civil liberties
Liberty, Innovation, and an Invitation
ResPublica's Deputy Director, Asheem Singh, on the radical future of our most ancient freedoms
"...Only the innovators on our side can stem the tide of the innovators on 'theirs.' And it is not in regulating or auditing the innovators in our communities that we will develop community innovation and ethos – and so real power - but by reforming the concrete connections of the human commons of the future, and so binding future innovators to the cause of helping those communities..."
Civil Partnerships: An Opportunity And A Test
Oxford University Don and NextLeft contributor, Stuart White, opens a Disraeli Room cross-party debate on the equalities bill, civil partnerships and religious liberty with a call to action
"...The proposed amendment is not intended to place any obligation to host such ceremonies on those faith communities who are unwilling. The supporters of the amendment believe in religious liberty. Those faith communities who wish to be able to host civil partnership registrations on their premises should be free to do so. And those communities with a corporate view against allowing this should be no less free to refuse to do so. Thus, the amendment, placed by Lord Alli before the Lords this Friday afternoon, states that: ‘For the avoidance of doubt, this clause does not oblige any religious organisation to host civil partnership ceremonies if they do not wish to'..."
The Assault On British Liberty
Where left and right are getting it wrong on civil liberties - and how an approach that places civil society at its heart could be the answer
"...Despite the Government’s woeful record on civil liberties, the Conservatives have been for the most part silent on their substantive views towards this crucial issue. As Francesca Klug notes, it remains unclear how the promise for a British Bill of Rights will redress these faults. There is little discussion from the right of rescinding Labour’s more illiberal laws, and then-Shadow Home Secretary David Davis’ principled-if-confusing resignation over 42 days was treated with indifference or embarrassment by the Tories..."
