Is it possible to ensure with legislation that any company that victimises whistleblowers or trade union members could be banned from taking any public sector work in future? Continue reading “Whistleblowers”
Category: Civil liberties
Government, the police and intelligence services are too easily given sweeping powers that they too often abuse
Jenny works with campaigners to defend our civil liberties
Read on for her latest posts on this topic
Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition technology is being used a lot by police forces all over Britain and clearly has caused a lot of confusion and made a lot of mistakes Continue reading “Facial Recognition Technology”
Who watches the Watchdogs?
Who Watches the Watchdogs? is an extremely interesting report but we produce reports and they are then often ignored Continue reading “Who watches the Watchdogs?”
Reform of the House of Lords
Labour’s plan to axe peers there by birth is a blunt instrument. Only a fully elected second chamber will give us true democracy, without it the House will remain undemocratic, overcrowded, dominated by silly archaic practices and unrepresentative of the British population. We need a second chamber that is representative of the regions, elected by a form of proportional representation and operating in a modern parliamentary building Continue reading “Reform of the House of Lords”
Keeping Labour honest
Jenny aims to keep Labour honest! Pushing the government to provide proper funding for their new Anti-corruption Covid Commissioner in order to expose the true extent of corruption in Britain over last 14 years and the need for democratic safeguards. She says ‘it’s very important to clean up properly, corruption has to be seen as something that will be called out AND punished’.
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My response to the King’s Speech
There are a few issues that were not covered in the King’s Speech that ought to have been. I shall raise those and would like to hear the Government’s response and, hopefully, what they plan to do about them. Continue reading “My response to the King’s Speech”
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill Second Reading
Fujitsu is still a major government contractor which gives money to the Conservative Party. Fujitsu should be in the dock and prosecutions should already have begun. If you let major corporations run your Government, taxpayers will be ripped off and find that they are paying out millions when things go wrong. Fujitsu should pay the costs back to sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses, not us taxpayers. Continue reading “Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill Second Reading”
My debate on Peaceful Protests
My Question for Short Debate: To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Practical toolkit for law enforcement officials to promote and protect human rights in the context of peaceful protests, published on 7 March by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and how they intend to ensure that the United Kingdom aligns with United Nations standards on the use of surveillance technology at protests. Continue reading “My debate on Peaceful Protests”
Rwanda bill passed
It passed. We tried to stop the Rwanda bill with a Fatal Motion proposed by the Lib Dems back in January. We knew that the government would never listen to reasoned amendments. This was not in the Conservative Party manifesto. The Lords could have stopped it. Continue reading “Rwanda bill passed”
Victims and Prisoners Bill – IPP Prisoners
We cannot say that we have a justice system if we have an innate injustice like this. The sentencing and continued imprisonment of IPP prisoners has just been cruel. The lawyer and campaigner Peter Stefanovic put out an online video about it. Continue reading “Victims and Prisoners Bill – IPP Prisoners”
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 