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Category Archives: Civil Liberties
Time to start educating children about their rights after figures show Police stopped and searched 500 under 10s
Shocking figures show that police in Scotland have stopped and searched 750,000 people in the last year. The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research report also found that 500 children under 10 were stopped and searched in 2010 alone. This has … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Police, Scotland, stop and search
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Last day to have your say on Glasgow subway photo ban
Last month I told you about SPT’s plan to ban photography on the Glasgow Subway. I said that:So, you’re on the Glasgow subway with some friends and one of them does something cute or funny or otherwise worth recording for … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, subway snap in
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Nick Clegg in secret courts victory – but the debate is not over
If you doubt the Liberal Democrat influence in this Coalition Government, look no further than today’s news about how the Government has moderated its plans on secret courts in three important ways at the insistence of Nick Clegg. The key concessions … Continue reading
Julian Huppert MP talks to bloggers on web snooping plans
Last Wednesday night, I took part in a conference call Julian Huppert MP and other bloggers who were interested in any potential web snooping plans. When I say interested, I mean “would start frothing at the mouth if any of … Continue reading
Posted in ccdp, Civil Liberties, Julian Huppert, web snooping
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What I said to FCC on Conference Accreditation
So, there I was, in my parents’ living room on Saturday afternoon and suddenly the awful realisation hit me. I’d been urging everyone else to respond to the Federal Conference Committee’s hasty consultation on the Sussex Police’s request for an … Continue reading
Conference accreditation rears its unacceptable, illiberal and not very pretty head
You kind of expect motions passed at Federal Conference about Federal Conference to be taken seriously by Federal Conference Committee. Especially in a year when they’re up for election. Unfortunately the message from the motion on Accreditation for attendees at … Continue reading
Lib Dem Conference Protester charges are dropped – but after he’d spent 10 days in jail
Remember way back in September I was not chuffed to hear that student Edd Bauer had been packed off to jail for unfurling a protest banner on a bridge near the ICC in Birmingham where our Conference was going on? … Continue reading
Time to let the Naked Rambler on his way.
I read with despair the report yesterday of the Naked Rambler’s minute of freedom before being locked up for another 657 days. Is keeping this guy locked up in jail for longer than most people would get for much more … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties
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A DNA WTF?
I am not impressed by several reports today that the Coalition has gone back on its intention to delete DNA from innocent people in line with the system we have here in Scotland. This was set in stone in the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties
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