That’s the question posed today by the popular PoliticalBetting.com website, who are covering the Convention on Modern Liberty.
Damn right it will!
With the launch of the Freedom Bill from the Liberal Democrats and a fringe event at today’s Convention looking at where the Conservatives truly position themselves on civil liberties, it seems the opposition parties are [...]
The sold out Convention on Modern Liberty in London has got underway. If you can’t be there you can watch the event live here.
You can also watch the event streamed live at Aston University in Birmingham, followed by a discussion on “Preventing Violent Extremism? State surveillance and community organisation”
Following comments earlier in the week, Barcode Nation asked just who, other than Gordon Brown and Jacqui Smith, is speaking out in support of the government?
Well today, we found out, after reading Jack Straw’s comments in the Guardian.
Not only does he take a swipe at tomorrow’s Convention on Modern Liberty:
More generally, despite the claims of a [...]
The Liberal Democrats have gone on the offensive with the launch of The Freedom Bill.
The Freedom Bill would restore civil liberties and democratic rights in Britain - and with your help we can make it happen. The Freedom Bill will reverse laws introduced under successive Conservative and Labour governments, reinstating ancient freedoms like the right [...]
We now have proof that all the government’s waffle about our identities being safe and secure in their care is a load of cr@p.
Computer Weekly has revealed that staff at THIRTY local authorities have been responsible for “serious security breaches” in the government database that will form the core of the national ID cards programme. [...]
An interesting development from Lebanon where the Government has ruled that citizens can remove their religion from their identity cards.
One of the arguments against ID cards is the possibility of discrimination. For proof, you need look no further than Lebanon, where ID cards were the equivalent of death warrants. According to the BBC News article:
During [...]
The assessments of the controversial ContactPoint database at the “early adopter” local authorities will remain secret, it has been revealed.
In a written Parliamentary answer, the children’s minister Beverley Hughes said ContactPoint assessments are internal documents and not intended for publication.
“The monthly assessments are undertaken by local authorities and are project documents internal to the local [...]
Regular visitors to the Barcode Nation will know I am a big fan of Henry Porter’s Blog on the Guardian’s Comment Is Free. In his latest post, Henry brings us the story of the struggles faced by a UK born barrister married to a Sierra Leone born UN worker, in trying to move in and [...]
Civil Liberties campaign group Liberty celebrates its 75th birthday today.
A press release on their website contains some interesting quotes, a few of which are reproduced here:
“The work of Liberty is now even more important than it was when it was founded 75 years ago. The threats to our freedom come increasingly from state authoritarianism which [...]
David Blunkett MP, the man who introduced the idea of ID cards during the Blair years has emerged as its latest opponent. Perhaps opponent is too strong a term, as the former Home Secretary does support the idea of cards for foreign nationals. But, when speaking at Essex University this week, he is expected to [...]
