Liberty
The "draconian" Public Order Bill is designed to crack down on protests by Just Stop Oil, Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion.
Lawyers have warned of a human rights breach after rough sleepers said they'd been harassed "most mornings" for over a year.
My fellow right-wingers who find the Trump Baby balloon distasteful, do yourself a favour. Draw yourself up to your full height, have some dignity, and stick by the principles of free speech and personal liberty
As ever-more invasive technology develops, it’s more important than ever that we’re consulted on the tools police use
'Without the Windrush scandal this may not have happened.'
'I cannot remember a single murder at Glastonbury.'
'It’s absolutely the wrong thing to do'.
Immigration reform had turned 'citizens into immigration officers'.
New PM's policies at Home Office 'contributed to surge in hate crime'
David Cameron, Chris Grayling and apparently now Michael Gove feel we'd be better off if we axed an act that's held the powerful to account over and over again, and instead allowed those with a vested interest in keeping their power unchecked to limit when and to whom human rights apply. Funny that... If you've been paying attention to party spin recently, you'll have seen our HRA suddenly rechristened "Labour's" Human Rights Act. So it's worth clearing up at the start that it was passed in 1998 with overwhelming cross-party support and Tory leadership endorsement. It was a long-held ambition of the Society of Conservative Lawyers.