Good news for anyone who can’t make it to the Convention in London or to one of the parallel regional and national events: it will now be possible to follow the Convention live via webcast on www.modernliberty.net thanks to Global MIX!”
We will be broadcasting all the keynote speeches, the plenary sessions and the main parallel sessions [...]
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Convention now watchable live by webcast
My Modern Liberty
I am typical of my generation, in that I have become deeply disillusioned by parliamentary politics. Part of what I love so much about the Convention is that it’s extra-parliamentary in nature, while still welcoming Government and party political input.
I think the spirit of true democracy – inclusion and plurality – has become too rare [...]
Vincent Cable: Latest Contributor Confirmed
Alice Dyke: Vincent Cable MP, Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor and the man relied on to tell the truth about the economy, has confirmed as a speaker for The Convention on Modern Liberty session; ‘Can liberty survive the slump?“ Having been compared to Victor Meldrew for predicting the current recession as far back as 2005, Vincent [...]
Read →David Starkey confirms
Alice Dyke: The renowned historian, Tudor specialist and presenter of the ‘Monarchy’ series David Starkey has joined the Convention of Modern Liberty list of speakers. He will be joining our Police session at 11.45 am – which ought to liven things up a little!
Read →Indy leads with Modern Liberty
Alice Dyke: The Independent Newspaper leading article today has stressed the need to protect civil liberties in the UK, and has offered its support for the Convention of Modern Liberty.
Drawing on a report published yesterday by the International Commission of Jurists, which noted that “the international legal order based on respect for human rights is in [...]
EU Data Retention Directive endangers democracy
Jim Killock, the new Director of the Open Rights Group, has written a very interesting post for OurKingdom on the EU Data Detention Directive. Not only does the Directive breach our fundamental right to privacy, he argues, it threatens the very functioning of our democratic society.
Read →Carnival on Modern Liberty. 4
The latest edition of the blog Carnival on Modern Liberty is brought to you by Jennie Rigg over at the Yorksher Gob. This week’s edition is stuffed full of liberty-related posts from across the blogosphere brought to you in carnivalesque one liners. Get your ticket here and enjoy the ride!
Next week’s Carnival is hosted by Matt [...]
New Video: Christina Zaba
We’ve just put up a new video on the homepage by journalist and NO2ID union liaison officer, Christina Zaba. Christina explains why the British ID card scheme is unlike any other in the world and why it’s such a terrible idea.
Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below, or by recording a video [...]
What’s on the menu in the bill of rights debate?
All three of the main parties in Britain are now committed to a new bill of rights, but the current “debate” on the issue (amongst Labour and the Conservatives, at least) is characterised by ignorance and confusion, much of it harmful. That is why it is helpful to have Francesca Klug’s essay, “Solidity or Wind?” What’s [...]
Read →Modern technology and modern liberty
Tony Curzon Price, openDemocracy’s editor-in-chief, recently published the first part of what looks likely to be a fascinating series of articles on how technological forces are affecting our democracy and our civil liberties, both for good and for ill – part two is coming soon. He begins the series with a survey of some of [...]
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