We’re delighted to announce that the Football Supporters’ Federation have joined the Convention on Modern Liberty as partners. Football supporters have been on the receiving end of draconian new laws recently with police abusing the powers given them under Section 27 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act to issue banning orders on the spot, to [...]
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Convention blog carnival launches!
Over at Liberal Conspiracy, Convention advisor James Graham of Unlock Democracy and the Quaequam blog announces the launch of a new blog carnival in support of the Convention on Modern Liberty. Never heard of a blog carnival before? Then check out James’s post. He’s looking for blog submissions on the different issues the Convention seeks to [...]
Read →Convention launched – Anthony’s speech
There was a launch party for the Convention on Modern Liberty in Gladstone’s old townhouse, 11 Carlton House Terrace, now the Foreign Press Association, last night, Thursday 15 January. It was sponsored by Vanity Fair and hosted by Henry Porter and Helena Kennedy QC.
Read →Greatest threat to civil rights for decades
The Independent has branded the Coroners and Justice Bill the “greatest threat to civil rights for decades”. They went on to detail the nastier aspects of the bill quoting Shami Chakrabarti.
Read →Bill Thompson on the dangers of data retention
Technology critic and Convention advisor Bill Thompson has a good article on governent data retention plans over at Index on Censorship. The government attempts to reassure us by pointing out that under current plans only the details of sender/receiver are stored and not the content of communications. But, as Bill warns, once these powers are [...]
Read →Bloggers’ Summit
Sunny Hundal, who is hosting the Bloggers’ Summit, urges bloggers to discuss the issues now and use the Convention as a springboard to move action forward. We in turn would urge you to discuss the issues with anyone and everyone you can: on blogs, down the pub, at work, at home. And let us know [...]
Read →Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing confirms
We are pleased to announce Cory Doctorow has confirmed he will be speaking on the plenary panel discussing “Freedom and Democracy after the Market meltdown”. Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger. He is the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the bestselling ‘for teens’ novel Little Brother. He co-founded [...]
Read →PM’s advisor on “Transformational Government” confirms
We are very pleased to announce that Sir David Varney, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Public Service Transformation, has confirmed his attendance at the Convention. It provides a great opportunity to debate publicly the government’s ‘Transformational Government’ programme (on which see the excellent pamphlet by Jill Kerby of the CPS) with someone overseeing it from the [...]
Read →Are the Police out of control?
We recently took the decision that the Convention should have a session on the Police. Many people in this country report a feeling that the police have become increasingly politicized and unaccountable. It’s not just high-profile cases like De Menezes and Damian Green that conjure the terrifying spectre of a police state; it’s the bullying and harrassment experienced by people exercisising their fundamental right to protest or simply going about their daily business.
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