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- The blurred distinction between public and private
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- Is banning the burqa compatible with freedom and democracy?
- The fat of the land
- Talking with the taxman about poetry
- This new puritanism would drive anyone to drink
- Innocent driver admits offence to avoid cost of court defence
- If we are all under suspicion, then we are all threatened
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Free Speech
Free speech and the court of public opinion: let the people decideThursday February 4, 2010John Terry’s “crime” was not cheating on his wife, says Suzy Dean, but trying to gag the press using a “super-injunction” |
Food and Drink
The fat of the landWednesday January 20, 2010Is it possible, asks Karen McTigue, for a single January to pass without the media falling prey to the urge to force us into abstinence of some kind or another? |
Taxation
Talking with the taxman about poetryMonday January 18, 2010Billy Bragg refuses to pay income tax unless the government moves to limit bonus payments at the Royal Bank of Scotland |
Food and Drink
This new puritanism would drive anyone to drinkSunday January 10, 2010As smokers told you they would, the puritans have now switched their censorious gaze from cigarettes to wine and beer, writes Nick Cohen in The Observer |
Motoring
Innocent driver admits offence to avoid cost of court defenceSaturday January 9, 2010A company director has admitted a motoring offence he says he has not committed after becoming one of the first to be caught by controversial new rules on court costs |
Surveillance
Huge fall in number of crimes caught on CCTVTuesday January 5, 2010Figures released under Freedom of Information show 71 per cent fall in number of crimes “in which CCTV was involved” |
Motoring
Motorists hit by higher parking fees and finesMonday January 4, 2010Local councils raised £1.9 billion from parking fees and fines last year, with some doubling the amount of money they squeeze out of motorists |
Food and Drink
Bring in 50p minimum price for alcohol, MPs urgeSunday January 3, 2010Costs of dealing with alcohol abuse “overwhelming the NHS” say experts |
Free Speech
Death of free speech: Is Britain becoming the censorship capital of the world?Monday December 21, 2009Britain has a reputation as the home of free speech, writes Melanie Phillips in the Daily Mail. Now it is developing a reputation as the country where free speech is being steadily suppressed |
Free Speech
'No platform' is no platformed: but so is debateMonday October 26, 2009Dennis Hayes reflects on how debate and protest have become pantomime versions of what they once were |