Tag Archives: accountability

Eyes spying thorugh a computer

The drip, drip, drip of snooping

First there was RIPA, then ID cards, happily abandoned by the Coalition. The ‘Snoopers’ Charter’, the Data Communications Bill, was scuppered and the EU Data Retention Directive was declared illegal….

Who do senior politicians pay most attention to?

Ask not what our young people can do for our country: why 2m first-time voters won’t make it to the polls in 2015

British Futures’ report on political engagement among first-time voters is the source of some depressing statistics. In its introduction, Voice of a Generation: What do 2015’s first-time voters think? says:…

Extremist voter

Democracy: what is it good for?

I’ve talked to a lot of people in the last few weeks who think politicians are all the same and it’s just not worth bothering to vote. Research published this…

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