The Conservatives are pledging to introduce a "repeal bill" to scrap laws that erode civil liberties, senior party figures said at the weekend. The bill, which would remove parts of anti-terror and anti-crime legislation thought contrary to civil liberties, would form part of an election manifesto, said Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary. Grieve made the announcement at the Convention on Mo...

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

The Economist wants to know. The Bagehot column questions the depth of the party's commitment to civil liberties:"The Tories... are recent and wavering converts to the eccentrics’ cause. Chris Grayling, the new shadow home secretary, has made manly noises about...

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

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.

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...

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...

One thing which has united the Tory and Lib Dem front benches over the last few years is a shared commitment in favour of civil liberties against an increasingly authoritarian Labour Government. Have the Conservatives given up on liberalism? It was, lest we forget, the reason why Nick Clegg decided that his party would not fight David Davis in the recent Haltemprice and Howden by-election: b...

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 ...