Comment In the face of government attacks on our civil liberties, we must protest Over a year since the first lockdown, we could write a thesis on the government failures. The failure… Howard Beckett 3rd April, 2021, 9:45 am
Comment Labour needs to think about the merit of any legislation, not the “Red Wall” Leader Keir Starmer has agreed at the last minute that the Labour Party should vote against the police,… Diane Abbott 15th March, 2021, 11:20 am
Comment Chakrabarti: “If the CHIS bill passes, a real Rubicon will have been crossed” “If this bill passes unamended, as it did in the House of Commons, I think a real Rubicon… Sienna Rodgers 17th November, 2020, 8:00 am
Comment Why I’m opposed to the covert human intelligence sources bill Below is the full text of Baroness Chakrabarti’s speech on the covert human intelligence sources (criminal conduct) bill… Shami Chakrabarti 11th November, 2020, 4:08 pm
News 34 Labour MPs break whip to oppose ‘spycops’ bill as seven frontbenchers quit 34 Labour MPs including seven opposition frontbenchers have broken the party whip today by voting against the covert… Sienna Rodgers 15th October, 2020, 5:45 pm
News Dan Carden quits Labour frontbench over ‘spycops’ bill Dan Carden has resigned from the Labour frontbench over the leadership’s decision to whip MPs to abstain on… Sienna Rodgers 15th October, 2020, 11:35 am
Daily email Government imposes further Covid restrictions on local areas “by imposition, not consent” We might have assumed that this week would be dominated by Brexit news, as Boris Johnson did set… Sienna Rodgers 15th October, 2020, 11:20 am
Comment Voting down the CHIS bill would weaken national security and human rights One of the many problems with losing general elections is that you don’t get the legislation or indeed… Conor McGinn 14th October, 2020, 8:05 pm
Comment Commons abstentions are clashing with Labour’s commitment to human rights Recent weeks have seen Labour MPs adopt positions on human rights issues in parliament that were surprising to… Diane Abbott 14th October, 2020, 11:30 am
Daily email Labour would have followed ‘circuit breaker’ SAGE advice, Ashworth says While every other lobby journalist was distracted by the publication of the September scientific advisory group for emergencies… Sienna Rodgers 13th October, 2020, 10:31 am