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About Josie Appleton

Josie Appleton is director of the Manifesto Club, a campaign group for freedom in everyday life. She has led the club's many campaigns and is currently preparing a report on the restriction of leafleting across the UK, due to be published in June 2011.

Articles by Josie Appleton

Thursday 9th February

Pavement injustice: the tyranny of on-the-spot fines

What does it mean for justice in Britain when criminal offences that were once tried in a court room are now dealt with on-the-spot, with the supposed 'offender' unable to argue their case?
Thursday 30th June

The right to leaflet is a basic liberty

A new report, "Leafleting: A Liberty Lost?", finds that councils are cracking down on leafleting by local groups such as arts organisations and the WI - yet are increasing spending on their own council leaflets
Wednesday 2nd February

The liberal tradition of the leafleteer is under threat

Leaflets have long lain at the heart of local democracy. This great liberal tradition is now under threat, not now from King or Church, but from the unexpected quarter of local authority environmental officials.
Monday 9th November

A new type of activism is being born

Is activism dead – or is it blooming?
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