The NHS's promised contact-tracing app could easily pose a threat to our freedoms Whenever the dust settles on the corona era, and historians look back at what made it significant, there will…
Delphine ChuiApril 19, 2022
"At best, this is willful blindness, at worst, an unabashed leap towards authoritarianism" ADF UK's Jeremiah Igunnubole says of the PCSC bill, which would allow police to restrict noisy conduct…
Miguel OrtizMarch 25, 2022
Ten years ago, no one would have batted an eyelid at Maya Forstater’s view that “men cannot change into women” says Lois McLatchie. Nowadays, expressing such a view can result…
Miguel OrtizMarch 14, 2022
The laws that govern behaviour on our streets have had a chilling effect on freedom of speech. Ambiguous wording in legislation and confused enforcement protocols have led to a spate…
Miguel OrtizMarch 3, 2022
The ECHR has ruled against reopening the “gay cake” case. The court dismissed an attempt to re-open an eight-year legal battle focused on whether small business owners can be forced…
Miguel OrtizJanuary 6, 2022
The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill is an opportunity to address critical issues within the law
Miguel OrtizSeptember 16, 2021
The parents of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl find themselves in a thoroughly unenviable position. Their daughter, Alta, is ventilator dependent. Her prognosis gives her two more years to live, but the…
Sofia HörderAugust 27, 2021
A friend of mine was recently interviewed under caution by the police. His offense? Reading the Bible aloud in a calm voice and steady tone outside a railway station. He…
Miguel OrtizAugust 20, 2021
Are you free to speak in public, even if I find you insulting? According to a coalition of unlikely allies, including Christians, secularists, comedians, and LGBT activists, you are, and…
Lois McLatchieAugust 17, 2021
