Alice Dyke: We’ve posted a series of videos from the various Convention sessions – so if you were worried you missed out on the day, now you have the opportunity to see what else was happening!
The latest videos up include Quentin Skinner discussing the Leveller tradition in the Liberty, Sovereignty and Republicanism session, No2ID hosting a [...]
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Documented cases of Police and PCSO Harrassment of Photographers
This is a guest post by Matt Wardman of the Wardman Wire.
Matt Wardman: Chris Dillow wrote about the creation of an offense to photograph a policeman in response to the latest Terrorism Law. A commentator called “Jon” made this wholly remarkable assertion:
The s. 58 offence has been on the books since 19 February 2001, and yet we have not [...]
Philip Pullman Keynote Speech – Liberty and Virtue
Below is a transcript of Philip Pullman’s keynote speech
In my ten minutes I want to say something about this nation as it might be, and about the virtues that sustain a living and waking nation. I’m not going to spend much time on the vices that undermine it, although, as every storyteller knows, it’s easier [...]
Michael Cross on the Convention’s bravest attendee
Michael Cross of the Guardian has written a piece on why he believes David Varney should be given an award for being the Convention’s ‘bravest attendee’. He writes:
“As the prime minister’s special adviser on “service transformation” – official-speak for joining up the data that government agencies hold on us – he’s one of the architects of the [...]
No CCTV launch follow-up web page
No CCTV, who ran a workshop at the Bristol Convention event, have set up a page for those wishing to continue the conversation begun on that day. The page includes many useful suggestions of how to get involved and get informed, and a mailing list for those who want to ‘opt in’.
NO CCTV have [...]
New Labour and Children
Lisa Blakemore-Brown from Autism Rights has provided a comprehensive transcript of her talk at the Convention in the ‘Child’s Play’ session, including further discussion around topic and a comprehensive appendix.
Distortion, Denial and Destruction: New Labour Legacy for Children with Disabilities and their Families
I welcomed the opportunity to represent the Autism Rights group at this [...]
Read →David Davis Keynote Speech: ‘You have only the future to win’
Below is a transcript of David Davis’ keynote speech.
The paradox of individual liberty is that it never depends on one individual as the number of people in this hall demonstrates. Behind me there are 60 million others.
When I was shadow Home Secretary I used to address all sorts of interesting groups. Some of them [...]
The Convention and the Problem with defining ‘Liberty’
Tim Black for Spiked! has written an interesting piece on his thoughts on the Convention, and the problems he felt it encountered. Discussing the success of the Convention he writes:
“As a beginning, as a first attempt to bring together diffuse campaign and interest groups and start articulating a coherent response to the increasing intrusion of [...]
Sortition and Freedom
The author Oliver Dowlen has provided us with a full transcript of his talk on the topic of ‘Sortition and Freedom’ from the ‘Democracy and Liberty’ session. He has also included a useful selected bibliography for those who are unfamiliar with the subject.
We have heard a lot today about dissent, about objecting to the [...]
Read →What next? New Ideas for Human Politics
Alice Dyke: Martin Whitlock has tackled the question of ‘What Next’ in his blog for the human politics website, and has provided an interesting angle from which to consider what needs to happen post-convention.
Mr Whitlock believes the ‘big’ question following the Convention is: “How deep do we dare go? Is it enough to campaign [...]
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