Jack Straw has a case, but this story is magnificent fuel for the present debate on civil liberties. Would you mind being held for 42 days yourself, before being charged, and then convicted on the strength of anonymous evidence? If you think it unlikely, consider the now long-standing abuse of […]
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“Thought for to-day”: stand firm for freedom
From the Conservative Party Archive, poster 1950-11: The poster archive is an engaging place to spend a half hour, particularly when you realise that Labour are still socialists.
Read MoreThe New Freedom by Woodrow Wilson
A fascinating book, by the 28th President of the USA, available online: There has come over the land that un-American set of conditions which enables a small number of men who control the government to get favors from the government; by those favors to exclude their fellows from equal business […]
Read MoreTelegraph: “David Davis is tilting at real giants”
The Telegraph comes out in support of the serious issues behind the Davis campaign. Nigel Palmer comments powerfully on John Redwood’s Diary. And then Brown explains that tyranny makes you free. Worthy of Stalin: even Marxists claim support for freedom and democracy. Marx: Communism will institute a ‘true realm’ of […]
Read MorePortrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot
More from Schneier, a leader in cryptography and other areas of security: Terrorism is a real threat, and one that needs to be addressed by appropriate means. But allowing ourselves to be terrorized by wannabe terrorists and unrealistic plots — and worse, allowing our essential freedoms to be lost by […]
Read MoreInsurer stops ‘pay as you drive’
Another surveillance scheme, and a precursor to the Government’s road pricing proposals, dies. In practice, people don’t like to be tracked, even if it saves them money. What a surprise. read more | digg story
Read MoreAre photographers really a threat?
Leading security expert Bruce Schneier writes in the Guardian: Since 9/11, there has been an increasing war on photography. Photographers have been harassed, questioned, detained, arrested or worse, and declared to be unwelcome. We’ve been repeatedly told to watch out for photographers, especially suspicious ones. Clearly any terrorist is going […]
Read MoreI’m fighting to defend our basic freedoms, says David Davis
Much of this Telegraph article is the text of his speech, but it refers to further trespasses on our freedoms. read more | digg story
Read MoreIain Dale’s comment on David Davis’ resignation
Well-informed comment here. And would you look at that: it appears Tories think he’s right and that we should lead public opinion. It turns out Davis is an old skydiver. How splendid.
Read MoreDavid Davis: what he said
Taken from the BBC video here. Any errors and omissions my own. I had intended to make this statement in the House of Commons, the appropriate place in my view for something as important as this, but the Speaker ruled that because it revisited controversial issues from yesterday, that that […]
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