en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
Toby Young is a 'classical liberal'. The term is misleading with the use of the word liberal though - its about economic liberalism not social liberalism (often alternatively and more commonly referred to as libertarianism).
Notably:
They asserted that rights are of a negative nature, which require other individuals (and governments) to refrain from interfering with the free market, opposing social liberals who assert that individuals have positive rights, such as the right to vote, the right to an education, the right to health care and the right to a living wage. For society to guarantee positive rights requires taxation over and above the minimum needed to enforce negative rights.
Core beliefs of classical liberals did not necessarily include democracy or government by a majority vote by citizens, because "there is nothing in the bare idea of majority rule to show that majorities will always respect the rights of property or maintain rule of law". For example, James Madison argued for a constitutional republic with protections for individual liberty over a pure democracy, reasoning that in a pure democracy a "common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole...and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party".
In the late 19th century, classical liberalism developed into neo-classical liberalism, which argued for government to be as small as possible to allow the exercise of individual freedom. In its most extreme form, neo-classical liberalism advocated Social Darwinism. Right-libertarianism is a modern form of neo-classical liberalism.
This is where my beloved Freedom Association sits politically too.
Also very notable about libertarians is the relationship to fascism. Certain observations and theories along these are springing up particularly in the US over the relationship.
www.thedailybeast.com/the-insidious-libertarian-to-alt-right-pipeline?source=twitter&via=mobile
The Insidious Libertarian-to-Alt-Right Pipeline
Is it just a phase they go through—or is there something about libertarianism that attracts, well, uh, you know, racist kooks?
bennorton.com/the-libertarian-fascist-alliance/
The libertarian-fascist alliance
I find must admit that I find this article on 'fascist attempts at entrism to libertarianism an interesting angle' too.
itsgoingdown.org/response-fascist-provocation-entryism-isflc/
Response to Fascist Entryism Into Libertarian Circles
This is why Owen Jones boils my piss. He makes out that centrist social liberals who aren't left leaning enough to his tastes are libertarians and fascists. Which pretty much works to their favour (hello the split left of 1930s Germany you nugget).
I think the issue of 'no platforming' at universities, is going to get a LOT bigger in the UK. We've got two forces on a direct collision path here.
The freedom of speech stuff, isn't about accountability or critical thinking though. The denial of critical thinking by the left by no platforming, is an own goal and doesn't develop individuals ability to pick things apart. Instead you'll have people not encourged to think critically but exposed to 'free speech' encouraged by libertarians (with fascists piggy backing).
Libertarianism is what the vision of 'Singapore' model of Brexit was about. This is Boris's vision, but he shares this with Gove and Young (Fox is another one and Davis was always a devote libertarian who ironically relied on the EU to defend his libertarian beliefs). Hard Brexit might be being banjaxed but believe in this shit is still alive and well and that's the ambition in time post Brexit.
Important not to loose sight of that latest figure I saw for the current Tory party membership which is now thought to be 70% male.
I will keep banging on about this, but this is about Rights and the Human Rights Act and exit from the ECHR are the ultimate goal. Still.