Current approaches to the "war on terror" raise many questions on a number of fronts. Most importantly, there has been a tendency to see terrorism as essentially a
John Jackson (London, Charter 88): Stephen Sedley - the Appeal Court judge who made recently some widely reported remarks about the recording of DNA profiles - delivered the annual Mishcon
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Over in the Guardian Tim Garton Ash has written an essay arguing that we need to defend our freedoms and liberties from the government's
Brown announces fresh anti-terrorist measures
In a speech delivered at parliament yesterday, British prime minister Gordon Brown announced a raft of new security initiatives aimed at countering domestic terrorist threats.
Jon Bright (London, OK): John Jackson has written an article for OurKingdom tracking the development Lord Bingham's thinking on the relationship between parliament and the rule of law
Jon Bright (London, OK): As part of the Liberal Democrat leadership contest, Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne have agreed to take part in a "youtube hustings" - questions
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Describing himself as a "simple sailor" the former Sea Lord, Lord West, now the government's man in charge of our security changed
Jon Bright (London, OK): When announcing that there would be no election on November the 1st, Gordon Brown said he wanted time to set out his "vision" for
Ian Katz (London, Guardian): Dear Peter and Anthony: Maybe I overstated the notoriety of Lord Levy’s Friday night dinners by calling them "famous" in my piece about
Tony Curzon Price (London, openDemocracy): Laura Sandys - chair of my board here at openDemocracy - sends out a newsletter as part of her campaign to take South Thanet at
Peter Facey (London, Unlock Democracy): The Conservative party is correct to be concerned about local control and accountability: but this is the wrong way to go about it. Whilst David
Jon Bright (London, OK): David Cameron made an important speech this morning on the structure of government in this country: he seems to really have the localism bit between the
