Tags: civil liberties

In the wake of the Counter-Terrorism Bill

Well it's been an interesting few days in the aftermath of the Counter-Terrorism Bill. Here's the list of the Labour MPs who voted against the government; Diane Abbott, Richard Burden, Katy Clark, Harry Cohen, Frank Cook, Jeremy Corbyn, Jim Cousins, A… more »

Counter-Terrorism Bill passes by nine votes

The government won by nine votes. 37 Labour MPs rebelled (thanks comrades), I'm sure many Labour Party members will be keen to see which lefties caved and voted with the government on this. Hopefully the Lords will chuck it out - I never thought I'd… more »

42-day detention and our civil liberties in general

I originally wasn't going to blog about this, my views are already pretty well known (major assault on our civil liberties over the last decade), but something just forced my hand. It was a blogger on LabourHome. I genuinely thought before now the… more »