Guy Aitchison and I were among the protesters outside the Bank of England on Wednesday. You can read his excellent account of his experience, including a summary of other opinions and reports, at OurKingdom. Guy takes us through the entire day picking up the debate on the police’s technique of ‘kettling’ along the way and placing [...]
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Tickets for London have sold out
Tickets for the London Convention have now sold out. To go on the returns list, please contact clare.coatman@modernliberty.net. Alternatively, you can attend one of the regional and national events or watch the live stream of the main hall on our front page. If you are unable to attend an event do watch out for other [...]
Read →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 [...]
Announcing the Open Session
While we have tried to ensure to cover a wide breadth of topics in the plenaries and breakout sessions, we can’t of course cover everything. The Open Session is a space for you to talk about topics that aren’t in the main programme, and also a space for networking, ranting about your most hated law, finding [...]
Read →Ticket sales going strong
Ticket sales are going very well: we passed the 500 mark on Friday and are rapidly approaching 600. We’ve also got a number of people taking advantage of our group discount. If you would also like to form a group just let me know at clare.coatman[at]modernliberty.net.
Get your ticket before it’s too late!
New video: AC Grayling
A new video by Professor of Philosophy AC Grayling has just gone up. He talks of the long, hard struggle for our civil liberties – won over many generations, and how quickly we are losing them. He hails the Convention as the beginning of a movement, with so many disparate individuals and organisations coming together [...]
Read →Charter 88 celebrates 20 years
Charter 88 (now part of Unlock Democracy) has released the book ‘Unlocking Democracy’ in commemoration of it’s 20th anniversary. Nick Clegg MP joined Ferdinand Mount and Helena Kennedy QC in speaking at it’s launch on Tuesday, and Guy Aitchison has blogged the evening on OurKingdom.
Both Nick Clegg and Guy strike a cautiously optimistic note, saying that while we [...]
New video: Brian Eno
A new video by musician Brian Eno has just gone up. Brian sees the Convention as an opportunity to asess where we are with civil liberties and see where we could or need to be. He would like to think around what rights there might be in the future, for example in the creative industries, [...]
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 →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 [...]
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