Mike writes for Left Foot Forward on civil liberties, libel reform and free speech. He is a Labour councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham and is Head of Advocacy at free speech organisation Index on Censorship, he is also a public affairs and social media consultant with clients including the Libel Reform Campaign, environmental charities and trade unions.
We’re hoping #guiltfreeEurovision & azerbaijanpetition.org will trend on the evening of Eurovision, writes Mike Harris, Head of Advocacy at Index on Censorship.
The Woolas case raise an interesting question for the Labour party: if the electorate become hostile to civil liberties, should we? Michael Harris examines the issue.
Ed Miliband’s leadership speech was a strident attempt to detoxify the Labour brand from the widely perceived authoritarianism of the Blair–Brown years.
Lord Lester, the architect of the Human Rights Act, has tabled a Private Members’ Bill in the House of Lords to systematically reform English libel law.
Yesterday the new coalition government announced it is to “review libel laws to protect freedom of speech” as part of a welcome and much-needed package.
The Libel Reform Campaign has welcomed today's media select committee report as "a great starting point to ensure an unprecedented overhaul of our libel laws".