Just eight short weeks ago, the Libertarian Party announced itself to the world with the launch of its website. With no fuss or fanfare, a new political force was born in Britain.

Since then, and thanks purely to word of mouth and the occasional mention by the UK blogging community, support for the Party, and interest in our policies, has been growing steadily.

This weekend marks a turning point for the Party. For the first time, our entire outline manifesto—a set of radical yet realistic proposals—is available for the public to see on our website. We have also issued our first formal press release, to alert the mainstream media of our proposal to abolish personal Income Tax. Further information on this particular policy can be found here.

Although the internal discussions on our forum will no doubt continue unabated, the publishing of our outline manifesto in the public domain now gives us all the opportunity to get out and start spreading the Libertarian message, with something tangible to point to. Let's get to work!

So many people have put time and effort into getting us to where we are now...