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…
Spycops
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Failing to oppose the spycops bill would be a dereliction of duty
The covert human intelligence sources bill (CHIS), due to be rushed through its final stages of legislation on…
Fresh Labour rebellion brewing over ‘licence to kill’ bill
Our test and trace system is becoming more shambolic, not less, and in new ways. Public Health England…
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