One rare piece of good news from the Tory-led government was Nick Clegg’s decision to block the so-called ‘Snoopers Charter’, a draft piece of fundamentally illiberal legislation which would have allowed the security services to monitor emails, text messages and internet browsing.
An ‘Economic Freedom Bill’ in the Queen’s Speech could address these wider economic imbalances, writes Mike Morgan-Giles.
Freedom of speech is one of the foundations of a democracy and must be protected as far as is reasonably possible, writes Mike Morgan-Giles.
Mike Morgan-Giles reports on government plans for ‘secret courts’, and the use of secret evidence, on the grounds of “national security”.
Mike Morgan Giles argues that Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is wrong – we need “militant secularists”, whatever they are.
Alex Salmond unveiled the Scottish government’s referendum plans today, calling it the “most exciting in Scotland’s modern history”; we look ahead to the campaign.
Ten years ago to the day, the United States government opened the now infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp – Mike Morgan-Giles reports.
Mike Morgan-Giles argues that British drugs policy is a serious failure of evidence-based policymaking, and that we can learn many lessons from overseas.
Mike Morgan-Giles shows how the reaction to Occupy London is emblematic of the response to protest in the UK today.
Michael Morgan Giles argues that Labour needs to do more to support the cause of freedom.
