This transcript covers the end of the opening keynote address, and the beginning of the plenary session which followed.
The draft transcript which follows is unedited or requires further editing. It is provided strictly on the understanding that it may contain errors. In particular, it should NOT be considered a complete or correct record of proceedings.
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Partial Transcript from London, #2
Partial Transcript from London, #1
We will be posting partial transcripts from London throughout the day – the first part follows below, containing the opening of the initial keynote address.
The draft transcript which follows is unedited or requires further editing. It is provided to the client strictly on the understanding that it may contain errors. In particular, it should NOT [...]
Glasgow Convention
Here is a photo of the Glasgow Convention.
Read →Trade unions at the Convention
The nice people at the TUC website have posted notices about the Convention and it’s on the NUJ website too. Time to think about trade unions.
Not long ago the media was saying very little about this key democratic movement, though there are 6.5M trade union members in Britain and many millions more worldwide.
Cometh the hour. With recession, unions [...]
Speaker list finalised
A last minute decision (Wednesday) to add new sessions to accommodate the higher than anticipated demand for tickets led to an urgent search for high-quality speakers who could be available at short notice. Fortunately people responded brilliantly!
With two sessions on Surveillance in Scottish Society, a session on constitutional issues and the democratic deficit, and a [...]
Twitter meet up
Message from Heleana Quartey: Convention on Modern Liberty #coml Tweetup details: Logan Hall, 1-2pm during bloggers summit. Wear a sticker with your twitter handle on it!
Read →Christina Zaba’s first update
So 24 hours before the Convention kicks off, we’ve set up a centre of operations in the Royal National Hotel across the road from where the event will be. At one end of the room Henry is briefing the press team for tomorrow. At the other, people are sitting on the floor in orderly style, [...]
Read →Philip Pullman voices his thoughts
Alice Dyke: One of the Convention’s key note speakers and renowned author Philip Pullman has written a piece in today’s Times online. Entitled ‘Malevolent voices that despise our freedoms’, the opening paragraph evokes the sleeping giant Albion in William Blake’s books. It is an image of our nation that haunts Pullman - “Sleep, profound and inveterate [...]
Read →Henry Porter’s and Anthony Barnett’s views on ‘What next?’
The Programme for the Convention on Modern Liberty was published today. We will be putting the entire pdf on the web. Meanwhile are are two short pieces by the Convention’s Co-Directors on what what next.
Anthony Barnett
It was one of the great missed opportunities of recent time. Twelve years ago we had our own ‘Obama moment’. [...]
Why I am involved
The past few years have been characterized by shoddy political debate, especially on questions of civil liberties. Many of the arguments put forward by our politicians suggest they are totally unaware of the most basic philosophical arguments regarding liberty and freedom of speech: as if Paine, Voltaire and Mill had never existed. And the fact [...]
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