So who voted against the Snoopers’ Charter?
Clue: not Labour or the SNP as this analysis of MP voting patterns shared by Julian Huppert demonstrates. … Read the full post »
Read my posts about civil liberties in the UK, and in particular Liberal Democrat campaigning around them.
Clue: not Labour or the SNP as this analysis of MP voting patterns shared by Julian Huppert demonstrates. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats, who blocked the legislation under the last coalition government, said Labour’s decision to abstain was “gutless”. … Read the full post »
British politics will undergo a “significant realignment” after the EU referendum which could see the Liberal Democrats follow the example of their Canadian cousins to mount a serious challenge to be the main party of government, Tim Farron said. … Read the full post »
Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have made a joint submission on the UK’s draft Investigatory Powers Bill that urges the government to guarantee encryption in law. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, has called for the commission reviewing the freedom of information law to be disbanded. … Read the full post »
Proposed changes, currently under discussion by a cross-party government commission, threaten Freedom of Information rules. … Read the full post »
RightsInfo has produced a great set of posters setting out our human rights and the background to them. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrats have accused Labour of acting like a “nodding Conservative dog” for giving qualified support to Theresa May’s controversial plans to shake up Britain’s surveillance laws. … Read the full post »
When the Edward Snowden revelations were first published, the knee-jerk response from the government was to play the man and ignore the ball. … Read the full post »
Asked in the House of Commons when the detailed plan for the Government’s “British Bill of Rights” would be made public, Dominic Raab said it would be available soon. … Read the full post »