The Green Party had to stand. Someone had to stand up for civil liberties

One of the more cheering bits of Ed Miliband’s speech to the Labour party conference was his pledge that the party under his leadership would once again take seriously the issue of civil liberties, of individual rights My generation recognises too that government can itself become a vested interest when it comes to civil liberties.

Firstly I would like to draw your attention to a new blog, Big Brother Britain and Civil Liberties, to which I offer my support. Secondly, we see the long awaited return of David Davis to the cause of civil liberties, with an article in the Guardian. Links in the comments have led me to an anti-Communications

1) Traditional civil liberties have been eroded in recent years. 2) Amongst those concerned about the erosion of civil liberties are quite a few posh people. 3) Therefore, civil liberties are an issue only of concern to the elites and not ‘ordinary people’. I would have thought the failure to apply elementary logical thinking in this formulation was

Wikipedia defines civil liberties in the following way: Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the right to life, freedom from torture, freedom from slavery and forced labour, the right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, the right to defend one’s self, the right to

This is the second in the lastest series of Blogpower Roundups, and this is my roundup of some of the current live issues around Civil Liberties. I've only been able to cover half of the Blogpower blogs, but I'll do another one soon with the other half. While there are differences between bloggers on some questions at the edge on just what comes under Civil Liberties, there's usually a strong cons...

US writer Naomi Wolf has called on Britons to face up to civil liberties threats posed by the government's response to the threat of terrorism.

Katabasis: Help wanted - A chilling landmark for civil liberties in the UK.Please click through and read about this shocking case. If you feel you have nothing to fear from civil liberties encroachments, this may finally convince you that...

Browns Speech on civil liberties In a speech on liberty at the University of Westminster, Gordon Brown said: I believe that by applying our enduring ideals to new challenges we can start immediately to make changes in our constitution and laws to safeguard and extend the liberties of our citizens: " respecting ...

Nice post from Peter....Gordon Brown would put many of us in cages given the opportunity... Gordon Brown heckled at Taking Liberties exhibition London – 30 October 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown was heckled as he finished his speech opening a new exhibition at the British Library last night (29 October 2008). The new exhibition is entitled: Taking Liberties - The Struggle for Britain'...