Archive for zoe o’connell
Two people wrongly detained after communications interception errors
For the last decade and more, the publication of the Interception of Communication Commissioner’s Annual Reports has gone largely unremarked, even when they have contained news of copious errors or news (by omission) of a Commissioner not investigating evidence of widespread breaking of the rules he is meant to oversee (see my previous posts). This [...]
Draft Communications Data Bill: working through the clauses
I’ve written extensively about the wider issues around the Draft Communications Data Bill already, but in this post I’m collecting some of my thoughts on the details of its individual clauses. My view of the more general perspective is summed up in Walking: it’s time to take action on this major terrorist threat. By all [...]
Draft Communications Data Bill: initial Liberal Democrat reactions
Looking round the blogs this evening, these are the responses I’ve found so far to today’s publication of the Draft Communications Data Bill, all of which are well worth reading in full: CCDP First impressions: A bill with too few safeguards – Zoe O’Connell Clause 1 which places the obligations on ISPs to collect data [...]
EBuzzing Top Lib Dem Blogs, June 2012: congratulations Zoe, Alex, Nicola and Richard
Here are the Liberal Democrat entries in the top 100 political blogs as ranked by EBuzzing (Wikio as was). Alas, out go George Potter and Jack of Kent, but excellent to see in come Zoe O’Connell, Alex Marsh and Nicola Prigg, along with the returning Richard Morris. 1 (9) Liberal Democrat Voice Down 1 2 [...]
LibDem conference accreditation: what others have been saying
Despite its length, my blog post over the weekend about the security checks being carried out for Liberal Democrat conference, didn’t go through all the issues in equal detail. So here to make up for some of the areas I wrote less about are some excellent blog posts written by others: Over on his blog, [...]
Liberal Democrat conference and security checks #ldconf
The rolling saga that is security checks for people attending Liberal Democrat conference has generated a lot of heat, some light – and a fair degree of confusion. So this post is my attempt to untangle the main aspects of the story, which really fall into three sections: the principle of the checks, the way [...]
Liberal Democrat responses to anti-terrorism legislation review
Here’s a round-up of responses from Liberal Democrat figures and blogs: Tom Brake MP (Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs and Justice) Sanity and justice have been restored to British life. Today is a victory for those who have campaigned to restore the historic freedoms that Labour spent 13 years destroying. [...]
Interception Modernisation Programme: no, it’s not coming back
There’s been quite a lot online and in some traditional media in the last few days about how the government is supposedly resurrecting Labour’s plans for online snooping (the cuddly sounding Interception Modernisation Programme). Zoe O’Connell has covered this story well on her blog so here are a couple of quotes followed by a link [...]
