Read my posts about civil liberties in the UK, and in particular Liberal Democrat campaigning around them.
In the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, I talked with Sunder Katwala from the British Future think tank. He raised the important issue of the human bias towards pessimism and its impact on our reactions to the coronavirus crisis. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats last night secured assurances from the Government in the House of Lords that the wide-ranging emergency powers in the Coronavirus Act will… … Read the full post »
The coronavirus crisis requires unprecedented emergency measures. The more extreme the measure, the more carefully it must be circumscribed. … Read the full post »
Watch the new video from Amnesty International UK, making a powerful point about how helping people in distress is something to be welcomed not criminalised. … Read the full post »
In a guest post for this site, Rabina Khan, Liberal Democrat councillor from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, takes a look at the issue. … Read the full post »
A warning from the future for our civil liberties courtesy of Tom Scott, with a little inspiration from contemporary China. … Read the full post »
Watch the new video from Amnesty International UK, explaining the benefits of the Human Rights Act. … Read the full post »
The ability of a Parliamentarian to use Parliamentary privilege to break a legal injunction with impunity is both an important safeguard and a power easily open to abuse. Which is why it should only be used in exceptional cases. … Read the full post »
This 2-minute animation by www.rightsinfo.org will tell you everything you need to know about your human rights and why they matter. … Read the full post »
A few years back, I was one of the contributors to Great Liberal Speeches. Here is my piece on a seminal speech in defence of civil liberties, made by George Tierney in 1819. The issues are still very pertinent today: defending civil liberties in the face of claims they are getting in the way of protecting our security. … Read the full post »