Richard Lucas

Richard Lucas is the leader of the Scottish Family Party, a socially conservative political party. In this capacity, he campaigns extensively against state interference in family life and corruption and indoctrination in schools, and defends freedom of expression.

His previous career was in education, but he now works for the SFP full time.

Richard is married, with two teenage sons, and lives in Edinburgh.

Away from the SFP, he enjoys philosophy and theology, motor racing and the great outdoors.

Don’t raise your voice to a Scottish child

Richard Lucas

In 2018, the Scottish Government toyed with a redefinition of child abuse. Is a ban on shouting soon to be proposed?

Punishment in Schools

Richard Lucas

To abandon punishment is to accommodate lawlessness and to remove the quality of mercy.

Children’s “right” to be sexually abused

Richard Lucas

If children are “entitled to explore, experience and express” in secret, doesn’t that mean that they can be molested by adults? The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), which has taken it upon itself to define children’s “sexual rights”, denies any age limit on sexual activity ...

Children’s Rights: a Trojan horse

Richard Lucas

"Children's rights" is an extreme ideology of childhood that undermines and sidelines parents, erodes the authority of teachers, and—worst of all—harms children by restricting their character development.