Privacy campaigners, including NO2ID, Liberty and 38 Degrees, have welcomed reports that the proposed Communications Data Bill is to be killed off. Under the ‘Snooper’s Charter’, Whitehall would have been able to force internet service providers (ISPs) to retain vast amounts of information about everyone’s web browsing, email, gaming and chat sessions and hand it [...]
Sex and power 2013
On International Women’s Day, it is worth noting that a girl child born today will be drawing her pension before she has an equal voice in the government of her country at the current rate of progress. At all levels of political representation, women’s share of power falls well short of being comparable to their [...]
On Thatcher: You mourn if you want to. This lady’s not for mourning.
Contrary to her pious ambitions, Thatcher brought discord, error, doubt and despair. She was stabbed in the front and the back by her own party, but she among few gave her name to a legacy that lives on. In her own words ‘I love argument. I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit [...]