Yesterday, the House of Commons voted by 234 to 22 to retain the current ban on prisoner voting. You can find further details here. I had the privilege of giving the ‘wind up’ speech at the end of the debate - you can read my contribution here.
Read MoreToday, I wrote an article for the Daily Telegraph, setting out the case against giving prisoners the vote. Parliament will get a free vote on this debate next week, initiated pursuant to a new back-bench procedure introduced by the coalition. You can read the article here … along with comments by John Hirst, the original […]
Read MoreI have written an article for Con Home today on the state of human rights law, in light of the Chindamo case. You can read the article here.
Read MoreI was interviewed by RT on civil liberties, the EU and emails (!) at the Conservative Party conference. You can watch the interview here.
Read MoreYesterday, Parliament debated the EU budget, set to rise by 2.9% with Britain paying £7.7billion this year. I abstained on the vote - i.e. refused to vote in favour of the budget - for two reasons. First, the government had itself voted against the rise with 6 other countries in August (but was outvoted under […]
Read MoreSweden is one of those countries it pays to keep an eye on. Run (until relatively recently) by social democrats, with high levels of taxation, a competitive economy and high social mobility, it appeared to defy gravity - and the debate between economic liberals (like myself) and socialists or social democrats. In short, it was […]
Read MoreThis week started with the second reading of the Academies Bill, the new government’s first educational reform. The aim is to free local teachers, parents and community groups from state bureaucracy, allowing them to apply for academy status for their local school. With that status comes a range of freedoms - to tailor the curriculum […]
Read MoreBritain has until the end of the month to decide whether or not to sign up to the European Investigation Order. We have not had an opportunity to debate the matter in the House of Commons. So, I raised the matter in the Chamber this week. In the Order’s current form, it would allow European […]
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