for Liberty at the Conservative Party Conference to draw the line.👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 12d

Giving people access to wheelchair-adapted vehicles makes sense. But, the vast majority of Motability cars are standard models. 🚗

Providing these cars at the average age of UK vehicles would immediately save £3.4 billion annually without undermining the purpose of the scheme.

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 13d

On the River: Adult Gaming Centres, Liberty and Harm — Adam Smith Institute

Heavy-handed regulations and taxes on Adult Gaming Centres (AGCs) are shrinking the safer, in-person gambling sector and pushing consumers into black markets. AGCs are subject to an eye-watering…

Join us at Conservative Party Conference to make the case for freedom. Civil liberties in the UK are under threat. Speech is criminalised. Meritocracy is…

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 13d

Did you know that many small towns rely on the gambling sector to provide jobs in hospitality, in venues like bingo halls and arcades?

Hiking up taxes on in-person gambling will hurt communities already struggling under a stagnant economy and sky-high tax burden.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 14d

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Rally For Liberty · Luma

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 14d

The government has empowered police to dictate when, where and how you protest. Under the Crime & Policing Sentencing Bill, vague definitions of intimidation are being used to stifle dissent.

Join us at our Rally for Liberty at the Conservative Party Conference to defend our liberties.

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Ayn Rand Lecture 2025: Lance Forman · Luma

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 15d

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Join us for our annual Ayn Rand Lecture 2025 with Lance Forman on Wednesday, 22nd October. From fighting the European Union as an MEP to running an iconic…

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 15d

As an MEP, he fought Brussels.

As a businessman, he fought against compulsory purchase of his family business.

Now, as the speaker in our annual Ayn Rand lecture, @LanceForman will tell us about how we can fight against the overreach of the British state.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 19d

At Labour Conference, Maxwell Marlow will be joined by Chris Curtis MP, Clementine Cowton of Octopus Energy and Ed Hezlet of British Progress to discuss how Britain can produce cheap, abundant and clean energy.

Click the link below to sign up.👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 19d

Are you a politician looking to save money in the upcoming budget?

Then, why not scrap the VAT and Insurance Premium Tax reliefs on brand-new Motability vehicles?

The subsidies cost us an eye-watering £1.2 billion per year!

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 20d

On the River: Adult Gaming Centres, Liberty and Harm — Adam Smith Institute

Heavy-handed regulations and taxes on Adult Gaming Centres (AGCs) are shrinking the safer, in-person gambling sector and pushing consumers into black markets. AGCs are subject to an eye-watering…

On the River: Adult Gaming Centres, Liberty and Harm — Adam Smith Institute

Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 20d

Gordon Brown wants to double Machine Games Duty on adult gambling centres. 🎰

This won’t stop problem gambling. But, it will destroy local high streets as gamblers switch to less regulated online sites.

Click the link below to find out more!👇

Heavy-handed regulations and taxes on Adult Gaming Centres (AGCs) are shrinking the safer, in-person gambling sector and pushing consumers into black markets. AGCs are subject to an eye-watering…

Join us at Conservative Party Conference to make the case for freedom. Civil liberties in the UK are under threat. Speech is criminalised. Meritocracy is…

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 20d

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Rally For Liberty · Luma