Josie Appleton is director of the civil liberties group the Manifesto Club, and author of Officious: Rise of the Busybody State.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaUsurpación del espacio público en el Reino Unido: ¿cómo restringe nuestro derecho a protestar?Tanto el aumento de los espacios públicos de propiedad privada (POPS) como las nuevas regulaciones estatales están...
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Published in: HomeEncroachment of public space in the UK: how does it restrict our right to protest?Both the increase in privately owned public spaces (POPS) and new state regulations are limiting opportunities to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe busybody state is on the rise – and it is ticking us all offIn this extract from her new book Officious, Josie Appleton outlines the rise of the tick-box, tut, tut state and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNo place for the young: the towns where childhood is being criminalisedAcross England, local councils are banning young people from public space.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMove along now: the law barring thousands of people from public spacesPolice now have free rein to create “dispersal zones” in public areas, allowing them to ban people for anything from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMay the pamphleteers return!Laws which ban leafleting in city centres are destroying performance arts and an age old British tradition.